Help me name this muscle.....

leavinglasvegas
leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
edited September 20 in Fitness and Exercise
A few years ago I pulled this muscle that runs up the front of my thigh and I felt it in my lower right abdomen. I initially mistaked it for appendecitis, I had no idea that I pulled a muscle. Alas it was a muscle and the doctor said the name of it so many times. I cannot remember it for the life of me, but I'm sure if someone says it it will come back to me. I need to know, cuz I seem to have done it again and it hurts like a mutha $*&^#.

Just want to do some research to figure out what I did wrong and how to not do it again cuz I'm starting c25k in two weeks and I don't want anything to stop me.

So again I feel it in my lower right abdomen and it comes from the front of the thigh......

Name that muscle......

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  • courtney_love2001
    courtney_love2001 Posts: 1,468 Member
    There are several :) is the muscle directly on the front only? Rectus femoris, gracilus, sartorius, vastus medialis/lateralis. Any of these ring a bell?
  • Ripgirl
    Ripgirl Posts: 172 Member
    I think that is your hip flexor, aka Iliopsoas :)
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Front of the thigh, top of the femur to the knee,,, that big rascal? Quadricep. :smile:
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    Uh Oh, maybe this won't be as easy as I thought! None of that sounds familiar. I'm pulling out my anatomy book.

    I only feel it in my abdomen, but the doc said its from the front of the leg.

    vastus medialis/lateralis sounds familiar, but I'm not sure thats it.
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    Front of the thigh, top of the femur to the knee,,, that big rascal? Quadricep. :smile:

    LOL, nope thats not it.
  • Hermit4Hire
    Hermit4Hire Posts: 197
    I thought we were coming up with a new name... dang!
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    I thought we were coming up with a new name... dang!

    When I figure out what it is, we will rename it so its easier to remember....:laugh:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Sounds like Rectus Femorus or Vasuts intermedius, but I don't think the vastus originates on the ASIS like the rectus does, so it's more likely the RF.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I thought we were coming up with a new name... dang!

    That's what I thought too. I like the name Lacey. :bigsmile:
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    I give up. My head hurts and thats not a good addition to the muscle pain. Going to lay down with some heat and ice and call the doc in the am, see if they can look in my chart and tell me.

    Thanks for your help.
  • krt1168
    krt1168 Posts: 12
    Could it be the Satorius, the Adductor longus or the vastus medialis? My best guess it the Satorius because of the attachment area of the muscle.
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    Its the Satorius! Thanks everybody!

    BTW: It hurts like a B!t(h!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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