Other Actions
Muscles that act as hip flexors frequently perform other actions. Due to this, they can be strengthened with movements besides those involving hip flexion, and stretched with movements that do not involve hip extension (or hyper extension). Awareness of these actions allows trainers to modify flexion/extension movements/stretches to modify the work done and emphasize different hip flexor muscles Examples include:
- Knee extensor: rectus femoris
- Knee flexor: gracilis, sartorius
- Hip abductor: sartorius, tensor fasciae latae
- Hip adductor: adductor brevis/longus, gracilis, pectineus
- Hip lateral rotator: adductor longus, psoas, sartorius
- Hip medial rotator: pectineus
- Spine lateral flexor and anti-rotator: psoas
- Spine flexor: psoas (both sides)
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