Adductor brevis

Looks like

A short triangular muscle in the upper inner thigh, from the lower pubic bone to the upper back of the thigh bone.

What it does

Pulls the thigh inward and helps bend the hip.

Keeping it well

Can be strained in groin injuries; graded strengthening helps.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Growing pains
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Restless legs syndrome
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus
• Varicose veins