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Long legs
Long legs is a feature in which a person's legs are longer than usual for the average normal person in his ethnic/racial group.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 35-year old asked:
I want longer legs. I'm 5'9 and want to be taller in the legs. Is that possible?
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A female asked:
Will I still be able to play soccer after recovering from height surgery? Or will the longer legs upset my athletic ability?
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A 52-year old female asked:
My mother had hip surgery. Was doing well. Blood clot found and taken care of. Now she can no longer walk. Leg feels numb.
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A 40-year old asked:
One leg longer than the other, any solutions like pt?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can having one leg longer than the other have an effect on hip?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is it true that we have problems with hips if one leg longer than the other if so why?
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A 19-year old male asked:
How to make your legs longer even with surgery and does it have some side effects ?thnx
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A 61-year old female asked:
Im 61 and 4ft5,are there meds to make people taller?or surgery to make your legs longer,people have judged me for being short,never dated,got married or had kids cause of it,and people ignore me cause they think of me as a child,so is that possible?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have one leg longer than the other?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is there a name for a condition for having one leg longer?
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A 43-year old asked:
Should I get surgery to make my leg longer?
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A 37-year old asked:
Born with one leg longer than the other. Is there a way to fix this?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can spastic diplegia in adults be corrected with surgery. I have 2.5cm discrepancy rt leg longer then left with gait walk.?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Recently i've started 2jog & have noticed lots of pain in my right hip. I do have 1 leg longer then the other. Could this be the reason 4 my hip pain?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are the cause that can make one leg longer than other?
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A 32-year old asked:
What to do if I'm 4 foot 11 and I want the sergury to where they can make your legs longer or whatever it is. ?
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A female asked:
I have short legs and long torso. Is there any excercises I can do or natural remedies to make my legs longer?
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A 27-year old female asked about a 47-year old female:
For the past 2-3 months i have been suffering from a sever pain & swelling in my feet.sometimes.i can no longer move my legs.why?
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A 35-year old male asked:
My hands and legs go numb, freeze if i sit down little longer. Also my legs feel like dead sometimes. Is it normal. How to avoid this problem?
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A 30-year old asked:
Knee pain. Meds, ice, heat don't work. Im obese. Used to pop by twisting knee. Same leg longer than other. Pain is all over. No job or money for dr ?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Always had one leg longer than the other, past year ball of my foot on shorter leg increasingly more pain now arch pain and big toe numb. No injury?
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A 18-year old female asked:
How can I make my legs grow longer after puberty?
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A 45-year old female asked:
If i had back pain caused from my right leg being longer than my left would it hurt on the right side of my back or my left?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Im so thin. From last many years only my height increase. It looks very bad, my legs are longer than my upper body. Plz please help me :(?
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A 43-year old female asked about a female:
She suddenly complained that her right leg pain and after 2 days, I discovered her right leg is longer 2 inches than her left leg. See X-Ray attached.
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it normal for one leg that's longer than the other to cause hip stiffness?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is it possible to have torso shortening surgery for girls with longer torso and shorter legs?
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A 25-year old asked:
I went to the chiropractor and he told me one of my legs is longer than other. Do they tell this to everyone?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Child has arthrits and one leg is longer than other rheumo wabts to wait a year for x-rays abd treatment. Is this normal to wait?
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A 30-year old asked:
One of my legs feels longer than the other. Should I have the shoe repair guy make one heel taller?
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