UPPER THIGH PAIN(Keywords: UPPER THIGH PAIN, pain in upper thigh, front thigh pain, anterior thigh pain, pain in thigh, thigh muscle pain, hip and thigh pain)There are two immediate first thoughts that enter the clinician's mind when confronted with upper front thigh pain. Is this:
Or, could the patient have both? Always an outside possibility. There are of course many other possible causes of anterior thigh pain.
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Pinched nerve in the backMrs S is 82 years old, and I would have believed her had she said 72. But two months ago she stumbled over a shoe. Within a day she had severe upper thigh pain; in the front of her thigh just below the groin.For two months she had various treatments and then sensibly her doctor ordered an X-ray. These showed how the L3 lumbar vertebra had slid forwards (called in radiographic jargon an anterolysthesis or sometimes a spondylolysthesis.) Forget the words, she had a subluxated vertebra, and the Femoral nerve stretch test was strongly positive. Happily she is responding well to Chiropractic care. Update: I saw Mrs S today, and she is doing fine. She has no pain in her left thigh, what brought her to me, though she does have right buttock pain for about half an hour in the morning, until she has done the exercises I have prescribed, and again in the evening, something she has had for years. To be expected, she is elderly and has a very arthritic back - to be helped but not cured alas. HIP ARTHRITISSix months ago Mr P travelled 1000 km to a luxury resort in South Africa's famed Eastern lowveld to see the big five and play some golf. By the end of the week he could barely walk. Severe front thigh pain and buttock pain.Evenually he ended up with a neurosurgeon who found a bulging disc on an MRI and said only a back operation would fix him. Mr P was doubtful, and this week appeared on my doorstep. Things didn't fit with the pinched nerve theory. He could bend and move his back with no pain. Nerve stretch tests were negative. Reflexes were all fine. He could ride his bicycle for miles with no pain, but couldn't get on or off without " thigh muscle pain " or so he said. It wasn't in the muscle... The neurosurgeon never examined his hip apparently, forgetting that hip and thigh pain go hand in hand. Leg in leg! He has all the classic signs of hip arthritis. Loss of adduction, loss of internal rotation, Positive Fabere sign... now to see what chiropractic has to offer!
HIP ARTHRITIS ... I'll update this page once I've seen his X-rays and we've had some treatment. Update: Kellgran Lawrence Grade III. Nasty. Mr P's buttock pain? It's hard to be sure whether the sciatic tests were all positive 6 months ago and he indeed had a slipped disk. It's interesting that 20% of absolutely healthy young men have a bulging disc on MRI. Whatever, it's going to be a Chiropractic Coalface challenge. Update: Mr P's hip is much looser with the exercises, and the thigh pain is much less, but he is still having considerable buttock pain. That arthritic hip is being a bugger but then Rome wasn't built in a day, was it? He's adamant: "no surgery, it's improving". So we soldier on, even though in my mind after four weeks the progress is less than satisfactory and I am not altogether sanguine of his prospects. In Chiropractic we expect miracles, but sometimes it really is a long drawn-out process. Update: Alas a Kellgren Lawrence III was too far gone. Whilst he got to about 30% better, it wasn't enough. He's been for a hip replacement, we'll see how that progresses.
FEMERO ACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT SYNDROMEMr P has the classic signs of a Pincer deformity. Had somebody examined his hip twenty years ago we could have prevented his present miserable upper thigh pain. Anyway, he is slowly improving ...Dietary considerations with arthritisArthritis ...There is now heaps of evidence that omega-3 oil helps with arthritis. The best sources are flax oil and FISH OIL ... FISH SOUP ... EASY SOUP RECIPESIt's almost standard procedure now that we use CHICKEN BONES bouillonwhen we make any one of the EASY SOUP RECIPES that we enjoy on an almost daily basis. Whatever's in season, right now it's zuccini and apple, an interesting combination, and leek and potato; quite soon it's going to be green bean and potato... butternut, sweetpotato and ordinary potato is my favourite, but that's late summer... these are all very easy recipes, nutritious, very tasty, and like I said, mostly using chicken bones bouillon. Easy. And if arthritis is the cause of your upper thigh pain then there's a good chance these soups will help the chiropractic treatment of your hip.
HIP PAINIt may come as a surprise, it certainly did to me, that research shows that hip pain, diabetes, vitamin D and Metabolic Syndrome are all closely linked. Folk living far from the equator often suffer from a chronic deficiency of vitamin D. Sunshine and fatty fish are the best sources. Hip pain and vitamin D ...USEFUL LINKS @ UPPER THIGH PAINGo from UPPER THIGH PAIN to UPPER LEG PAIN home page …Go from UPPER THIGH PAIN to CHIROPRACTIC HELP home page … SMOKED SALMON DIP RECIPEI always look for easy ways to increase necessary ingredients. This smoked salmon dip you can throw together in a jiffy, and I can promise you it's always a success ... SMOKED SALMON DIP RECIPE ... rich in vitamin D and Omega-3.Looking for vegetable sources of Omega-3? Butternut (summer squash) is one of our favourites. If you have the space, think of GROWING BUTTERNUT SQUASH ...and our Recipe for Butternut Squash SOUP. MONTHLY NEWSLETTER @ UPPER THIGH PAINBACK ISSUES... Issue #09: Friday Fun: Headache Issue #08: Spinal Stenosis/ Celery Issue #07: Root of all Healing / Garbanzo beans /Chickpeas Issue #06: Safety on the Stairs / Ginger Issue #05: Safety in the home / Red foods Issue #04: Whiplash and the Joints of Luschka / Parsley Issue #03: How to stop falling / Danger of a low fat diet Issue #01: Tingling in the arms and hands / Apples (PS. If you find them irrelevant to your needs or an exercise in tedium, one click will UNsubscribe you.) UPPER THIGH PAINDid you find this page useful? Then perhaps forward UPPER THIGH PAIN to a suffering friend. BERNARD PRESTON's chiropractic anecdotes.It's not secret now that Bernard Preston is my alter ego, he is the author of my fun stories from the Chiropractic Coalface.This website is funded by sales of my books such as Frog in my Throat, or the latest 
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