Tingling in my thigh, like pins and needles feeling

I am 27 years old. Overweight. Changed my diet in a drastic way. Working out on a treadmill for the past month everyday. I began feeling a tingling sensation in my right thigh soon after i started my diet and workout. Lost 12 kgs in 30 days. The sensation is not painful but annoying. Bit of numbness. Never happened to me before and i was overweight for much of my life. Happens briefly and only when i lay down on my back. Please help.

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I am experiencing the same thing. My left thigh is asleep and it hurts really bad. Can not seem to shake it. Numb to the touch, pins and needles, and getting up and moving does not help immediately. I am going to a chiroprator to see if that helps. I am a type 2 diabetic.  It is not in my feet or hands.

 

 

I also have the pins and needle sensation in my right thigh. And numbness. It gets worse at night.

i have this tingling in my outer left thigh. i had an mri done & my neurologist suggested a nerve block. i had this done & i still have this tingling in my left thigh. i just take aleve and that relieves the pain at times. my tingling is usually at night & some time when i am sitting. the pain is not sharp like it use to be. i do therapy execises at home & that seems to help.

WOW . . thank you soooo much! I looked up the Meralgia Paresthetica and that's it! Its a bit of a relief for sure. Mine started 2 years ago, which is about the time I started gaining some weight due to surgeries on both feet over a 9mo period of time . and i am in my 50's and finding it harder to lose the extra now. Its on the right upper thigh and it often wakes me up at night .,. the "tingling" has gotten a bit worse and feels more like worms under the skin moving around . . ugh . . .then the burning and numbness and sensitivity. Oddly enough it also seems to appear and get worse when i have keys in my pocket near right thigh . .go figure? Thank you so much for this information!

Hello My dears. I to have this horrid burning tingle and p/n both my thighs.what i have found after extensive research into this hateful condition is stretching and certain exercises can help. also wearing lose clothes help. if you are a bit over weight losing a bit may help you to.good luck to you all.

HUMMM, I don't were tight clothes. I like to be in baggy sweats and still have that same feeling?? Any other suggestions?

HUMMM, I don't were tight clothes. I like to be in baggy sweats and still have that same feeling?? Any other suggestions?

I am having the same problem with my left thigh. It started after year of having a small bulge on my left disc. My neurologist suggested me to go for ophysical theraphy and take Lyrica for couple of months. The pain from my disc kind of relieved, but the pain in my left thigh started few months back when I stand still for few m inutes. It does not happen when I sit or walk or lie down. I have no blood pressure or diabitics. I am weighed 16olbs. However, I gained 4-5 pounds recently. Now, I am told to rest my left leg on a high platform when standing. Also my doctor told me to use an aesthetci patch when I know that I would be standing for long such going to church. Lyrica may be a good drug, but has so many side effects. Pin shots may be a temporary relief. I plan to lead a healthy life in all respects and do mild exercises. Good Luck!

Thank you for this. Meralgia Paresthetica is definitely what I am experiencing. I plan on wearing looser clothes and losing some weight!

I'm glad I'm not alone! I have the tingling in my left outer thigh and is numb to the touch. It started a few months ago. I thought it would go away on its own but, that has not been the case. I am 28 and a bit overweight (right-handed, too).

I am a 78 year old man with exact the same problem: I would have a uncomfortably tingling numbness on my right thigh while lying in bed day or night for resting or sleeping after a little while. It has been for 3 weeks now. I will be seing my PCP: Dr Zhihao Dai in 3 days, hoping he would have a solution for my problem.

I SO AGREE WITH THIS ANSWER.... I am the overweight person - with so many of the pain and aches from being overweight..... it is not easy to loose , but a PILL and SURGERY IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER--- I have the same pain in my hips - feels like needles --- I see that all the answers could be it and most for sure the WEIGHT.... THANKS

I suffer the same symptoms and went to a chiropractor. The sensory nerve gets compressed/twisted/pinched between the ITB & other thigh muscles and needs to be loosened/restored to normal function. It is very common and he has put me on a regimen of stretching the upper leg, some cycling to promote blood flow & muscle movement, and sessions of deep massage, heat pack & acupuncture with interferential pulse. When I forget to do the stretches, it returns, meaning his treatment and diagnosis is perfectly on-point! Exercise,exercise people! This is caused/compounded by a sedentary lifestyle, and while other origins/causes are known, stretching is the easiest and cheapest route to take. Why pay someone to force you to do it?!! But get it confirmed, by all means, and find out what's best and fits with related dynamics in your body/experience.