Knee valgus at age 46 should be treated on a case-by-case basis. If the valgus is less than 7 degrees, it is treated conservatively. If the knee valgus is more serious, greater than 7 degrees, then the main surgical treatment.
Knee valgus is usually caused by heredity, rickets, obesity, etc. It is manifested by the fact that when the legs are straightened or standing, the inner sides of the two knees can touch each other, but the heels of the two feet can not be brought together.
1. Conservative treatment: if the knee valgus, valgus within 7 degrees, belongs to the normal range, in general, no treatment. You only need to correct some bad habits in your daily life. If you are obese, you can reduce your weight to prevent the condition from developing.
2. Surgery: In general, 46-year-old knee valgus, and knee valgus is more obvious, greater than 7 degrees, resulting in pain in the knee joint area, the need for surgical osteotomy corrective treatment.
It is also necessary to consider where the deformity of the knee is, mainly in the femur, can be corrected by femoral surgery, if the deformity is in the tibia, can be corrected by tibial osteotomy surgery.
If you are 46 years old and have a knee valgus, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time to determine the severity of the valgus by combining imaging tests and other means, so that you can choose the appropriate treatment plan. Generally, knee valgus is treated with surgery with obvious results.