Thigh – Athlete's Choice Massage

Thigh muscles aren’t just focused on moving your legs. They are also heavily involved in how your hips work. Anatomically, these muscles are split into three general categories; posterior thigh muscles extend the thigh and flex the leg, while the medials both rotate and adduct the thighs, and finally, the anterior muscles flex the thighs and extend the legs. Thigh muscles also provide stabilization for the pelvis.

Hip Flexor Muscle

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Hip Flexor Muscle DEFINITION - What does Hip Flexor mean? Any movement that cuts the angle between bones at a joint is called flexion and is typically

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Deep External Rotators Muscle

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Deep External Rotators Muscle DEFINITION - What does Deep External Rotators mean? Laterally rotating your thighs at the hip joint, the deep external rotators, otherwise known as

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Hip Adductors Muscle

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Hip Adductors Muscle DEFINITION - What does Hip Adductors mean? Located on the thigh’s medial side, the hip adductor is a wide, trilateral muscle. There are two

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Hamstring Muscle

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Hamstring Muscle DEFINITION - What does Hamstring mean? The hamstrings are made up of three muscles located on the forward thigh; from lateral to medial, the Biceps

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Gluteus Maximus Muscle

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Gluteus Maximus Muscle DEFINITION - What does Gluteus Maximus mean? Often referred to in a gym context as the ‘glutes’, Gluteus Maximus is the primary extensor of

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Gluteus Medius Muscle

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Gluteus Medius Muscle DEFINITION - What does Gluteus Medius mean? Radiating along the external surface of the pelvic bone, Gluteus Medias is just one of the three

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Sartorius Muscle

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Sartorius Muscle DEFINITION - What does Sartorius mean? Notably the longest of all the human body’s muscles, the Sartorius is a long, narrow muscle that runs superficially

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Adductor Longus Muscle

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Adductor Longus Muscle DEFINITION - What does Adductor Longus mean? Adductor Longus is a skeletal muscle positioned on the thigh that originates at the pubis’ superior ramis

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Quadriceps Muscle

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Quadriceps Muscle DEFINITION - What does Quadriceps mean? Considered the knee’s great extensor muscle, the Quadricepts Femoris, named for its four heads, is most often referred to

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