The tensor fasciae latae—or TFL for short—is a small muscle on the outside of your hip, spanning an average of 6 inches in length.But when this area is tight, painful, or otherwise overworked ...

Internally rotating your hip engages muscles like the tensor fasciae latae, upper gluteus muscles, and inner thigh muscles. Without it, it’s hard to complete daily activities like putting on ...

The tensor fasciae latae originates in the anterolateral iliac crest. This muscle is confluent with the iliotibial band, which originates at the tendons of the tensor fasciae latae and gluteus ...

What you're basically trying to do is just to get the muscle, the tensor fasciae latae in there, to release a little bit. If it has too much tension, it's going to pull too hard on that tissue and ...