Piriformis muscle

Psoas major muscle

An exercise I guarantee you’re NOT doing. Even if you’re training hip flexors I can almost guarantee you’re not going this one. ☝️ #pectineus The Pectineus: The Tiny Hip Flexor That Causes BIG Problems Most people have no idea this deep little muscle even exists… until it starts screaming. The pectineus sits high in your groin and works hard every time you flex your hip, stabilize your pelvis, or pull your leg inward. And when it gets tight or overactive? You feel it in the groin, hip, low back,

NTsportstherapy on Instagram: "The pectineus is a small, flat muscle in the upper medial thigh. It originates from the pecten pubis and superior pubic ramus, and inserts onto the pectineal line of the femur just below the lesser trochanter. Its main actions are hip flexion and adduction, with a secondary role in medially rotating the hip. It is primarily innervated by the femoral nerve, sometimes receiving a branch from the obturator nerve. The pectineus is one of the most superficial medial thi