Obturator externus

Looks like

A flat muscle covering the outside of the pelvic opening, running behind the hip to the thigh bone.

What it does

Turns the thigh outward and steadies the hip.

Keeping it well

Powered by the obturator nerve. Can be strained in groin injuries in sports.

Related conditions

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