Agony leads to joy of walking tall

Woman's deformity since birth corrected after 10 months' treatment and painful rehabilitation

Chen Tuanzhi felt excruciating pain when she walked on her feet for the first time in 26 years.

The woman from Xiamen, Fujian province, had been suffering from an extremely serious congenital condition known as genu recurvatum since she was born. The rare disease made her legs below the knees bend backward about 90 degrees.