How to straighten bow legs

Bow legs, commonly known as "O-legs", are an abnormal condition. Bowlegs are usually congenital or may occur due to wearing too many wet diapers when a child, using a walker abnormally, etc. Bow legs have a huge impact on people, especially on personal image, and the impact is even greater for art exam candidates. So what should you do if you unfortunately develop bow legs? What other methods are there to regulate your life?

1. Stand upright with your feet together, support your knees with your hands, and squat with your knees facing forward. Do this 20 to 30 times.

2. Bend over, support your knees with both hands and do circular movements to the left and right, do this 20 to 30 times.

3. Stand with your feet slightly wider, bend over, and place your hands on your knees and do the exercise of bringing your knees inward and holding them for 10 seconds each time. Do this 5 to 10 times.

4. Stand with your feet parallel. First, use the heel as the axis to do toe abduction and internal rotation exercises; then use the toes as the axis to do heel abduction and internal rotation exercises, do each 20 to 30 times.

5 Sit on a chair and try your best to hold the book with your calves for a certain period of time. If you tie your knees with a rubber band, the effect will be more significant.

6. Kneel on your legs, bend your waist, and slowly move your feet outward and forward, gradually straightening your waist. Do 15 to 20 times.

The method to straighten bow legs depends on the age, duration and location of occurrence. If a child is just starting to walk, they will have slight bow legs. If the situation is more serious, it can be corrected with a brace to gradually return to a normal gravity-bearing line. Older patients with osteoarthritis will gradually develop bow legs, which can be treated with a knee valgus brace. If the brace cannot solve the problem, surgery can be performed using osteotomy. If the patient is over 60 years old, knee replacement can be considered to correct the bow legs at the same time. "

External fixator plus inverted U-shaped osteotomy of the tibial tuberosity. The main advantages of this method are: osteotomy is simple and safe, bone healing is fast, and delayed healing is not likely to occur. The use of an external fixator makes it easy to control the angle of plastic surgery correction, which can make the bone healing angle accurate and easy to adjust. Patients can get up and move around during treatment, and the lower limb muscles will not atrophy. According to statistics, the complete correction rate of deformity can reach over 96%. The disadvantage is the high cost.

The fixator plus inverted U-shaped osteotomy is an excellent plastic treatment for "O"-shaped legs. According to statistics, the complete correction rate of O-legs can reach more than 96%. The main features of O-leg correction surgery are:

1. The operation is safe, simple and healing is fast.

2. Using a fixator is helpful to grasp the angle of correction, making the healing angle more accurate and the adjustment more convenient;

3. During the treatment, you can walk around and the muscles of your lower limbs will not atrophy.