What Are the Adductor Muscles?
Adductor muscles are any muscles in the body that causes adduction, which is the movement of a joint towards the center of the body. Though the term can refer to muscles that adduct the shoulder, wrist, or ankle, “adductor muscles” generally refers to a set of muscles that are found on the inner part of the thigh — hip adductor muscles. There are four hip adductor muscles: the adductor brevis, longus, magnus, and minimus. All of these adductor muscles function to to pull the leg towards the center of the body as well as provide stability to the hip.
