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Muscle Doctor - Sports Massage - Oxford

Liam Coffey is a Sports Massage and Soft Tissue Therapist based in Oxford, UK. Experienced massage therapist in Oxford and surrounding areas

24/11/2025

Continuing our them of the deep lateral rotators of the hip - if we have a gemellus superior, chances are we have a gemellus inferior 🤓

Together we know them as the gemelli and they work to provide stability of the hip and to laterally rotate it 💪🏻 🦵

22/11/2025

Why do we need to know these deep muscles of the hip???

Gemellus superior is just one of six muscles that make up the ‘rotator cuff of the hip’, how many of the others can you name?

Keep your eyes peeled over the next week for the final 2 muscles of this group 💪🏻 🤓

19/11/2025

Number 4 in our run down of deep lateral rotators of the hip is Obturator Externus.

Note the origin on the anterior surface of the Obturator foramen and the continuation of this muscle from its counterpart - Obturator internus.

On a side tangent… I will never tire of the beauty, intricacy and complexity of human anatomy 😍

16/11/2025

This muscle originates at the obturator foramen but have you ever stopped to ask - why is it called the Obturator foramen? 🤔

The Latin verb ‘obturare’ means ‘to close up’ or ‘block’. The name Obturator was applied to the muscles and the membrane that cover and ‘obturate’ this large opening in the pelvis.

So, now you know!!

12/11/2025

Deep to glute max, quadratus femoris tells you a lot just in the name alone - it’s got 4 sides and acts on the femur!

It works together with the other deep lateral rotators of the hip to provide stabilisation of the ball (head of the femur) in the socket (acetabulum), almost like a rotator cuff of the hip!

Note the patterns in anatomy… it’s the case all over the body; from the feet and hands to the knee and elbow and, as shown here, between the hip and shoulder - and the list goes on… can you name any of these beautiful patterns in anatomy? 🤔

05/11/2025

🍑 Glute max - big powerful hip extensor
🍑 Glute med - crucial stabiliser and abductor of the hip
🤔 But what about Glute min? 🤔

As well as sharing glute meds stability responsibilities, glute min shares the same actions as Tensor Fascia Latae - so learn one muscles actions and you get the other one for free! 🤝

01/11/2025

Did you know?! That both heads of the biceps brachii originate from the scapula and not the arm, meaning they act on the arm when the scapula is fixed but on the scapula when the arm is fixed 💪🏻

29/10/2025

Do you know EXACTLY where Soleus is?

There is an easy way to isolate soleus from the bigger, more superficial, gastrocnemius - watch on to find how 👀

26/10/2025

Did you know about this muscle?… be honest!…

Today’s anatomy learn is Transversus Thoracis 🤓

24/10/2025

Did you know you have muscle called Anconeus?! You may even have 2 if you’re lucky!

Anconeus is an extensor of the elbow, the only elbow extensor other than the triceps 🤓

20/10/2025

Why do we call gluteus medius the deltoid of the hip?

Answers in the comments 👇🏻

16/10/2025

This ‘joint’ is what we call a false or physiological joint, meaning that the scapula doesn’t actually articulate with any other bone. Instead, it relies on an equal length-tension relationship of the muscles that connect it to the ribcage and thoracic spine.

How many of the 17 muscles of the scapula can you name that connect the scapula to the thorax? 🤔

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