How to Correct Bowed Legs

In daily life, we often see people who walk with their legs not straight. They don't walk very well. It is very common to walk with your feet turned inward or outward. This brings great inconvenience to many people's lives. If you find it, you must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. It can be corrected. Patients should also supplement calcium and wear comfortable shoes. Children, especially, should not wear leather shoes too early.

The main reasons why children form "splayed feet" are as follows:

Splayed feet① Learning to walk and stand too early

Because children's legs are not strong enough, their feet naturally spread apart when they learn to walk and stand, widening the area under their feet to help them stand firmly and prevent falling, thus creating a posture with their feet naturally spread apart.

② Wearing leather shoes too early

Young children wear leather shoes when they are learning to walk, especially hard leather shoes. This is because children's foot bones are soft and their ankles are weak, and they often have difficulty wearing shoes. Therefore, over time, their gait becomes distorted.

When the calcium content in the bones of young children is low, the bones in their feet become irregular in shape. As a result of gravity, the bilateral hip joints can easily spread outward when they walk and stand, thus forming "outward-turned feet".

How to Correct Bowed Legs

1. When your child walks, keep his knees and toes facing straight ahead and do not deviate.

2. Let the child consciously perform corrective exercises frequently, such as walking on sand, loose soil or wet ground, and then observe his footprints to see if his toes are pointing forward, and let the child correct them while walking. In order to help the child correct his condition better, you can let him do "overcorrection" exercises, such as "outward-turned feet", practice walking with toes facing inward; "inward-turned feet", practice walking with toes facing outward.

4. Older children can practice shuttlecock kicking. Shuttlecock kicking is not only a sport, but can also be used to correct "bow feet". To correct "outward-turned feet", usually use the inner side of the foot to kick shuttlecock; to correct "inward-turned feet", use the outer side of the foot to kick shuttlecock. Practice this exercise alternately with your feet and persist for a long time.

Children should be encouraged to use the above correction methods in turn. After a period of practice, splay feet can be corrected.