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Painless solution for bow legs using exercise

Some people with bow legs might feel concerned that they may not ever straighten them successfully. This is perfectly understandable, especially given the fact that many doctors continue to assure their patients that surgery alone is the solution! To combat any feelings of anxiety you be experiencing, it's necessary to have a clear understanding of what bow legs as a condition are all about. Once you have this understanding, you'll easily be able to move ahead with trying to find a way to straighten them. It's possible that you might have people telling you that the only remedy for bow legs is surgery. This isn't true, and there certainly isn't any harm in trying to treat your bow legs the natural way, especially if your condition is not critical and you're still able to walk with reasonable comfort.

A natural phenomenon
Bow legs are something that every child experiences right through to the age of around four years, and they almost always straighten themselves naturally. However, vitamin or mineral deficiencies that result from malnutrition or inadequate exposure to sunlight can sometimes cause the condition to remain over the long term. Diseases that affect the bones and joints such as Blount's disease and Rickets can also cause bow legs to become a long-term problem.

Good news!
The good news is that surgery is very often not necessary when it comes to treating bow legs. Rather, there are certain exercises that you can easily perform in order to strengthen the muscles in your body. This muscular strength, in turn, will not only provide greater support to joints such as the knee but also help you to maintain correct posture and balance.

Exercising at home
The main idea here is to try stretching the limitations that you are experiencing as a direct result of your bow legs. When you do this in a carefully controlled way, your body will automatically try to realign your bow legs in order to cope up with what's being thrown at it in the form of exercise.

The first exercise involves you raising your leg sideways as high as you can whilst remaining comfortable and ensuring your knees don't start to hurt too much. To perform this routine, you will need to stand with your feet together and use a steady object like a chair or table for support. Grasping this support with one hand, you can slowly begin to raise your right leg sideways without bending your knee. Repeat this roughly 5 times before repeating the exercise with your other leg. Do this around 2 to 3 times daily.

The second exercise is aimed at loosening up your spine, hips, and shoulders, while simultaneously helping to activate your lymphatic system. All you need to do is stand with your feet a shoulders-width apart. Then, begin to rotate your hips continuously in both directions- left and right- in immediate and alternating succession, so that your hips rotate at a 45-degree angle each time. Perform 25 such alternating left and right rotations of your hips, while taking care not to let the rotation to become so rapid that it causes injury to your joints. Repeat this 2-3 times daily.


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