Lateral thigh stretching pain is mostly caused by strain or pull of the lateral thigh muscle group, but also sciatic neuritis and lumbar disc herniation. Different treatments should be taken according to different causes. Specific methods include physical therapy, drug therapy and surgery. 1. Lateral thigh muscle group strain: if the lateral thigh stretching soreness, you should immediately stop strenuous exercise, in the local soreness of the area can use hot water bags hot compresses. If the pain is relatively strong, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use Yunnan Baiyao plaster in the local pain and parts, play the role of analgesia and swelling. You can also carry out physiotherapy magnetic therapy to slow down the pain of the outer thigh. 2. Sciatic neuritis: you can choose conservative treatment, hot compresses and physiotherapy to observe the effect, if the effect is not good, you can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can be effective and rapid analgesic anti-inflammatory. Localized closure surgery can relieve the stretching pain. 3. Lumbar disc herniation: If the cause of the condition is lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, etc., in addition to lateral thigh stretching pain, it will also be accompanied by lumbar pain, which should be treated with surgical procedures such as endoscopic nucleus pulposus removal. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with persistent unrelieved or gradually aggravating lateral thigh stretching pain should seek medical attention as soon as possible, and be treated accordingly based on the examination results, and medications should be selected under the guidance of the doctor.