Pectineus

Looks like

A flat square muscle at the top of the inner thigh, from the pubic bone to just below the hip.

What it does

Pulls the thigh inward and helps lift it.

Keeping it well

Can be strained in groin injuries; groin pain lasting over 6 weeks needs a check for hip or hernia causes.

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