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Can physical therapy fix knock knees?

Introduction: Standing in an upright position and can't unable to close feet together  is the classical symptom of knock knees, this deformity leads to  touch or ''knock'' the knees against each other. The overall posture  gets affected due to knock knees and if proper treatment doesn't get  on time can leads to complication of lower limbs. It is more common  in children than in adults What causes knock knee? There are various causes of knock knee(Genu Valgum) which needs  to be understand according to the type of patient  ( age, height, health, body weight, BMI) etc. and many more, some of  the causes are as follows:  → Misalignment of posture leads to deformity of knock knees → Overweight or obesity is more prone to Genu Valgum → Vitamin D deficiency  → Adductor muscle(inner thigh) tightness prone to genu valgum deformity  → Rickets (weaker bones put uneven pressure on joints resulting knock knee)  → Pronation or everted foot...