| Basics | | | | What is happen when a person have bow legs or |
| Bow legs (genu varum) is condition when legs have | | | | knock-knee? As you could imagine that legs axises |
| deformity outward of natural legs position. | | | | go still straight through femoral head and center of |
| Knock knee (genu valgum) is condition when legs | | | | articulation of foot but do not go through center of |
| have deformity inward of natural legs position. | | | | the knee-joint. So body weight distribution change |
| Arthritis means a disorder of the knee joint, generally | | | | and regarding the knee-joint one part of the knee |
| implying early joint surface damage. | | | | have more loading than another. If bow legs there is |
| Leg axis is conventional axis that shows how the | | | | more loading of inner part of knee-joint and if knock |
| body weight distributes among leg joints. | | | | knee there is more loading of outer part of |
| Articular cartilage is a type of dense connective | | | | knee-joint. So articular cartilage of knee-joint have |
| tissue. It can supply smooth surfaces for the | | | | different weight distribution at surface that leads to |
| movement of articulating bones. | | | | its attrition in the part where the loading is maximum. |
| First of all bow legs (genu varum) and knock knee | | | | In time the articular cartilage attrition leads to arthritis |
| (genu valgum) are deformities that are not only | | | | and a person feels pain in knee-joints. Appearance of |
| cosmetic defects. They also lead to knee-joint move | | | | arthritis usually happen after years in elderly age but |
| abnormality that after a number of years result to | | | | sometimes it is happen in middle age. It depends on |
| arthritis. | | | | individual health of each person. |
| We find out that normal body weight distribution is | | | | The only way to protect yourself from appearance |
| when the leg axis go straight through femoral head, | | | | of knee-joint arthritis is the surgery for bow legs and |
| center of the knee-joint and center of articulation of | | | | knock-knee correction. With the surgery the leg axis |
| foot. In this case the body weight distribute naturally | | | | become natural position so articular cartilage of |
| and articular cartilage of knee-joint have equal weight | | | | knee-joint get equal weight distribution at full surface |
| distribution at full surface. There is natural position of | | | | and keeps its health in years. Also there is a cosmetic |
| knee-joint that allows to save the articular cartilage in | | | | effect that lets a person feels himself or herself |
| health during years. | | | | more comfortable around other people. |