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  1. #1
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    What muscle could be causing the pain?

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    I'm hoping one of you can offer some insight on what muscle could be causing my pain. I thought it was one of my adductor muscles, but maybe it's my hamstring??? Any thoughts?

    I can do this w/o pain or discomfort. I can even bring my bellybutton to my ankles - no pain.



    But the stretch below hurts like you wouldn't believe on my right thigh! The burning pain if felt on the inside thigh area. It hurts from my groin, all the all the way down the my knee area. I only get this pain when I stretch. I can walk just fine. I have this issue for about 2-months now.





    Basically, I only get the pain when my right leg is extended. Doctors wants me to take phyiscal therapy but didn't offer me any real answers (unless I get an MRI).

    Any thoughts?

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    can you touch your toes? touch the floor? from what the photo says, i'd say it was your hamstring. But i'm not qualified to give you an answer. Talk to a Physical Therapist, they know more about it than your doctor does.
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    My bad experience in that area was the Gracilis and it was caused by hyperextending my leg as I lifted it over the seat in my mount/dismount.

    Look it up on the 'net and see if what you see follows the path of pain.

    If so, my solution was active release (chiropractor) and tilting my bike lower on mount/dismount.
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    Yeah, I would agree that the gracilis sounds like the likely culprit. The other possibility, though less likely, would be the sartorius. You probably have trigger points that need to be worked out.
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