GB-30 Huantiao (環跳) — Jumping Round

On the posterolateral aspect of the hip, at the junction of the lateral one-third and the medial two-thirds of the line connecting the most prominent point of the greater trochanter and the sacral hiatus.

In lateral decubitus, locate the point in the posterior depression of the greater trochanter, at the junction of the lateral one-third with the middle one-third of the distance between the greater trochanter of the femur and the intergluteal cleft. (Fig. 11.21)

Gluteus maximus and piriformis muscles. The thickest part of the sciatic nerve passes directly deep to this point. Innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve.

Perpendicular insertion directed slightly inferiorly, 1.5–3.0 cun.

Huan (环), a ring; Tiao (跳), to jump. The point is located at the hip joint, which is responsible for the act of jumping.