The wheels in valgo are the real valgo, a condition on misaligned wheels, facing inwards, among themselves, this change can be observed from the age of 8, but this age presents the most common arches that have recently been arched. ‘X legs’ or ‘footprints’.
The wheels increase the load inside the wheels, seeing more of them and their causes, including:
- Children are usually born with varo wheeled valgo.
- But are corrected with growth; If not corrected.
- The valga knee can promote the production of pumpkin.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Tendinitis and bursitis.
To identify the true valgo, it is necessary to observe the legs of the person standing, keeping the body straight and the parts parallel.
In any case, this deviation of the wheel causes pain or discomfort, although it can increase the risk of osteoarthritis of this joint, patellar dissuxurization, stretching of the medial collateral ligament, increased lateral traction of the quadriceps.
Treatment to correct true valgo is done through corrective exercises indicated by the physical therapist, achieving better results when performed in children and adolescents. This could also indicate the use of orthopedic plates, which favor the construction of slate and feet and, as a result, prevent misalignment of the slates.
Corrective exercises for a true valgo consist of strengthening the muscles of the lower and lateral part of the muscle: semi-tendent, semi-membrane, with the tensioner of the can fascia, the femoral biceps and the lateral structures of the hamstrings.
It is advisable to avoid certain types of exercise, such as running and sitting, as well as to decrease the intensity and pace of physical activity.