Yoga Asanas: an important tool
Amongst other benefits, Yoga can significantly improve your flexibility, posture, breathing, core strength, and the alignment of your body. These elements can also be very helpful in straightening bow legs. Of course, a person suffering from bow legs might have to make use of specialized gear such as 'yoga straps'. Yoga straps will help you bind your legs so that they feel stronger and more supported. This allows you to maintain a better posture while you perform yoga asanas like the cow face position and certain forward bending asanas. As a general rule, yoga asanas should be performed thrice daily, to begin with.
Strength training for leg muscles
It's also important that your exercise routine includes exercises that are designed to strengthen your leg muscles, as this can help to reduce the amount of unnecessary stress on your joints and tendons during everyday activities. Simply tie a small weight to your feet or to the lower portion of your legs, 10 pounds is generally a good weight to start with. Then, while lying on a smooth flat surface, bend your knees so that your heels touch your buttocks. Then, straighten your legs back into the position you started in, repeating this entire routine around 5 times. As your strength increases, you should be able to progressively increase the weight you use for this routine.
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