What we feel as pain in any part of the body are the signals transmitted by the sensory nerves located at various parts of the body. A burning Thigh Pain is also a signal or message sent by the nerves to your brain that there is something wrong in that area. Thigh is a huge and a long portion in your body that constitutes of various nerves, tissues and muscles. The nerves carrying those signals travel through lots of narrow passages surrounding the bones, their joints and also the muscles.
Abnormal gain in weight in recent days.
Your doctor might touch and apply pressure with fingers or some instrument in the painful thigh and also in the other thigh and enquire about the difference you feel between the two. Abdomen and pelvic regions also will be examined physically to ascertain from where the pain originates. X-Ray and CT scans also might be suggested to detect if there is any growth of tumors in the region.
Once the compression point or the restriction to conveyance of signals is detected, treatment is given according to the findings. Most of the treatment would comprise of simple change in lifestyle like reducing the strain to the thighs, wearing lose clothes, losing weight and in some cases where the detection suggest serious problems corticosteroid injection for reducing inflammation is given.