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A 22-year-old female asked:

Getting a burning sensation that turns into numbness! starts in groin area and moves to inner thigh always on right side. is this sciatica?

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Dr. Mark Weston
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery 33 years experience
Not exactly: Classically siatica goes from buttocks to leg down the back this may be nerve compression but a different nerve root from your description sounds like L3 or L4 or other peripheral nerves femoral obturator, siatica feels like this but in different part of leg classically
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