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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Muscle pain in the hip, thigh and knee

Select the painful area on the following diagrams:

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Buttock pain

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Longissimus muscle of the thorax Iliocostal muscle of the loins Multifidus muscle

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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Anterior leg pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Anterior tibialis muscle Hip adductors

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Lateral leg pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Gluteus minimus muscle Quadriceps femoris muscle (vastus lateralis) Gastrocnemius muscle Fibular muscles

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Posterior leg pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Muscles of the posterior compartment of the leg (soleus, plantaris, tibialis posterior,

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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Anterior and medial knee pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Vastus medialis, rectus femoris and gracilis muscles (quadriceps femoris) Adductor muscles Sartorius

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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Anterior knee pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Rectus femoris and vastus medialis muscles (quadriceps femoris) Hip adductors

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Lateral knee pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Vastus lateralis muscle (quadriceps femoris)

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Medial thigh pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Hip adductors Sartorius muscle Quadriceps femoris muscle  

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Posterior thigh pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Gluteus minimus muscle Piriformis muscle Posterior thigh muscles Internal obturator muscle

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Anterior thigh pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Iliopsoas muscle Quadriceps femoris muscle Sartorius muscle Hip adductors

Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Posterior knee pain of muscular origin

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Muscle of the posterior compartment of the thigh (biceps femoris, semi-membranous, semi-tendinous)

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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Lateral hip and thigh pain

Here is the list of muscles potentially responsible for these pains, a link can be selected for more details on a particular muscle: Gluteus minimus muscle Square muscle of the loins Tensor fascia lata muscle

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Guide to pain of myofascial origin

Myofascial syndrome of the tensor fasciae latae and sartorius muscles

Anatomical reminder Tensor fascia lata muscle Description 1 – Anterior superior iliac spine 2 – Ilio-tibial tract 3 – Lateral tubercle of the tibia The tensor muscle of the fascia attaches, above, to the antero-external

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Post operative chronic pain