Knee flexion may be a normal physiologic phenomenon, or it may be caused by congenital developmental abnormalities, or it may be due to acquired degeneration of the knee joint. Corrective methods include conservative correction and surgical correction.
1. Physiological phenomenon: the normal human thigh to knee joint area itself has a certain degree of curvature, rarely appear absolutely straight, so this normal physiological phenomenon usually do not need to carry out special treatment.
2. Congenital developmental anomalies: congenital bony developmental anomalies of the knee joint or ligament structure abnormalities may also appear in the knee joint bending symptoms, for ligament structure abnormalities of the patient can be rehabilitative training to restore the balance of bilateral ligament strength; for the skeleton is not yet set in the patient can be manipulated to correct or support the correction of the skeleton after the skeleton is set in the correction of the surgical procedure can only be carried out.
3. Acquired degeneration of knee joint: Acquired degeneration of knee joint may also appear the above symptoms, the deformity is mild, usually can be oral ibuprofen, loxoprofen and other drugs to reduce the inflammatory reaction of the joint, or oral glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and other drugs to nourish the cartilage; deformity is obvious, usually osteotomy or knee replacement to correct the patient.
The same disease, the patient’s physical condition is different, different stages of the disease, the treatment method is different, should be standardized under the guidance of the doctor for treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.