Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: alps on June 23, 2017, 05:54:01 PM
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I got this booklet https://www.hss.edu/files/LL-LimbLengthingSurgicalGuide_2014.pdf which Dr Rozbruch gives to his LL patients.
The exercises are very simple. You don't even need a PT to help you with these.
Why is there such a big stress on the physical therapist for LL?
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I got this booklet https://www.hss.edu/files/LL-LimbLengthingSurgicalGuide_2014.pdf which Dr Rozbruch gives to his LL patients.
The exercises are very simple. You don't even need a PT to help you with these.
Why is there such a big stress on the physical therapist for LL?
I honestly dont know. All i did was the exercises in rozbruch's handbook and i was set. It couldnt have gone more smoothly.
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did you have a physical therapist or did you do them yourself?
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Because often there are points when lengthening that you feel like such crap you won't do the PT at all on your own or will half-ass the exercises. Having someone else forcefully stretch you can definitely help.
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I think physical therapy is VERY important during femur lengthening, but having a PT not so much. If you follow accurately the times for stretching and do the exercises in a proper manner then that's enough most of the times.
During lengthening, I had both a trainer and a PT. While the trainer encouraged me to stretch, do bike, walk, do elliptical; these are things I could do by myself. Still, a lot of the other patients, because of pain or laziness, did not do the exercises and having a trainer was helpful. The PT did massages and taped my knee when it was bothering. A nice addition but never necessary.