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Can you make yourself bowlegged?
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No, not really: Bowleggedness is actually a normal part of growing up. Some children are more Bowlegged than other, but almost all straighten out as they get older. There are a few rare causes of pathological bowing: Rickets, Blount disease, and skeletal dysphasia, and asymmetric growth arrest; these all occur in childhood or adolescence.
Answered 4/27/2019
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