Adductor minimus

Looks like

The upper, most horizontal part of the adductor magnus, from the pubic bone to the upper thigh bone.

What it does

Pulls the thigh inward and turns it outward.

Keeping it well

Often counted as part of adductor magnus; groin strain here heals with graded strengthening.

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