Structural Leg Length Difference

This can develop from differing growth rates as a child, sometimes due to disease or treatments such as chemotherapy that interfere with bone growth plates, injuries and surgery to a bone or joint can result in a change in the length.

Sometimes other factors including scoliosis of the spine or damage to spinal discs that alter the alignment of the pelvis result in an imbalance that creates one shorter leg on standing. A structural LLD often does require a full foot lift to even up the body and reduce the compensatory changes in the feet and body that often can cause pain.