Dent in Leg?

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Ever since I was young, my left leg has a "dent" on the side when I stand up straight. I am not overweight, but average build for a small woman. I think this is the leg that is about an inch shorter than my other leg (I don't know if that's common either). From my tennis shoes on the heel, I can tell I drag this foot more than my other foot (the left foot's shoe heel looks rubbed off a bit, but the right foot's shoe heel looks fine).
Has anyone have this unusual dent on their leg? What was the cause of it?
 
that happens when you make a wrong u-turn in bed
 
Hmm... have you gone to see a doctor for that? If your leg is actually shorter than the other, there is a procedure that they can do that helps you grow an inch or two where-ever you need it. :thumb:
 
They aren't going to make anything grow. They usually makes shiim or something with your shoes to make it even. I DO have problem having one leg bitty shorter than other. But, it is NOT a big deal for me.

Your right, should see doctor to get this correct because this WILL affect your back in future!

VamPyroX said:
Hmm... have you gone to see a doctor for that? If your leg is actually shorter than the other, there is a procedure that they can do that helps you grow an inch or two where-ever you need it. :thumb:
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diehardbiker65 said:
They aren't going to make anything grow. They usually makes shiim or something with your shoes to make it even. I DO have problem having one leg bitty shorter than other. But, it is NOT a big deal for me.

Your right, should see doctor to get this correct because this WILL affect your back in future!
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Er...actually vampyrox is correct. There is a procedure that doctors can do to even up the length of the legs to match the other. It was invented by a Russion doctor years ago and the medical establishment here in the US were highly skeptical at first. When he demonstrated his work, they did an about face and jumped on the bandwagon.

Basically they do an operation to put this contrapion on the "shorter" leg. The device is like a screw which pulls on the leg bone very slightly every so often until desired length is reached.

Here is an exerpt from a website...

Limb Lengthening

Limb lengthening is a surgical procedure used to treat a limb-length discrepancy (LLD) of the arm or leg. The goal is to achieve equal length with the corresponding opposite limb. LLD is the difference between the lengths of the upper arms and/or lower arms, or a difference between the lengths of the thighs and/or lower legs. In the past, surgeons rarely lengthened bones. That's because complications were common, the additional length gained was small, and the newly formed bone was weak. Today, advanced surgical techniques have reduced complications significantly. Patients are able to return to their daily activities soon after surgery.
 
diehardbiker65 said:
They aren't going to make anything grow. They usually makes shiim or something with your shoes to make it even. I DO have problem having one leg bitty shorter than other. But, it is NOT a big deal for me.

Your right, should see doctor to get this correct because this WILL affect your back in future!
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No, it's not something to make the legs grow longer.

What they do is screw a metal rod to the leg to make it straight. Next, they cut the bones in that leg and pull them apart a little bit. After a while, the bones will look at that cut as a fracture and heal itself. While it's healing, they separate the bones further and further to its limit. I've seen this done on television.

Anyone ever see the movie, Gattaca starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman? Hawke plays a guy who has a heart problem, but desperately wants to be part of a group of "perfect" people. Another man offers to exchange his identity to this guy. The reason for this offer is that the other man is in a wheelchair for life, but no one knows it yet. There were two problems... the other man was left-handed and taller than this guy. So, this guy had the same surgery to make his legs longer and forced himself to learn to write with his other hand. So, yes... it's possible.
 
Probably a visit to an orthopaedic specialist would answer your questions. It is hard to say how to solve the problem without knowing the cause of it.

I have one leg that seems about 1/2 inch longer than the other. Actually, my pelvis is not symetrical, so the affect is one leg longer than the other. But when I wear slacks or a skirt with a belt, you can see the slope at the waistline and notice that is where the discrepancy is. I never really knew it until I went to a sports medicine specialist and he measured and xrayed me. The funny thing is, I always wondered why sometimes I was 5'2" tall, and sometimes 5'3" tall. The reason? Because at the times my height was measured, sometimes I put my weight on the left foot, sometimes on the right foot. Depending on whether or not I was standing on the "long" leg or the "short" leg, my height measured differently.

Going to the doctor finally solved my question of why all my skirt hems always looked crooked. :) Now I know that I need to sew a sloping hem on the skirt, and then it looks straight when I wear it.

Orthonic "lifts" do help some conditions.

Where on your leg is your "dent"? Is it in the muscle tissue, or at a joint?

If it doesn't bother you too much, then special inserts for your shoes might be a less drastic option than surgery.

Going to a doctor is probably the best idea because as our bodies age little problems sometimes become bigger problems. :(
 
I have a scolosis that causes leg slight shorter than other leg due to curve. I do wear a regular shoes, sometimes it hurt when it pressures on my feet when I stand up.
 
Safari said:
I have a scolosis that causes leg slight shorter than other leg due to curve. I do wear a regular shoes, sometimes it hurt when it pressures on my feet when I stand up.
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I have a mild case of scolosis myself....I just found this out two years ago when I had an x-ray done on my back by my doctor after he felt my back....and a few times, my foot cramps up too even though I do wear regular shoes the same way yours did. It goes away after a minute but boy my foot hurt!
 
Reba said:
Where on your leg is your "dent"? Is it in the muscle tissue, or at a joint?
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It's on the left leg, on the side of my thigh....it is higher above the knee so it is at a muscle area.

Reba said:
Going to a doctor is probably the best idea because as our bodies age little problems sometimes become bigger problems. :(
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I agree with ya....aging can do problems for you....in my case, I had no clue why the back of my leg was hurting whenever I was starting to standing up for a few days....this problem has cleared up now...but I don't remember my leg doing that before. I must have pulled a muscle or something there and I don't know how I did it. Oh well..LOL

Thanks you all for your advice. I appreciate it!
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My scolosis has been since I was a teenager, it's a mild, too. It goes with arithitis in my upper back. It pains once in a while. Goose bumps.... :)
 
My mother and my sister Dori have that too but theirs are mild. Sometimes it can affect my mom once in a while like on good days and bad days. most of time it doesnt bother her unless if she work too hard by cleaning up and pushing or lifting the furnitures etc then it will be painful the next day.

I don't know of anyone who have dented legs.. I guess it was overlooked? but do go to dr and get an opinion on that and see what the dr can recommend for you. Good Luck .. ;)
 
Lordosis, and...

I concur with some of the others. You should go to your doctor to see if you need to be referred to an orthopedist for proper diagnosis.

Incidently, my right leg is actually two inches shorter than my left leg is. This is due to a slight lordosis (curve of the lower spine), and a dislocated right hip that I've had since the age of six.
 
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