What to do if your calves can't close together

The inability to close the calves is related to the legs not being straight enough. The most common one is genu varum, which is a phenomenon of inward knee varum. The cause of genu varum is mainly related to genetics and calcium deficiency. In addition, if the walking posture or sitting posture is bad, it will aggravate the symptoms. The harm is also relatively large. It not only affects the appearance, but also causes uneven force and causes the calves to become thicker.

1. Why does knee valgus occur?

The main causes of genu varum are calcium deficiency and heredity, but the more direct causes are walking, standing, sitting and other movements. Walking with feet turned outward, standing in an at ease posture, wearing high heels for a long time, or sitting cross-legged, kneeling, or squatting, etc., will all apply outward force to the knee joint, and this force will seriously pull the lateral collateral ligament of the knee joint. If this continues for a long time, it will lead to relaxation of the lateral collateral ligament of the knee joint. The medial and lateral collateral ligaments of the knee joint are stable structures of the medial and lateral angles of the knee joint. When the lateral collateral ligament is loose, the excessive force of the medial collateral ligament will severely pull the tibia of the lower leg to reverse inward, thereby causing knee varus.

Second, the hazards of genu valgum:

Many people may think that genu varum does no harm and just affects the appearance. In fact, people with genu varum will have particularly short legs when viewed from the front due to changes in the thigh curve, and the proportions of the upper and lower limbs will be seriously unbalanced. In addition, in genu varum, there are more muscles on the outside of the bones and fewer muscles on the inside, which will seriously cause the contour of the lower limbs to move further outward, resulting in wide hips and particularly bent calves. Because too much body weight is concentrated on the inner side of the knee joint, it is very difficult to maintain balance when walking and it is easy to sway, forming a duck step, which makes the gait awkward. Most importantly, genu varum can seriously endanger your health. Because genu varum destroys the normal distribution of the knee joint, the biological stress on one side of the joint increases and the biological stress on the other side decreases relatively. Over time, it will cause abnormal pain in the knee joint when walking, and the joint movement will also be greatly affected, which can easily lead to osteoarthritis of the knee. Especially after middle age, knee pain affects walking and the soles of the feet often ache, so it cannot be cured.

3. How to correct knee varus

1. Leg binding: First of all, we need to determine whether the changes are in the calves or thighs. Most of the time, the changes occur in the calves, so many people will bind their calves, and most people bind them while sitting. We can sit on the sofa or bench, put our calves together, and then tie them up with a rope with poor elasticity, tightly tying the area just below the knees. After tying it tightly, you can find that the calves can be straightened very well. If you keep tying your legs for a period of time, you can effectively change the incorrect posture. After tying the legs tightly, the legs can be straightened or bent, and make sure to tie them every day, for about four hours a day. Generally, there will be very obvious results in two months. 2. Adjust your walking posture: In fact, when people are babies, their bodies are not fully developed and they basically have bow legs. They do not become straight until they are 4-6 years old. However, later due to incorrect walking, sleeping, sitting postures, improper exercise methods, etc., many people will develop bow legs again. 3. Do the leg-squeezing exercise whenever you have time: Whether you are waiting for a bus, working in the office, or watching TV, always remember to straighten your legs and tighten your knees. Do it five times a day, each time for about fifteen minutes, and you can effectively correct your leg shape. The above article is what I will introduce to you today about the reason why women cannot close their legs. In fact, the legs of most female friends are imperfect, it’s just that the O-shaped legs are more serious. O-shaped legs are very unsightly and have seriously affected people’s normal life. Therefore, we must always pay attention to the correction of leg shape and truly have a pair of beautiful legs.