🦵 Stop skipping your adductors.

Weak adductors are a primary cause of groin strains. Strengthening them creates a "buffer" against the sudden lateral movements common in sports like soccer, hockey, and basketball.

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While their name suggests they only perform (bringing the legs together), these muscles are surprisingly versatile:

The Adductor muscle group is frequently misunderstood in both rehabilitation and performance training.

| Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Primary Action | Unique Feature | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Superior pubic ramus | Pectineal line of femur | Hip flexion & adduction | Often considered a transitional muscle (anterior/medial compartment) | | Adductor Longus | Pubic tubercle | Middle third of linea aspera | Hip adduction & flexion | Most anterior of the true adductors | | Adductor Brevis | Inferior pubic ramus | Proximal linea aspera | Hip adduction & flexion | Lies deep to adductor longus | | Adductor Magnus | Inferior pubic ramus & ischial tuberosity | Linea aspera (adductor part) & adductor tubercle (hamstring part) | Adduction (both parts); extension (hamstring part) | Largest adductor; has a hiatus for the femoral vessels | | Gracilis | Inferior pubic ramus | Medial tibia (pes anserinus) | Hip adduction & knee flexion | Only biarticular adductor (crosses hip & knee) |

The adductor group is located in the medial compartment of the thigh. While we often refer to them collectively as "the adductors," the group consists of five individual muscles: