Femoral Nerve Flossing Exercises | Femoral Nerve Glide

Learn femoral nerve flossing exercises for pain in the front of your leg that you can do at home. Femoral nerve flossing exercises are also called femoral nerve glide exercises. Nerve flossing for the femoral nerve can effectively release and free the nerve from areas where it may be entrapped. These exercises can provide relief if you're experiencing pain in the front of your thigh which is often caused by femoral nerve compression.

There are also a number of different ways to perform femoral nerve flossing exercises. You can floss the femoral nerve standing up as shown in this video, but you can also do it laying down on your back or stomach or kneeling.

Try doing these exercises in 10 repetitions sets 3x/day to start. It may take a little while to "free up" the nerve, so be patient with it.

If you've been doing femoral nerve flossing and your pain isn't improving or is worsening, you may want to consider seeing a chiropractor, physical therapist, or orthopedic MD for more extensive rehab or other treatments.

Pain is down the back of your leg will likely respond better to sciatica flossing exercises instead of femoral nerve flossing exercises. See the link on the end screen of this video for a demo on how to floss the sciatic nerve.

[kevinwhitcomb]

I watched quite a few videos to floss my femoral nerve. You are the only one that demonstrated how to do it if a person couldn't bend the knee. I can't, so, Thank you verymuch!

[cyberpunk]

Thank you. I have this issue for about 9 months. I got rid of the pain, but I still had the numbness. This exercise gave me immediate relief. Thanks.

[sifsvina]

Thank you! This really helped bring my pain level at the front of my legs down to a tolerable level.

[Yukoner]

That actually helped!!! Thank you!!!

I had a hip replacement just over a year ago and everything has been fine. I'm 67 years old, but in relatively good shape and quite active. I consider my operation a huge success. But about a month ago I started noticing that I couldn't put weight on that leg without it feeling like it was going to give out, as well as kind of a 'funny bone' feeling on the side of my hip and along my quad. It seems to come and go, and is worse some times than others, but always there. I think a combination of things may have brought it on. I started doing heavy weight training about a month previous, including deadlifting and squatting. Even though I was using proper technique, I think this was a contributing factor. Also, I know from years of trial and error that eating a lot of wheat products makes my joints more sore and inflamed and I had binged on them the day before the symptoms were at their worst - I couldn't even walk for about a day and a half. And the third factor is simply my age.

My chiropractor confirmed that my L3 is a bit out of alignment, and that is one of the places that the femoral nerve can get pinched. The other place, from what I have found out through some searching, is where the nerve goes through the Psoas muscle. And my psoas is definitely tight, as are most of the other muscles in my legs. I stretch pretty regularly, but don't seem to make much progress in flexibility.


Thanks again for this video!

[wiebke]

Thank you so much! I thought the problem was in my muscles, but the exercise immediately took away some of the pain in my glute and thigh. Never made the connection between both problems because one is in the back and the other one in the front of the leg...

[hemantbisnath]

I have been wearing a tight belt for work for about a year with a firearm tucked in the front of my waist. Now I'm experiencing lower back pain and burning sensation in the front of my thigh. I'm hoping this exercise helps

[kathyglass]

Just did this lying on the bed on my side. Oh, the stretch it was in the front of my leg. Afterwards, there was a decrease in numbness, and now the back of my calf that oftrn gets a charlie horse in the midlke if the nught is " twitching" (extended) it is like it is getting some relief. And I and I am beginning to feel some more numbness go away. Wonderful.
I knew the twitching signaled some relief

[lindaellison]

Hoping this helps. I’ve experienced this pain since having a pelvic surgery. It wakes me up at night with severe burning pain in my front thigh up into my stomach. Praying this helps.

[jor]

I have that nerve pain feeling in the thigh sort of leading to the knee but nothing coming in the hip or back so is that definitely the femoral nerve I need to do this exercise for?

[jimsteinPeerless]

Thanks. The first version with bent knee makes it burn and itch in the thigh so that is way to intense for me. The second version feels much gentler for the thigh. Very nice demonstration

[TheFiestyhick]

I have both of front of thighs numb. Is this your most appropriate video for my condition?

Thank you so much for replying

[kraggy]

I had tkr 2 months ago. I ended up getting severe femoral nerve neuropathy. My Orthopaedic surgeon said it would be 1 year to recover. Is there anything I can do? I do have an appointment next week with a neurologist. But anything you can advise would be great. I have not been able to lift my leg since my tkr. Thank you Lori

[annlroe]

Hi I have started to watch you videos with great interest as back in January this year I had a compression fracture after a fall at work it is healing but I do have lower back pain and cannot stand for long periods. It is improving slowly but the pain in my front thigh has not improved and after reading the internet I do believe that I have Meralgia Paresthetica too so I'm in quite a lot of pain can you please recommend the exercises that I could do safely to relieve this pain in my thigh and to help my compression fracture pain from my spine. Thank you so much.

[drangi]

I have all of this and also have lost the strength in my thigh I’m hoping this will come back

[jimsteinPeerless]

Is this a good exercise for the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve or ​Meralgia Paresthetica?

[TheRcDrake]

This seems like the one. I was gettinf a strange almost electric pain on the left side of my left thigh when i was doing pushups of all things. I felt this flossing in the same location. Heres hoping it does the trick!

[WConn]

I have improved doing many of the exercises but find that I can walk only about 100 yards without the pain, discomfort and numbing combing back. Interestingly enough I can push grocery kart with my hands only resting on the handle with no pain at all. How long does this usually take to completely resolve?

[jaredpetersen]

Hey i have the Belt issue with my right side sciatic nerve pain i have been dealing with for over 5 years now. Not sure what to do i can still walk but hurts to lift any size boxes.

[sharonmitchel]

I have bilateral nerve pain on the outside of my thigh. Is there a flossing for that?

[DoubleOD]

I got this pain in my thigh while playing football/soccer after 7 or 8 months