Load transfer was related to severity of all deformities.
In his efforts to make the papal institution entirely worthy of its mission St Bernard himself did not shrink from presenting to the papacy " the mirror in which it could recognize its deformities."
There are also congenital deformities, for example cleft palate where there is an absence of bone in the mouths of children.
Unfortunately, with tragic results, the other mirror image enantiomer causes genetic damage in the fetus resulting in physical deformities of the limbs.
I had, among other deformities of my spine, a twisted sacroiliac joint and lower lumbar spine.