I’ll lay out my situation in the hopes that someone has some insight…
Hammie(right) was bothering me in a game I had Fri. night. At practice last night I was favoring it cause it was still tight and crampy. I ended up straining something in my right hip flexor area. I stopped running for the rest of practice.
When I got home I iced my hammie and my hip(top of thigh, to the right of my package) for 20 min., off for about 30 then another 20 min. of ice. About 45 min. later I iced my hip again for about 10 min. before bed.
Last night as I was going to sleep I noticed a numb tingly feeling in my right leg, outer thigh area, not the area that was directly receiving the ice. Thought it was just cold from the ice or something.
It is still numb and feels weird when I touch it. Any ideas? I need to get it healed asap, Final Four(rugby) is Jun. 11.
Without an examination, it’s impossible to say for sure, but it could be a nerve compression injury. Since time is important, get to a P.T., Orthopod, D.O. or D.C. a.s.a.p.
I’d be very hesitant if I were you, to play rugby with this issue unresolved. Favoring that side didn’t work too well and playing with an injury you’re compensating for tends to get people hurt.
Good luck,
Kevin Cooper,
D.C., CSCS, RKC, CST
You very well could have given yourself frostbite; definitely get it checked out.
Thanks Doc, appreciate the input. Unfortunately, our team trainer is away for a week at a rodeo competition. My right hip flexor has been sore for a while in the bottom position of a squat when I’m in the gym. It hasn’t made me any weaker though and didn’t really hurt except when i was in the bottom of a squat.
What would a trainer do/test in a physical examination for an injury of this nature?
Edit: EC, do you think that was excessive icing? The skin does not have the appearance of frostbite(whiter, mottled) and it is my outer thigh that is numb. The ice was underneath my leg on my hammie and up on my hip. I use saran wrap to hold the ice on my hammie but it was not overly tight.
I don’t have any significant bruising on my thigh. I thought I might have banged it and not realized it holding the contact pads in the second half of practice, but I don’t think that is it.
It’s a really weird feeling, this must have happened to somebody before?
meralgia paresthetica.
saran wrap injury to the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh.
(Also known as “grocers’ misery.”)
Looks like some sound advice so far.
Dr. Skeptix hit on a diag. that should be ruled out.
Irritation of the lat. femoral cutaneous nerve can give you numbness in that area. The nerve usually gets irritated up in the lateral hip/TFL region. It is common in police officers as well, due to usually wearing tight pants, plus the gun belt putting excessive pressure on the region.
Do the symptoms flucuate with any certain movements or positions?
Ryan
Wow…I never even heard of that. Did a google search and the symptoms described and the area affected is exactly what I am experiencing. The only thing that sucks is that treatment is pretty nondescript, as in hopefully it will go away.
You should have a show, you’re as good as that guy on House!
Edit:
The symptoms are not aggravated by any certain movement, they are pretty constant, although it is more of a burning sensation when I am moving around.
An interesting note is that I’ve had a similar symptom on the left side for the past couple years. It is a much smaller area of numbness(softball’ish). I thought it was leftover from a pulled quad, but now I am rethinking that. I read that the symptoms are usually unilateral, and while I didn’t receive bilateral symptoms at the same time, maybe I am somehow more susceptible? Also, my mother was recently diagnosed with MS and experiences numbness in her legs; however I believe it is more of an overall numbness for her. Strange though.
Bilateral meralgia paresthetica occurs in pregnancy.
I presume that is not your case.
Time to undo the belts and harnesses, Bucko; they are compressing your anterior iliac crests.
All will be well.