Muscles / Hips
Adductor longus
- Hips
- Thigh & knee
- Superficial layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Body of the pubis below the pubic crest
- Insertion
- Middle third of the linea aspera
- Nerve
- Obturator nerve (anterior division) (L2-L4)
Actions
- Adducts the hip
- Assists hip flexion
Exercises that train it most
Copenhagen adduction
Adductor squeeze (isometric)
Standing cable hip adduction
Side-lying inner thigh lift
Notes
- The muscle most commonly injured in adductor-related groin pain.
- Copenhagen adduction reached the highest adductor longus EMG of eight exercises.
References (5)
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