Tensor fasciae latae

Looks like

A short flat muscle at the front outer hip, from the front hip bone point to the iliotibial band.

What it does

Helps lift and turn the thigh inward and tightens the band on the outer thigh to steady the knee.

Keeping it well

Outer knee pain in runners from the band (IT band syndrome) usually improves with load changes and hip strengthening.

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