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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: Jayjames on December 05, 2021, 06:11:10 AM

Title: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: Jayjames on December 05, 2021, 06:11:10 AM

Hey guys, I'm planning on doing LL twice over with one of Paley's packages in the next year or so. I'm a hair under 5'4 at about 63.8 inches.
My SH is 83cm and my Wingspan's exactly 67inches.

Would 5'8 look fairly normal with these proportions?

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: ReadRothbard on December 08, 2021, 09:20:04 PM

The wingspan works fine for 5'8, however, your SH seems remarkably short. How are you measuring it?

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: Jayjames on December 10, 2021, 01:23:03 AM

Apparently, it's 84cm now, I just sat down on the floor and measure from top to bottom.

I notice most men and women that I know around 5'9 are about 1in - 1.5inches taller than me when we're all sitting.

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: IncorrectHorseBattery on December 10, 2021, 01:52:44 AM

I'm about 169 cm and my sitting heights about 85 cm so I don't you are that far off. What's the median ratio?

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: ReadRothbard on December 10, 2021, 02:07:27 PM

If you could measure according to this document, I could get a better picture of your proportions (pg. 29, document pg 31): https://multisite.eos.ncsu.edu/www-ergocenter-ncsu-edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/06/Anthropometric-Detailed-Data-Tables.pdf

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: Jayjames on December 15, 2021, 05:00:22 PM

Just had my friend do the measurements and it came out to 33inches exactly in SH so 83.82 which tracks why I'm always about an inch - 1.5 inches below my taller friends when we're sitting down.

Not sure how to get a median ratio but my Leg to Body Ratio is 0.48 currently

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: ReadRothbard on December 15, 2021, 05:18:06 PM

Quote from: Jayjames on December 15, 2021, 05:00:22 PM

Just had my friend do the measurements and it came out to 33inches exactly in SH so 83.82 which tracks why I'm always about an inch - 1.5 inches below my taller friends when we're sitting down.

Not sure how to get a median ratio but my Leg to Body Ratio is 0.48 currently

0.48 is the exact median. However, I wouldn't let that discourage you from lengthening four inches.

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: Jayjames on December 15, 2021, 06:43:25 PM

Why do you think so? Idk much about ideal ratios is 48 ideal? Thought .50 was the Davinci golden ratio or something - seems like right now I'm more torso than legs if I'm reading the numbers correctly

Title: Re: Advice in proportions? 5'4 to 5'8
Post by: ReadRothbard on December 15, 2021, 10:33:20 PM

I just meant to say it's the median; I don't know what the ideal is for men.