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post #1 of 11
3/21/10 at 11:58am
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post #2 of 11
3/21/10 at 12:31pm
Stop riding horses so much.
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post #3 of 11
3/21/10 at 2:58pm
What about them?
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post #4 of 11
3/21/10 at 3:07pm
rickets is making a comeback
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post #5 of 11
3/21/10 at 3:09pm
a lot of good athletes seem to be bowlegged.
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post #6 of 11
3/21/10 at 3:17pm
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Indeed. They are awful. Can they be fixed? Any price would be worth it. And I do say this as a mortified observer. I myself have straight legs thank heavens.
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post #7 of 11
3/21/10 at 4:36pm
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Can they be fixed?
Way back when, young boys used to wear a leg brace at night to straighten the legs. I don't know if this is the current treatment or not.
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post #8 of 11
3/21/10 at 5:09pm
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Indeed. They are awful. Can they be fixed? Any price would be worth it. And I do say this as a mortified observer. I myself have straight legs thank heavens.

After the age of 3, there isn't much to be done in terms of treatment
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post #9 of 11
3/21/10 at 8:10pm
Now they are doing whats called an osteotomy (not sure of the spelling) essentially they break the tibia and re-align the bones correctly.

I go in for one in 6 weeks
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post #10 of 11
3/21/10 at 8:19pm
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Mine aren't super bad. Just slightly annoying when I wear skinny jeans.
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post #11 of 11
3/21/10 at 10:06pm
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Now they are doing whats called an osteotomy (not sure of the spelling) essentially they break the tibia and re-align the bones correctly.

I go in for one in 6 weeks

Best of luck to you!

This may be helpful for your post-op recovery: You're going to need these
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