What are the Hip Adductor Muscles?
There are five adductor muscles, the pectineus, adductor brevis and adductor longus (called short adductors) go from the pelvis to the thigh bone and the gracilis and adductor magnus (long adductors) go from the pelvis to the knee. The main function of these muscles is to pull the legs together. They are also used quite a lot in sprinting, playing football, horse riding and hurdling. Inflammation of the tendons (tendonitis) that attach the muscles to the bone can occur. It can occur through overuse or as a result of a previous injury such as a groin strain.
