How are bow legs formed?

Except for very serious deformities that require medical correction, X-shaped legs and O-shaped legs (commonly known as bow legs) caused by vitamin D deficiency, malnutrition, sequelae of rickets, etc., can be exercised through exercise to correct or make amends. Specific methods: 1. Leg pressing exercise: usually use direct leg pressing and side leg pressing. 2. Kicking exercise: O-shaped legs use the external kicking method of the calf; X-shaped legs use the internal calf kicking method. 3. Leg-clamping exercise: Clamp your feet, ankles, and knees together at the same time, and then relax after holding on for a few minutes. Then repeat your usual walk, paying attention to your posture. The so-called [o]-shaped legs mean that the feet are naturally upright, and the knees are not close together, and there is even a large gap. This not only hinders bodybuilding, but also affects the completion of movements in severe cases. According to relevant statistics, more martial arts athletes have [0]-shaped legs than the average person. The reason is that they do not do a good relaxation exercise after standing on the horse stance, or wear lead bars tied to sandbags for a long time, which puts excessive stress on their legs. If you don't pay attention to maintaining your body shape, over time, the local tissues of the knee joint will form adaptive proliferation and fixation, thus forming [o]-shaped legs. To prevent the occurrence of [O]-shaped legs, you first need to do some relaxation and finishing exercises after practicing horse-stepping exercises that easily twist the knee joints externally or exercises that put a heavy load on the legs. The method can be as follows: 1. Knee pressure: stretch out the straight leg to the side, touch the inside of the foot to the ground, bend the other leg slightly to support the weight, and press the outer edge of the knee joint inward and down several times with the hand on the same side as the leg under pressure (not less than Sixteen times), alternate legs. 2. Live knee: support the weight with one leg, lift the other leg, relax the knee joint, and shake the calf no less than sixteen times. 3. Knee support: Stand upright with your feet together and check whether the knees can touch each other. If not, contract the leg muscles to make them touch each other. In addition to relaxing after exercise, you should also pay attention to maintaining the correct posture of your legs when standing or walking. If [O]-shaped legs have occurred, in addition to the above-mentioned correction methods, you can tie your knees with a wide cloth band to make them close to each other when sleeping at night, and sleep with your legs straight. This method requires enduring the pain. If it is unbearable, you can loosen the band and relax for a while. For [o]-shaped legs in other sports, you can also refer to the above prevention and treatment methods. However, certain diseases such as Kashin-Beck disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fluorosis, incompletely cured rickets in childhood, and [o]-shaped legs caused by senile or other factors of osteoarthritis, etc., do not use the above method. All that can be cured. How to correct O-shaped legs: By slightly changing your standing posture, you can use different parts of the leg muscles. This is the biggest feature of squatting. When squatting, the knees and thighs are brought together, which is very effective for correcting O-shaped legs. Squatting as low as possible will give you better results. Method: Put your hands on your hips, keep your upper body upright, spread your legs 15-20 cm, and point your toes slightly outward. When inhaling, bring your knees together and slowly squat down. Squat as deep as possible and stay for a moment, feeling the leg muscles tight. When exhaling, slowly open your knees, straighten and stand, and repeat 10 times.

If your O-shaped leg has caused pain in the knee joint, it can only be corrected through surgery. You can do an external fixator and an inverted U-shaped osteotomy of the tibial tubercle. The surgery is simple and the angle is accurate. It is more suitable for you. I recommend you Take a full-length x-ray of the lower limb first to determine the orthopedic angle before making a decision.