The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a branch of the lumbar plexus, exiting the spinal cord between the L2 and L3 vertebrae. It emerges at the lateral edge of the psoas muscle group, below the ...

This enabled the visualization of the iliopsoas muscle tendon, the upper edge of the acetabulum, and the femoral head, projecting an image called "stacking sign" (Figs. 2 – 3). We proceeded to the ...

Some people also include the psoas minor in the iliopsoas, but only 40 to 60 percent of people have this relatively weak, unnecessary spinal flexor, and it really doesn’t matter anyway, as it ...

The pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block provides analgesia for patients with hip fractures and claims to provide a sensory-only block without motor weakness.1 2 It targets the accessory branches of ...

The main work of your hip flexors is to bring your knee toward your chest and to bend at the waist. Symptoms associated with a hip flexor strain can range from mild to severe and can impact your ...

So you see we have a nerve that is vulnerable to being compromised in two places: 1) as individual nerves exit the spine and 2) as the nerve passes along the Psoas major muscle.