How to know if My Baby’s Legs is Crooked and How to Deal with it?

Base on the physiology, the newborn's leg bones will slightly bend. When growing up, the shape of the leg bones will gradually straighten until they’re normal.

Crooked legs are divided into two groups

The first group is the natural crooked legs happen since birth. Most are seen in children or babies. The legs will bend outward. It’s believed that because of the baby's posture while in the womb. When growing up, the legs will gradually straighten. The crook may happen to one leg or both of them.

Another group is the abnormal crooked legs. The crook won’t disappear naturally. If the legs still crook after the child is over 2 years old, it might be because of the pathology of the knee bones. The curved degrees of the legs will be rather high.

How to check if your children have crooked legs?

1. Have your child lay down with straight legs. Keep the ankles together.
2. Make sure that both knee bones are facing the front.
3. Measure the distance between the inside of both knees. The gap should not be over 8 cm.
4. If the gap is more than eight cm and your baby is younger than two years old, it’s recommended go to see the doctor because treatment in young children is easier than in older children or adults.

My children’s legs are crooked; can I bend them into place on my own?

It’s NOT recommended to bend the crooked legs by oneself. The belief that carrying a child around the waist and wearing diapers will make the baby’s legs crook is not true. Crooked legs can be found in healthy children and will disappear after growing up.