Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Exercises | Meralgia Paresthetica

Learn Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve exercises to tension the nerve, floss the nerve (also called nerve glide), stretch the surrounding muscles, and create hip stability for the treatment of Meralgia Paresthetica. Home exercises for Meralgia Paresthetica will help you relieve the nerve discomfort and fix it yourself! These exercises address the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve that's involved in Meralgia Paresthetica, help stretch the muscles in the front of your hip, and create hip stability to keep it from coming back! Meralgia Paresthetica is a condition where the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve becomes entrapped and irritated. The LFCN is a sensory nerve that innervates the front and side of your thigh. When it becomes compressed or irritated, it results in tingling, numbness, burning, or pain in your thigh. It can be easy to confuse Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve entrapment with Femoral Nerve entrapment. They both originate from nerve roots of the lumbar spine and descend passing underneath the inguinal ligament that runs from the pubis bone to the anterior superior iliac spine (front part of your hip.) The easiest way to distinguish between the two of them is that the LFCN is purely a sensory nerve, while the femoral nerve has motor influence as well. If you're having weakness in the thigh, that's a sign the problem is more likely in the femoral nerve. Do you have more questions about Meralgia Paresthetica and the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve? I answer them all in my 3 PART SERIES: Part 1 - What is Meralgia Paresthetica? https://www.jasonwilliamschiro.com/wh... Part 2 - Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Symptoms https://www.jasonwilliamschiro.com/la... Part 3 - Treatments for Meralgia Paresthetica https://www.jasonwilliamschiro.com/tr... How to Sleep with Meralgia Paresthetica https://www.jasonwilliamschiro.com/ho... Want to stay updated on new content? Follow me on Facebook here:   / drjasontwilliamsdc   See where I work and how you can schedule with me here: https://www.sentara.com/findadoctor/h... Here are some links to some of the products I use here in the office during the rehab process: Cloth Mini-Bands - https://amzn.to/30nTc4T HyperVolt Massage Tool - https://amzn.to/3kUrLsZ High Density Foam Roller - https://amzn.to/3l7UlY5 Want to skip ahead to a specific exercise in the video? I've broken the video into chapters here: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Hypervolt self massage to the TFL and iliopsoas muscles 01:43 - Meralgia Paresthetica Nerve Tensioner 02:11 - Meralgia Paresthetica Nerve Floss 02:37 - Tri-Planar Psoas Active Stretch 03:27 - Mini-Band Hip Bridges and Modification