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some cases try avoiding it all together. A bow leg deformity at the knee has increased forces passing through the medial or inner compartment that gradually destroys the joint surface. Early on it may can pain can pain, wear of the joint surface and contribute to tearing the cartilage. Later it may develop obvious arthritis and surprisingly the amount of pain and disability is not exactly related to the amount of arthritis present. Now if the knee is not particularly stiff and then patient is young then realignment may be the best option. Arthritis is a general term for pain and stiffness of a joint. It can be caused by an old injury, inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, but commonly overloading the joint surfaces causes it. Re alignment surgery aims to slow the progression of arthritis. In a knee without wear and with a perfect correction, the risks of arthritis can be dramatically reduced. Now if the pain originates from only one part of the knee, then the leg can be re aligned. Typically, this is the only option in people under fifty and would be considered in patients in their fifties. By the time people are in their sixties joint replacement surgery is more seriously considered. The amount the alignment is corrected depends on the how much wear has occurred. In a patient with no wear but pain, the aim is to achieve straight leg and the more wear that has occurred the more the deformity is over corrected. For marked wear, we aim to make the leg somewhat knock knee. The common osteotomy is an opening wedge on the tibia side and the wedge is usually filled with bone graft substitute which is an artificial material that over a number of years the body replaces with bone. A metal plate is used to hold the new position and if you want to know more about how to cure bow legs issues instantly then please visit bow legs no more.com.