bow legs knock knees -how to know that you have bow legs?

In case of bow legs knock knees, bow legs and genu varum due to osteoarthritis of the knee in very advanced cases, the joints are replaced and this is called total knee replacement surgeries. If only inner half of the joint is replaced it is called unicondylar knee replacement, and if all the three chambers of the joint are damaged, then the entire knee joint is replaced and this process is called total knee replacement.

Outer cutting of the tibia and closing the inner bending of the knee is called lateral closed wedge ostetomy and is done in young individuals. In knee replacement surgery all the three compartments of the knee are replaced. In case of uni condoyle knee replacement, only the inner part of the diseased knee is replaced and is done in inner compartment osteoarthritis.

Again in case of total knee replacements all the three compartments of the knee are replaced and are done in more advanced case of bow legs and genu varum due to osteoarthritis of the knee in elderly people. Bow legs or genu varum is a condition when legs have deformity outward of natural legs position.

Knock knee or genu valgum is a condition when legs have deformity inward of natural legs position. Arthritis means a disorder of the knee joint, generally implying early joint surface damage. Leg axis is conventional axis that shows how the body weight distributes among leg joints.

Auricular cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue which can supply smooth surfaces for the movement of articulating bones. First of all bow legs or genu varum and knock knee or genu valgum are deformities that are not only cosmetic defects. They also lead to knee joint movement abnormalities that after a number of years result to arthritis.

Now we find out the normal body weight distribution is when the leg axis go straight through femoral head which is the center of the knee joint and center of articulation of foot. In this case the body weight distributes naturally and auricular cartilage of the knee joint has equal distribution at full surface.

In reality there is natural position of knee joint that allows to save the auricular cartilage in health during years. Now as you can imagine that legs axis’s go still straight through femoral head and center of articulation of foot but do not go through center of the knee joint. So body weight distribution change and regarding the knee joint one part of the knee have more load than another.

In case of bow legs there is more load of inner part of knee joint and in case of knock knee there is more load of the outer part of the knee joint. Thus auricular cartilage of knee joint has different weight distribution at surface that leads to its attrition in the part where the loading is maximum.

In time the auricular cartilage attrition leads to arthritis and a person feels pain in knee joints. Appearance of arthritis usually happens after years in elderly age abut sometimes it happen in middle age. In general it depends on individual health of each person and the only way to protect from appearance of knee joint arthritis is the surgery of bow legs and knocks knee correction.

Now bow legs knock knees with the surgery the leg axis becomes natural position so auricular cartilage of knee joint get equal weight distribution at full surface and keep its health in years. Also there is a cosmetic effect that lets a person feel himself or herself more comfortable around other people. Now if you want some more information on how to know that you have bow legs then please click here.