My baby boy of 12months who just started walking is having a knock knee. Both d legs are not straight. Pls, what can I do to straighten the legs ?.
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As to your question on knock knees in a child. There are a number of different causes. One cause is physiological which means its a normal extreme variant which usually will correct as the child grows older usually seen from ages 2 to 5. This usually is symmetrical ( both sides affected and similar in curvature) its not usually an extreme amount of bend. It tends to run in families also.
Another common cause is rickets which results from bone weakness from calcium metabolism disorder.
Other less common causes include bone growth disorders and injury and infections to growth areas of the bone.
The treatment is directed to cause physiological requires no real treatment but monitoring as it will resolve. The other causes have their own treatment criteria.
In summary knock knees can be caused by normal variants to bone abnormalities. It is advisable to see a doctor who can recognise the specific cause and treat appropriately.