Contents:
- Medical Video: Leg Workout Tips for Mass (SKINNY LEGS EDITION!)
- 1. Osteotomy surgery
- 2. Therapy method
- 3. Yoga
- 4. Pilates
Medical Video: Leg Workout Tips for Mass (SKINNY LEGS EDITION!)
Leg shape O or genu varum, generally occurs in children aged 2-6 years, even adults. Patients with this disease usually show foot shape with knees and bones that have a curved shape out, so that it resembles the shape of the letter O, making someone walk unbalanced. The cause of foot O can be caused by congenital conditions, imperfect bone growth, even obesity early.
Most foot O sufferers don't take care or treatment specifically to restore it. This condition is quite influential on the condition of the comfort of the hip, knee and foot area of the patient's leg O. Gradually, O foot disease will affect gait and can affect one's self-confidence. Is there a way to restore an O-shaped leg? Here are some ways you can do it.
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1. Osteotomy surgery
To restore foot O, generally a person must do surgeryosteotomy (surgical knee joint). First, you need an X-ray examination to determine the location of the bones and the condition of the knee that is not aligned. This surgical procedure is done by cutting the knee bone and then the bone is reshaped with the correct posture. Surgery osteotomy this requires a cost that is not small and requires a long recovery time.
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2. Therapy method
This therapy is generally carried out by professional therapists and is mostly used for foot O sufferers who are still children. One method that you can try is to straighten your legs and then bend until your chest and knees meet. If done routinely, it will have a good impact on the feet of patients with foot O. For adult sufferers who carry out 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 goal is to make the body more flexible, this type of exercise is a fairly impactful exercise to restore the shape of the foot O. Yoga movements that combine flexibility in the body are believed to be able to improve stamina or problematic posture. Yoga exercises are well used by sufferers genu varum adults because they require understanding yoga movement patterns and high focus.
4. Pilates
Pilates movements are a bit similar to yoga movements, useful to help improve body posture and body harmony. Exercises are carried out with posture, arms and legs such as ballerine, a and do roll-up, can help to strengthen the leg muscles.
The movement begins by lying on the mat using a strong rubber hook on the end of the mat, attach the legs to the hook rubber. Lay your body on the mat, position both feet parallel and start the movement sit ups without removing the parallel foot position. Do it routinely, this movement aims to help train the area of the knee down to be straight parallel.
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