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O or leg shape genu varum, generally a lot occurs in children aged 2-6 years, even adults. Patients with this disease usually show the shape of the legs with knees and bones that have a curved shape, so that they resemble the shape of the letter O, making a person walk unbalanced. The cause of O legs can be caused by congenital conditions, imperfect bone growth, and even obesity from an early age.
Most people with O foot don't get treatment or treatment specifically to restore it. This condition is quite influential on the comfort condition of the hips, knees and leg area of people with O leg. Gradually, O leg disease will affect gait and can affect a person's self-confidence. Is there any way to restore O-shaped legs? Here are some ways you can do it.
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1. Osteotomy surgery
To restore leg O, generally a person has to undergo osteotomy surgery (knee joint surgery). First, you will need an X-ray to determine the location of the bones and any misalignment of the knee bones. This surgical procedure is performed by cutting the knee bone and then reshaping the bone into the correct posture. This osteotomy surgery requires a lot of money and requires a long recovery time.
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2. Methods of therapy
This therapy is generally performed by professional therapists and is mostly used for people with O leg who are still children. One method you can try is to straighten your legs and then bend over until your chest and knees meet. If done regularly, it will have a good impact on the feet of people with O foot. For adult sufferers who do this training will not produce significant results, because it requires more serious medical care, but this exercise can still be helpful for postoperative adults.
3. Yoga
Yoga is a type of exercise whose main purpose is to make the body more flexible, this type of exercise is an exercise that is sufficiently impactful to restore the shape of the O leg. Yoga movements that incorporate flexibility in the limbs are believed to improve problematic stems or postures. Yoga practice is good for use by sufferers genu varum adults because it requires an understanding of yoga movement patterns and a high level of focus.
4. Pilates
Pilates movements are a little like yoga, helping to improve posture and body alignment. Exercises are performed with postures of the body, arms and legs like a ballerin, a and do roll-up, can help to strengthen leg muscles.
The movement begins by lying on the mat using a strong rubber hook at the end of the mat, attach your foot to the rubber hook. Lay your body on the mat, position your legs parallel then start the movement sit ups without removing the parallel leg position. Do it regularly, this movement aims to help train the knee area down to become straight parallel.
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