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sprit33

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How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« on: January 20, 2022, 11:19:09 AM »
I read some of diaries mentioning that I reached XX cms today and decided to end lengthening. I mean, what made you make this decision (doctor advice? body reaction, like how tight or ROM),are there clear physical indications telling you not to lengthening any further? it's kind of hard to imagine for someone like me who hasn't experienced LL.
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2022, 05:42:47 AM »
It's a combination of all the factors you mentioned.
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2022, 11:38:15 AM »
When you are feeling pains that you cannot endure then your body warns you against lengthening any further.
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2022, 04:51:41 PM »
I suspect it's one of those things where you just know when it happens.
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2022, 08:29:56 PM »
This seems complicated to decide. I would trust "realistic" targets and an experienced doctor making attentive follow-up examination maybe more than pain because lack of pain may only mean  (or not) that nerve fibers are so compressed that the pain signals are not conducted and felt, while pain may mean (or not)  that nerve stretching has not yet catched muscle and bone daily lenghtening.
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2022, 09:59:17 PM »
Lack of pain is normal. If nerve fibers are damaged and don't transmit signals properly, the symptoms will be numbness/ inability to feel anything
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2022, 01:05:24 AM »
I didn't mean total lack of receptor and nerve sensitivity. I meant lack of pain, with or without numbness, is not necessarily a signal that all is ok and that we can keep lenghtening.
But it's not necessarily a symptom of nerve damage either, at least permanent.
I draw this opinion from reading. Am I not correct?
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Re: How to tell if you reached the lengthening limit during LL
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2022, 02:15:37 AM »
One important criterion is your range of motion.

Ideally you can keep your leg completely flat (knee not bent) and you can bend your knee 90 degrees or more.

If your numbers are poor, your doc might tell you to stop until you improve.
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