To build a strong, stable lower body without any aches or pains, you need hip abduction exercises. Here are the best moves to ...

Acute muscle strain occurs as a result of an eccentric ... a single muscle within a synergistic group. To date, only the (hip) adductor longus was shown to sustain this type of injury.

While different squat variations may target additional muscle groups, the primary exercise works one's "quadriceps and gluteus maximus muscles." ...

Background The aim of the study was to investigate the abductor hallucis muscle characteristics, defined as dorso-plantar (DP) thickness, medio-lateral (ML) width, and cross-sectional area (CSA ...

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Resting muscle pain and tightness were unaffected. Conclusions: Neither dry needling nor placebo needling of the gluteal muscles resulted in any change in straight leg raise or hip internal rotation .