Japanese Oh Legs
Over on fashion.3yen.com, Chidade wrote about Tokyo Street Style, a website run by the JFA – Japanese Fashion Association—Lots of fun fashion victims and quite a large showing of what is called in Japanese “O-leg“—pigeon-toed.
And there are “O-Leg Fixers” on the market such as the O-Leg Supporter 3,800 yen. Fun!
Why Japanese women walk this way is a great mystery. In the past, the low protein and low calcium diet was to blame for “tansoku” (
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stubby legs as well as bad genes. Constant kneeing what feet folded and tucked under their butts must not help. Current theory is that Japanese think it’s cute to walk deformed.
Supposedly, NHK TV had a “science” show in this topic came up with the wild explanation that Western women have big butts so they walk with feet pointing out to draw said backside in. Japanese girls have no butts and walk with toes pointing in to push their backsides out. Yeah, ri-i-i-ight.
UPDATE: As rightly mentioned by one of readers, “Lola19″ :
There is no way to correct the O-legs without surgery. Check the www.ladisten.com/bow-legs that tells about it.
ALSO: Here’s an interesting, scientific newspaper article all about this…
SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
O-kyaku (walking pigeon-toed)
JapanTimes.co.jp – Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006
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February 6th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Bwaahahahahaha it IS cute the way they walk like that!
Personally I think it’s the kneeling and those damn geta sandals that make them walk like that.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:22 am
It could possibly be that when they started walking they imitated their parents, and that “O-Leg” type of walk has just managed to survive a few generations?
February 7th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
I think they are right about tucking your legs under your body when sitting. When I was about 3 I was pigeon toed and had to have a small operation near each big toe to help fix it. Then do exercises with my feet. My mum was told by doctors not to let me sit on the floor with my knees pointing back. So them basically sitting on their feet in this way could help with the problem :0
February 7th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Actually, this topic was started by my Japanese friend in grad school in the States who is has taken up marathon running only to discover that O-Legs and running don’t mix. She’s now going to a sports medicine clinic to be treated. Here in Japan, I’ve asked orthopedic surgeons for what they thought was the cause of O-Legs. Most hemmed and hawed since it’s a medical embarrassment. One surgeon admitted that when he set badly broken legs, he pointed the feet inward on women. I cannot believe that NHK’s “scientific” explanation.
February 17th, 2006 at 1:47 am
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February 20th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
MIGUEL on 2/17/2006 @ 1:47 am wrote:
CAN I OBTAIN THE CORRECTOR OF LEGS ARCHED?
Sorry to say, nearly all Japanese websales require a Japanese credit card or Japan-only postal COD. Basically, no Japanese website will ship overseas because credit-card fraud is so common.
You can try to ask for a special order from the only Japanese company who does ship to overseas, J-List.com.
http://affiliates.jlist.com/click/393/71
Sadly you will most likely be refused.
March 13th, 2006 at 5:00 am
HELLO FRIENDS DESIRE TO BUY THIS PRODUCT PLEASE TO SEND ME ITS PRICE IN DOLARES TO MY MAIL, SINCE MY DESIRE BUT LARGE IS TO COME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEMADE THE LEGS OR, IF IT PODRIAN ENVIAREL PRODUCT TO THE ENBAJADA OF PERU IN FILE, ALLI I TILL THE CORRESPONDING PAYMENTS FOR ITS PURCHASE. THANKS
May 7th, 2006 at 3:56 am
Goes to show how different cultures can be in fucked in what is considered to be attractive.
Personally I find that Japanese girl walk to be annoying as hell—that is, the way Japanese women walk like “pigeons” because they don’t know how to walk in heels drives me up the wall.
But I did hear from the horse’s mouth that many of these girls do in on purpose to look “vulnerable” — I guess that is what equates as being feminine in Japan, and I guess that’s what the wimpy Japanese guys go for here in Japan.
August 15th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
I think Oh-legs are sexy.
August 15th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Well zo-san, I think Oh-legs are hell of a lot sexier than Western hippo limbs. I have to say “hippo” because your name “Zo” could mean elephant (象 or ぞう) in Japanese, hee, hee.
August 18th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Well…I do find them attractive!
August 18th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
It’s odd but in America, one the ways beauty is judged is by how much light you can see between the thighs of a women—the more light, the less obese. But in Japan, the more light you can see between the thighs, the worse the women’s figure is. Go figure.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Are they talking about being pigeon-toed or having bow-legs (genu-varus)? Bow-leggedness is often caused by rickets:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genu_varus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets
The picture of the o-leg straightener seems like it would be for bowl-legs, not pigeon toes. It’s also useless b/c the only way to fix bow-leggedness as an adult is through surgeries such as Ilizarov method.
Walking w/ duck feet is usually a sign of something else such as flat-feet or ilio-tibial (IT) band syndrome, both of which I have. If a person strengthens his/her body a certain way in addition to this, it’s likely that his/her butt and possibly other parts will get bigger as mine did b/c the glute and thigh muscles are making up for what your feet SHOULD be doing. It was only b/c I am a dancer and a martial artist that my butt and thighs are muscular; when I first met my physical therapist, he suspected that my legs would be very weak and joints damaged b/c of the way I walk so no, walking duck-footed doesn’t necessarily make your butt bigger.
Personally as a dancer, I find any kind of foot/leg deformity highly unattractive b/c I know how hard it must be to balance.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
–>Are they talking about being pigeon-toed or having bow-legs (genu-varus)?<—
Both are a problem in Japan. Low calcium in the Japanese diet in the past and severe teenage dieting in the present causes bow-legs. Being pigeon-toed is learned posture of Jspanese girls trying to be “cute.” Often thin, super-dieting girls have both problems—compounded by the fact Japanese have short legs.
September 2nd, 2006 at 12:18 pm
necesito informacion en español por favor
September 2nd, 2006 at 1:07 pm
cristina asks: “necesito informacion en español por favor”
私は残念である。No habla espanol…(Here’s a machine translation from English to Spanish.)
Aquí está una traducción automática de inglés-español.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:49 am
the reason that they walk like that it’s because it’s cute, and it makes a big gap between your legs, making your leg look really skinny, which is what all Japanese aim for the fashion right now — stick thin
January 31st, 2007 at 11:32 am
Ha, ha, I guess that’s true. In the US the best way to judge a girl’s figure at the beach is if you can see any light between a girl’s legs. That’s rare even at the ankles, hee, hee. :-o
February 26th, 2007 at 4:24 am
Hahaha, oh!
Well, I have ‘o-legs’ XD and my friends (especially from HK and Japan) say they’re ‘cute’. I think it’s cute, but those pics look painful O.o
February 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Ha, ha, I can imagine what your friends from HK and Japan are saying is that pointing your toes inward –especially when posing for a photo– is cute. Generally, in Japan women will fret if their legs themselves are bowed/curved. I guess I will have to go out and taken some video of those “look painful O.o” girls in action.
June 7th, 2007 at 1:23 am
hi how can i get more information on this product were can i buy it please email me back
July 7th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Can someone tell me how to get this product to canada…please i really need this…thanks!
July 11th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
日本人のＯ脚は、生活文化によるものです。
正座や横座りなどの膝に圧迫を掛ける座り方が原因しています。
これが最大の原因です。
July 12th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Translation of the Japanese by Takashi-san above:
July 28th, 2007 at 3:46 am
I think that X-Legs of european fat peoples are also ugly.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:10 am
This all seems silly. Bone structure/body shape is genetic. People are born this way. Now, the pigeon toed walking, that *can* be an affectation, something done by some young women. (I know a Japanese woman who calls it walking like a teenager). I hope that Takashi-san isn’t suggesting that people can’t be born with bowed legs and pigeon toes.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:16 am
How can I obtain this product. I hate my legs because they’re skinny and bow legged. I’d love to fix this problem with the product shown above. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:05 am
I have bow legs, I’ve made a lot of research on the clinics where one could get it fixed and looks like there a few clinics that might help. so if there’s anyone who is not quite confident and brave about doing this, pls join me. w can do it together…
March 9th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
How much is that and please send me information to my msn
March 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Hi! only sells and ships their product within the country of Japan.
The company that makes the “O-Leg” correction device
However, you could use a proxy ordering service such Rinkya.com http://www.rinkya.com/storesrus.php to order and ship the “O-Leg” correction device to your country. The following email explains the process.
Sincerely yours,
Taro 3Yen
April 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I do not find or leg fixer here here: http: // http://www.rinkya.com/storesrus.php http: // http://www.rinkya.com/signup.php.yo need help to find it.where is? thants
April 24th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
It’s simple anatomy, these gals are trained at early age to sit “one style” and to always point their toes together… the more they think they’re being cute, the more their legs bow out. Wanna fix it, just relax, and stop worry-ing about “Image”
May 19th, 2008 at 7:37 am
I think short legs are one of the most unattractive physical traits out there; it’s not only me but as a whole throughout most cultures short legged-ness (or short-limbness that comes with it) is perceived as unattractive (and if you google ’short legs’ or sometime along those lines, you might find an article on a scientific study of why short-limbness/legs are perceived as unattractive from a biological perspective.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:13 am
how do I get this “O-leg supporter” if I am in the USA?
July 10th, 2008 at 9:34 am
It is very difficult to order Japanese products from the US. Japanese companies only accept Japanese credit cards for payment (and of course there are the language problems).
You need to use a “proxy service” as as….
July 15th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Here’s an interesting, informative article all about this….
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
That makes me feel very sad!
I had perfectly normal legs up to the age of 12; it was only recently (since two years ago) that I began having bowlegs.
I find it very annoying when my friends say it is because of “calcium deficiency” or “the inability to absorb calcium”.
I think it’s inherited.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Asians, Koreans especially obsess too much about legs and try to compare themselves to Japanese.
The Japanese are ethnically different than Koreans, so they will naturally have different physical attributes. You cannot expect the two to be the same or insist that the other look like your. That is like expecting an American to look like a Spanish.
You have to respect people for what they are. You are what you are physically. Judgements made of physical attributes or perceived physica attributeds is called discrimination, and prejudice.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:53 am
Hello
I would like to know where to buy this product, and if there are clinics in the U.S. to fill arquedas legs, I think than just need a simple surgery for my legs that, I have not quite arquedas. Heyy Legs I join you if you can write me at my e-mail address is: elizabeth_lavalle@hotmail.com. Thanks
November 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
i would like them too.im in Uk.where can i get the oleg?
my email is naomibella@hotmail.co.uk
November 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
soy argentina, descendiente de corea, tengo un problema que es la de las piernas arqueadas y necesitaria saber donde o como puedo conseguir los productos que aqui se mencionan. gracias.
December 10th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Greetings from south of Spain, please if anyone knows how to get it here at Spain please write to masme75@yahoo.es MUCHAS GRACIAS
April 29th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
There is a nice blog about bow legs that mentioned where to buy bow legs sandals…it’s not the supporters, but according to the sandals pictures it should help as well…(I haven’t tried myself)
http://bow-legged.com/where-to-get-sandals-for-bowlegs/
June 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Can anyone help me find the “O Leg Supporter”? I live in the USA. The only website that I could find that has this product is a Japanese site and everything is written in Japanese (which I cannot read). I would sooooooo appreciate any help. Thank you. My email address: bdeyton@hotmail.com
June 17th, 2009 at 8:13 am
There is no way to correct the O-legs without surgery.
Check the http://www.ladisten.com/bow-legs.shtml that tells about it.
Cheers.
June 18th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Wide shapes fit hormone-fed feet and square stances.
– Jana S.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
A long description of the odd stance of Japanese women is at Tokyo360.net.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
It is necessary to try all means to fix this horror. JUST GET THE SURGERY.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:49 am
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July 12th, 2009 at 9:14 am
GeeHow did you feel about that? Interesting story. Tell me more.
July 31st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Beauty of Body according to Japanese
This is according to the book ” BEAUTY UP: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics“, by Laura Miller. Berkeley: University of California Press:
women:
1. Pale skin
2. Big breasts
3. Pale nipples – bleaching the nipples – Japanese people think that the more sexually active the woman is, the darker the nipples become, so the women would like to lie by bleaching the nipples.
4. No underarm hair – If you have any, you break the social norms
Beauty for men
No hair on the body – hair is worse than no muscles or a small penis
September 30th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hi,
Here you could look at video that describes a patient’s experience regarding bow legs correction treatment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgw2mkiwNII
Also you could look at video of a patient’s interview regarding bow
legs correction treatment in two parts:
Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnZBlMEdGNs
Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJyyz7sn6Vc
Dr.Veklich
November 21st, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I need info on how to get the o-leg supporter too. :( Pls send them to my email address. Many thanks!
November 21st, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Opps. My email is: yeyanxinzizhu@yahoo.com Thanks!
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
This “O-leg supporter” sounds great, but how does it work? Is it simply pressing the knees together? Are bones so flexible?
November 24th, 2009 at 6:01 am
“Are bones so flexible?”
After the age of six, leg bones are not that flexible but will bend under pressure of leg braces IF the braces are worn while walking and whatever 16+ hours a day for 4-9 years. After the age of 18, the bones won’t bend at all–Thus this product is a fraud.
December 6th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Here you can find information on where to get the o legs supporters – http://bow-legged.com/o-legs-supporters-where-to-get-them/
April 30th, 2010 at 5:00 am
Love the post. The Japanese have another problem–I hope this teeth bleaching website would assist someone there.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Japanese (not all) have short, bowed legs. This is GENETIC and has nothing to do with the way you sit/stand, etc. I am western, tall with very slightly bowed legs and as a dancer, it is an anathema (the preference is for excellent turn out and minimal turn in since this creates a pleasing line to the leg). Anyhow, most of the Japanese I have seen have normal, albeit somewhat shorter than average legs. This is fine, there is nothing wrong with that. The severe bow leggedness IS a deformity. Walking pigeon toed like the woman in the video looks horrible. I feel sorry for her. How anyone could consider this cute is beyond me…poor woman. The O-fixer has the right idea, it’s strengthening your hip flexor (turn out) muscles which will help a person to walk with more turn out, but it won’t correct your skeletal conformation (bow legs). I have very good turn out and my legs are still slightly bowed. Afraid, you’ll still have the O-legs.
May 26th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
My sister was pigeon-toed as a kid. My dad just kept yelling at her to walk correctly and she eventually tried enough that it happened.
Sometimes it’s genetic, but it can also be just laziness.
May 27th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
It’s genetic. The self-styled One Racers know it’s true, but it kills them to admit it.
May 27th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
It kind of reminds me of Chinese foot-binding…Only that stumpy, runty Japanese girls want to walk weird without thinking.
May 28th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
WELCOME folks from Mari Diary
. . . . . and ZAEEGA-oids too!
What is funny is that many of the Japanese commentators on Zaeega.com (Japan’s version of BoingBoing) think walking pigeon-toed is wonderful.
See the loony Japanese comments translated at: http://ta.gd/machine-translation-Zaeega
However, a few of the Japanese on Zaeega, think that evil gaijin—Yikes, that’s me!—are alien “stalkers” and making fun of the handicapped even though all those photos and videos were of ‘normal’ Japanese.
Think about it: Only Japanese females walk deformed–not Japanese men.
BTW: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Since 2006, this post about Japanese girls and their
funny walking has had the greatest number of hits
here on the 3Yen–more than 800,000!
May 29th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I noticed that some Indians also have O-legs – or at least they can sit with their butt touching the floor with their legs somehow bent at their sides and completely touching the floor (something which as a Westerner I really can’t do – but I’ve seen this very often in Japanese people) – so it’s probably a genetic issue. If I remember correctly knee prosthetics in Japan are completely different from the ones in the West so it really just sounds like genetics rather than environmental (though maybe Asian people’s squatting also contributes!)
June 7th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
You could look at video that describes UK patient experience and interview in 1,5 years after bow legs correction treatment (2 parts):
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F73D78EBC0B793EF
June 10th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Tell me I’m not the only guy to find it incredibly sexy? Bow legs on a trendy Japanese girl….heaven! Obviously I don’t mean to the point where it makes them walk funny, but that slightly ‘bandy’ bow-legged stance is one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen on a girl.
July 12th, 2010 at 9:19 am
You’re wrong and the Ladisten website is wrong.
You can correct mild bow legs with postural exercises and trying and tie your legs together. That’s cause THAT KIND of bow legs are not caused at all by bone deformity but by muscular inbalance: weak addctors and tight abductors. The proof is that when sitting the legs look fine and straight. It’s when you stand that your tight muscles tilt the knees out of position.
So this kind of device and other exercises as suggested by a posturologist can reverse bowlegs without surgery.
Of course if you’re very bowed legs due to bone deformity like this: http://srv001.fileinput.com/download/x596w4m7?f=30_1.jpg
The surgery is the only thing that works.
August 28th, 2010 at 2:13 am
I think bow legs and the O-walk are attractive. I’ve always wished I had bow legs, my perfectly straight legs are not as attractive to me. I guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.
August 28th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
I’ve seen people of other cultures walk like that, too. Not just Japanese? Weird how some people love to stereotype. Every culture has beauties and “abnormalities.” Stereotyping just makes people racist and seem outdated. Maybe people judge others negatively because of a lack in education!
August 31st, 2010 at 4:40 am
Basically, bow legs o-shape may be corrected by exercising but it takes months for a proper result. Although your bones won’t be straightened but your knee joints and ligaments may get changed. You need some effort, faith and common sense because once you cross the line you may get problems with your knee joints. There is a website advertising American prototype of a bow legs correcting device: http://www.rxknee.com/Bowleg.aspx However you may just use a wide adjustable belt and put some shoe between your feet. Stand like that for 10-15 minutes a day slowly increasing time. You also need to work with your muscles and diet. Slowly but surely you get a good result but you have to be very goal centered and faithful. Please remember that surgery is a last resort, and it may cause infection or other terrible consequences after which you may lose your leg(s). Be careful and good luck!
September 4th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Hola, estoy escribiendo desde ecuador, quisiera sabeer como puedo obtener este producto y cuanto cuesta. La pagina esta en ingles y en japones. Necesito me ayuden. Gracias
September 4th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
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Escribanme me interesa mucho el producto. Gracias
February 7th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
I think it is the result of incorrect posture and upbringing. Not all Japanese women walk like this. Being pigeon-toed is a result of attempting to be ‘cute’ – gender image role enforcement. Keeping the legs very close to each other is a sign of daintiness in Japanese culture, it goes back into Japanese history. The problem is, that Girls don’t grow up correcting their habits so their muscles are too weak to straighten. They don’t intentionally walk like that- it is a result of habit and weak muscles.
July 8th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Check out BowlegsRemedy [dot] com.
—How to fix bowlegs without any surgery.—
July 8th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
This is the first time I ever read comments on the Web. There are so many, and don’t seem to be organized. A few even change the subject. Shouldn’t there be a law against that?
July 8th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
First time you’ve read comments on the web? Then this must be the first comment you ever made too. You’re in for a very rude awakening... maybe not here, but elsewhere.
August 19th, 2011 at 5:57 am
I’m from south africa with bow legs does anybody know if there are products available here to help
August 19th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
As I have over and over, non-surgical methods won’t work over the age of puberty (and they don’t work well even at the ideal age 4 to 11).
That said, this Japanese company, Visiore.com, with sell to overseas markets via the link you can find at the bottom of the page…
ORDER
Visiore’s overseas sales are conducted through a proxy ordering service.
August 24th, 2011 at 3:58 am
You can find where to get o legs supporters here:
http://bow-legged.com/where-to-get-bow-legs-supporters/
August 27th, 2011 at 1:26 am
hello sir or madam, i wanna ask you about japanese oh legs, if i order o legs supporter where i pay? i’m living in the philippines…or do you have store here? to get them and pay of my order? please i want to know i really interested if they can help me to fix my bow legs…bow legs gave me worse and loose my confident…i can’t wear any shorts or skirt….thanks and more power
August 28th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
One treatment is to avoid Osteomalacia; that is softening of the bones, with Protein (Chlorella), Calcium (Oatmeal), Vitamin D (Eggs, Tuna, Sunlight).
August 28th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
So these bow-leg zupporters don’t work
Im 16 an have no means of getting surgery, is there reallyno way to fix without surgery?
August 28th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
You’ll have to stick to wearing slacks—you are too old for non-surgical fixes.
(If it is any consolation to you, if you parents had got you proper non-surgical treatment such as leg brace when you were under the age of 12 years old, your feet would point straight ahead but your knees still would point in a slightly odd angle that many people would still notice.
Basically, the non-surgical fixes are useless except in helping children with very mild cases of “O-legs.”
August 29th, 2011 at 6:30 am
@Taro: thank you for the speedy reply, im pretty disappointed that i will have to live with my physical and emotioal pain till i grow much older and can afford the surgery. Another question, how does the surgery straighten bow legs?
August 29th, 2011 at 8:53 am
If you have a severe problem, National Health Insurance will pay for the surgery (except for the USA). If you are as unfortunate to live in an undeveloped country, you can move to country with National Health Insurance.
If you are from the USA, you can just move to Canada for corrective surgery, or you can save a few thousand dollars and find a US surgeon who will take your case pro-bono (free), which is common.
Alternatively, you could move to Japan were everyone has “O-legs” so nobody really notices it.
Rather painfully.
I have known a few people who have undergone corrective treatments and it is not fun.
One treatment surgically changes the angles in the knees and ankles, which is quick but does not completely take the curve out of the legs. The more expensive and lengthy treatment, breaks (ouch) the bones in the legs and regrows them straight. This will have to be done more than once (ouch, ouch) because you are still growing. The final result, which can take more than a year, makes a person quite a bit taller with longer legs (some people in China have this done as cosmetic surgery in order to get high paying jobs that require people to be taller than 169cm / 5′6″).
The non-surgical methods using leg braces and corrective shoes only works for younger children and milder cases of “O-legs.” And, the final result is only reduces the appearance of bowing of the legs and does not totally remove it.
However as was mentioned before, You can correct mild bow legs with postural exercises and trying and tie your legs together. That’s cause THAT KIND of bow legs are not caused at all by bone deformity but by muscular imbalance: weak addctors and tight abductors. The proof is that when sitting the legs look fine and straight. It’s when you stand that your tight muscles tilt the knees out of position. This kind of device and other exercises as suggested by a posturologist can reverse bowlegs without surgery.
BOTTOM LINE: You need to get medical specialist(s) to give you an evaluation (your high school councilor could help you to get a free medical consultation and some civic groups such as the Kiwanis and Shriners provide free care for disabled youth).
August 29th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I couldn’t thank you enough for your help, you have given me more information in two replys than i’ve found on numerous websites!
Tommorow i will consult my school nurse and also search for a nearby specialist. Thank you again.
I’m really curious how you became so educated on the bow leg subject.
August 30th, 2011 at 12:36 am
Even though I’ve climbed Mount Fuji three times (3Yen / 2005-07-29), I have also spent years of my life in orthopedic rehab.
August 30th, 2011 at 9:49 am
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November 10th, 2011 at 11:43 am
taro, i’m not sure if you’re still checking on theses comments, but what would you consider “mild” bow leg?
November 10th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
“Mild” bowleggedness would be a small curvature that doesn’t harm the athletic ability or health of the person but is just an aesthetic problem.
Here’s a mild case of Japanese bow legs where the person could run and function normally (she is accentuating her bowleggedness curve the because she thinks it looks cute and her shoes are making it worse) …
Here’s a case of Japanese bowleggedness (somewhat self-inflicted) where the person is starting to have trouble walking/running.
December 9th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
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February 1st, 2012 at 6:35 am
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