How to correct O-shaped legs at the age of 20

Everyone hopes to have a pair of straight and slender legs, but in real life, many people have some problems with their leg shape, some are pigeon-toed, pigeon-toed, and some have O-shaped legs. Some friends with O-shaped legs will feel inferior. O-shaped legs can also affect a person's personality. So, how to correct O-shaped legs at the age of 20? How to correct O-shaped legs at the age of 20?

If the O-shaped legs are severe, you can go to some professional orthopedic hospitals to correct them with professional corrective instruments. The correction of this situation may take a long time, because the human skeleton has already developed and formed by the age of 20, and the correction time may also be slower. The patient needs to be patient enough to wait for the correction results.

There is also professional corrective surgery, which can quickly change a person's O-shaped legs. However, the surgery requires an incision and there will be certain sequelae. However, the occurrence of sequelae also varies from person to person and is not the same. Not everyone will experience side effects. It takes a period of adjustment after surgery, and you need to rest your legs to avoid affecting your normal life in the future.

O-shaped legs are mostly caused by a lack of calcium in the body and caused by one’s own habits. Therefore, this phenomenon should be prevented in time at a very early age. Especially during the important period of bone development, calcium is an important component to ensure bone development. This phenomenon should be prevented in time during the baby period. X-shaped legs and O-shaped legs (commonly known as bow legs) caused by vitamin D deficiency, malnutrition, sequelae of rickets, etc., except for very serious deformities that require medical correction, others can be corrected to the maximum extent through exercise. Or make up for it. How to treat O-shaped legs

1. There are two main ways to correct O-shaped legs. The first is non-surgical correction, and the other is surgical method. If a child under the age of three has O-shaped legs, this stage of skeletal development is suitable for correction, and can be corrected by splinting or binding according to the specific situation. Especially when sleeping at night, this method can be used to correct O-shaped legs, but the time required, the binding method and the splint use method need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.

2. If conservative treatment is not effective, especially for children over 5 years old with O-shaped legs, and it is severe, surgical treatment may be considered. This treatment can also be used for adults. First, the fibula needs to be cut off or the tibia and fibula fracture should be performed under general anesthesia, and then the alignment of the tibia and fibula should be corrected and fixed with a plaster until the bone is completely healed.

3. In addition, as parents, you also need to pay attention to the fact that some babies who are just a month old often have physiological O-shaped legs. As the age increases, the body further grows and develops. This physiological O-shaped legs will gradually disappear, so parents also need to correctly distinguish physiological and pathological O-shaped legs.