Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Patients Experiences => Topic started by: FSchez on February 09, 2021, 02:02:08 PM
-
Hello friends,
A few days ago I had surgery on my femurs to grow as much as possible, without negatively impacting my mobility and my daily life.
Thanks to this forum (specially the diary of "my evolution" among other experiences), I decided that it was time to increase my height after being quite short for so long, since height is a very important issue in society.
From a very young age I have always been quite short, but at the same time I have been in shape all my life. I am very athletic and disciplined, and I have studied sports and physical activity sciences.
Before starting my diary from the day of the intervention I must say that I have been stretching my legs hard for a month and a half 2 times a day.
Initial height: 161.5 cms
Initial weight: 58 kgs.
Objective: increase 7-8 cm in femurs.
-
Sorry, I forgot to write that I am a 34-year-old man.
Day of intervention:
I checked in the hospital on January 23 at 7:30 and the intervention began at 9:30. My wife accompanied me to the door of the operating room.
2 hours later the doctor called my wife to the room phone to inform her that everything was going well with the first leg and that in 10 minutes was going to start with the second leg.
Around 1:30 p.m. the operation finished, bandages included.
In the room, I woke up with tired legs and chest discomfort. I also felt nauseous, but I did not vomit. Shortly after, with the medication all the discomfort went away.
Dinner was not very appetizing, but I was able to eat something. After several attempts to urinate, I succeeded and I was quite relaxed.
-
Day 1 post operation (January 24):
The night was not very good but not bad either. I had a hard time falling asleep, because with the sedation I spent the day sleeping and that the bandages on my legs bothered me... it was difficult for me to sleep ... At midnight I had to ask for a pain reliever and finally I was able to rest 2-3 hours.
The day went quite well, I hardly had any discomfort. The epidural dose until the morning was 4ml / h but at noon they lowered it to 2ml / h which is the minimum dose. The next step is to remove it.
Today the physiotherapist came with a machine to train the flexibility of the knee. The normal thing is that with 50 degrees people start to feel discomfort but they managed to put my knee at 100 degrees and it felt very good since it relieved me to be able to move my legs, it was about 45 min per leg.
Afterwards I had a bit of pressure and discomfort but with the pain reliever it passed quickly and I fell asleep for a while.
Today they also removed the bandages that were put on me during the operation and I felt enormous relief, and they were covered again
They did an X-ray and everything was perfect, when I can I will post the photos.
-
Day 2 after the operation (25 / January / 21):
The night was good, although I had two peaks of pain not very intense but they did wake me up.
The good news is that shortly after putting on painkillers it passed. I had only two awakenings in the whole night.
I was looking forward to the time to wake up because that day the doctor came to remove bandages (which until now was one of the most uncomfortable), the epidural would be completely removed, which meant that I was going to stand up.
As everything was going very well they put me on the knee bending machine, they told me that it was possible that I could hold less flexion than the first day because it could have discomfort, however I was surprised, the first day it was 100 degrees and today I reached 110😱.
Then the doctor came, who was very happy and told me that everything was going great so we would try to stand up.
I stood up, I was able to do it without any problem from the bed without help, obviously very slowly and calmly, and finally the most desired moment arrived: to stand up.
I put my feet on the ground and as my sensations were good, the physiotherapist told me that if I wanted to, I could walk with the walker and that's just what I did, I took my first steps and it was great. I only had a feeling of slight discomfort but no pain.
As I felt good before eating, I took another little walk around the room with the walker.
In the afternoon the physiotherapist came with the machine and I started walking for another little while, like in the morning.
The sensations have been very good, because today they have already taken my epidural dose and I have not had more pain than the previous days on other days.
-
I wish you to have a healthy and safe LL journey.
Keep strong!
-
Day 3 after the operation
Tuesday 26 / January / 21:
The night was very good, from 8:00 p.m. I took a paracetamol I had no pain and I managed to sleep until 6 in the morning without any problem
At that time I asked for analgesia because I had discomfort and for fear that it would turn into pain I took a paracetamol.
So far with this type of pain reliever I am doing well, I no longer have intravenous medication because at the moment only oral medication is going well for me.
At 10 o'clock I started to feel discomfort again and asked for another paracetamol
With this painkiller I endured most of the day even though it was an intense day: physiotherapy session in the morning and in the afternoon (45 min. Each leg with the knee flexion machine) and then we did some movements to improve the joints and some exercises to work the muscles a little.
Also, as I felt strong, today I took 4-5 walks of about 5-10 min
At the end of the day, going to the bathroom and showering was already a bit difficult for me, I felt tired.
The only thing similar to pain that I have felt today was at the hips, as they are inflamed in the area where the nail is inserted. I am getting bruises in the same area but they do not hurt, I only notice discomfort at some times of the day.
Anybody kows how to add images? I am trying but its not easy...
-
Thank you bodybuilder!
Rigth now I m feeling a little more pain than the days at hospital... I 'm in my tenth day since I began to grow :D
-
Hi fschez. Thanks for the diary.
You can add images by uploading to imgbb.com then just copying and pasting the link here.
Good luck bro
-
Didn't Stryde nail get recalled over a week ago?
-
Didn't Stryde nail get recalled over a week ago?
Yeah I was thinking the same but he did it in Barcelona, so I imagine it’s not recalled in Spain. Does anyone know why it’s being recalled and if it’s been recalled in the states yet. Kind of surprising that stryde would get recalled and not bacteria magnet externals.
-
Hello friends,
A few days ago I had surgery on my femurs to grow as much as possible, without negatively impacting my mobility and my daily life.
Thanks to this forum (specially the diary of "my evolution" among other experiences), I decided that it was time to increase my height after being quite short for so long, since height is a very important issue in society.
From a very young age I have always been quite short, but at the same time I have been in shape all my life. I am very athletic and disciplined, and I have studied sports and physical activity sciences.
Before starting my diary from the day of the intervention I must say that I have been stretching my legs hard for a month and a half 2 times a day.
Initial height: 161.5 cms
Initial weight: 58 kgs.
Objective: increase 7-8 cm in femurs.
Are you doing this with Monegal in Barcelona? How much is this costing you? How can I contact him?
-
Hi friends!
I'll write to you as soon as posible. I'm trying post my photos at hospital.
I hope you can see the image of this linnk:
https://ibb.co/BNY7JbM
Yes Jason2020, my doctor is Alejandro Monegal.
If you want I can give you the e-mail to contact to him
-
If you want to see my post operation photos you can click in this link:
https://fschez.imgbb.com/
-
Day 4 after the operation (Wednesday 27 / January / 21:
The night was quite good, I woke up in the middle of the night with discomfort and with a quick pain reliever I went back to sleep quickly.
When I woke up I felt quite a sensation of muscle fatigue, because the day before I did a lot of exercise.
In the morning I did the physiotherapy session: some exercises to activate the muscles of the legs and they put me on the knee flexion machine. I also walked, but very little, just a walk to the door of the room.
I was quite tired and had discomfort so I asked for a little more pain relievers than the day before. I got up to go to the toilet and my feeling was dizzy (a common feeling from lying down for so long). Apart from muscle fatigue, I hyperventilated while walking and this made me a bit nauseous, so I had to wait for the feeling to subside before I could eat.
In the afternoon I had another physical therapy session, with the knee flexion machine (the machine relaxed me so much that I fell asleep while working on it).
Shortly after I woke up the doctor came and took an X-ray to mark the area of the nail magnets on my legs, that would be the reference point where I had to support the machine to lengthen the nail. The doctor told me that everything was correct, so he discharged me and my mell drove to the MICs Sant Jordi residence, which is 5 minutes by car from the Diagonal clinic.
After dinner I had a bit of a bad time because I lay on the sofa leaning on my left hip and when I tried to get up to go to the bathroom with the walker my legs were shaking like when you have intense muscle fatigue and it seemed I was going to fall ... It took me a lot to get it but in the end it came. On the way back I had to tell my wife to bring me the wheelchair. Shortly after we went to bed. It was a very intense day.
-
Yeah I was thinking the same but he did it in Barcelona, so I imagine it’s not recalled in Spain. Does anyone know why it’s being recalled and if it’s been recalled in the states yet. Kind of surprising that stryde would get recalled and not bacteria magnet externals.
Externals is a safe way for LL and other orthipaedic surgeries for more than 70 years.
There is no reason to recall nor it is a bacteria magnet as you said.
Don't spread stupid things in our fellow LLers topic, you can discuss anything you want about externals in an appropriate topic.
-
Following the qestion of Highest and Volt...
I don't know if stryde is being recalled and if it is true, I don't know why.
So far all I have seen and heard is that the stryde operation is currently the best option to lengthen the bone with a very fast recovery and with less risk. The patients who have finished lengthening their legs with this technique seem to have been very happy, I have spoken with some of them and they have given me a lot of confidence...
If someone finds out or knows something about this I hope he inform us...
For the moment I will focus on posting the next days of my lengthening progress
-
FSchez, don't worry about the stryde drama. You will be fine
-
Hi friends!
I'll write to you as soon as posible. I'm trying post my photos at hospital.
I hope you can see the image of this linnk:
https://ibb.co/BNY7JbM
Yes Jason2020, my doctor is Alejandro Monegal.
If you want I can give you the e-mail to contact to him
Yes that would be great.
-
Yeah don’t worry I have only seen good things from Stryde on here. It’s definitely your best option, and unless a better alternative comes around in 4 or 5 years when I plan on getting LL done myself, I want to use it.
-
Hi friends!
Thank you all for your comments. This afternoon I will continue writing the days that I have spent during my stay at the MICs Sant Jordi residence in Barcelona.
Today I feel great, currently I have been a little more than 3 weeks since the intervention and I am already at home with my wife and children.
I just posted new photos of my progress at the link below:
https://fschez.imgbb.com/
-
Day 5 after the operation (Thursday 28/January/21):
The night was not very bad, I woke up due to heat in my legs around 2:30 and I was trying to sleep for half an hour, but since I couldn't sleep, my wife woke up and gave me medication to calm the pain. Shortly after the pain went away and I fell asleep until about 8:30.
I woke up in good spirits, only with my hips swollen and a little tired in my legs, but I spent the morning calm and almost painless. Around 12:30, I did the exercise of bending my knees with the help of my wife, but only 20 minutes with each leg so as not to get too tired. Then I did 10 repetitions with each leg, lifting the extended legs, and as my left hip was sore and a little more swollen, I started to feel pain. Right after exercise I ate, but as the muscle pain kept getting stronger I had to stop eating to take a pain reliever and rest. I fell asleep in bed for a long nap and took the afternoon off, just as Alberto, the physiotherapist, and also Dr. Monegal had told me. It was a quiet afternoon without pain, I played chess and watched TV without getting up from my chair, just to go to the toilet and shower at night, which I was able to do standing up, with the help of my wife.
We went to bed quite early, around 10:30. Right after taking a shower I lay down on the bed, my wife healed my wounds and I had dinner in bed. I didn't get up again all night.
-
Stryde was recalled worldwide as far as I know... didn't you doctor tell you about it? Thats strange!
-
Looks like monegal did a good job with the surgery from what I can see. It's definitely amazing you can spend your time with your wife and kids- most people do this alone so you'll definitely have a much better time mentally and even physically with this lengthening.
Thanks for the pictures dude! Love the many pictures uploaded on imgbb, appreciate it man
And once again, don't worry about the Stryde drama...
@smalltaller he had this surgery three weeks ago when only UK suspended it so far.
-
Day 6 after the operation (29 / January / 21):
Again the night has been uncomfortable, it was difficult for me to fall asleep because although at 10:30 p.m. I took a pain reliever and I was not sleepy because I had slept almost 2 hours of nap. I fell asleep 2 hours after going to bed and woke up around 2:00 with a headache (probably because the pillow is too high) and heat in my legs. As the television was on with low volume, I tried to distract myself by watching a soccer game, after getting dressed up and taking a few turns, after half an hour or a little more I managed to fall asleep again.
I woke up again uncomfortable due to the headache and had to lift the bed (the head area) a bit but since I couldn't get to sleep, I started to feel pain in my legs and I took a pain reliever. I managed to get to sleep shortly after, but at 8:15 a.m. I woke up, again with discomfort in the neck and head area, so I got up to clear myself and have breakfast. I had a great morning without moving much, just in a wheelchair, and I got up a couple of times just to go to the bathroom. Today I was playing a physiotherapy session with Alberto, the first time after leaving the hospital. The session went great. It helped me to know that the swelling of the hips was not a bad thing, it is something normal because it is where they have had to drive the nails. I have also done a few stretching exercises to keep my hips and knees flexible and a series of exercises to keep my leg muscles, which I don't need to do at the moment because I stay pretty toned. The physiotherapist has recommended that I rest for the weekend.
After the physiotherapy session we went up to the room to eat and at the end I started to feel a slight muscle pain. As I have already learned my lesson, to avoid suffering pain I have taken a pain reliever and I have taken an hour's nap.
The afternoon we spent quietly playing chess, we started to watch TV. I started to feel a bit annoyed and when I got up to go to the toilet with the crutches I got dizzy.
I took a tramadol because the pain was already severe and I got into bed.
When the pain subsided a bit, we had dinner in bed and I watched TV to try to sleep.
-
Ghkid2021
Thank you for your comment, the truth is that I am very happy with how everything has gone so far and therefore I want to share all the information and feelings I have during the process since the intervention. I feel indebted to this forum because thanks to this I decided to take the step of having surgery, although in some personal experiences I would have liked to see more photos or videos of the patients throughout the process, so I want to publish everything that is in my hands .
About the removal of the stryde nail I'm curious, not worried, because suddenly people ask, but so far everything I have seen with this nail seems to have gone well, so if anyone knows exactly what happened let us know.
I'll keep updating the diary and posting new photos soon ...
-
Hello everyone!
I am going to start posting videos on YouTube of my progress since the intervention. Here you have the link to the first video training in the gym a few days since I arrived to the MICs Sant Jordi:
https://youtu.be/F1hq1xckPXE
-
Good luck! you are very similar to me. Prepare to lose all your butt ;D PM if you need any advice or info
-
;D
I have already started to lose my buttocks and the muscles in my legs ... Right now I will have about 1.6 cms grown in both legs and they already look thinner, my wife tells me ...
Thank you very much for offering your help, I will keep it in mind. It is nice to have support from someone who is going through the same situation. In what phase of lengthening are you, Tartar?
Here I post another video, this is from the first day after the intervention:
https://youtu.be/Wkxcrw4gSAs
-
I'm in consolidation. My left leg is way worse than the right one but I can walk anyway.
Which nail size do you have?
-
;D
I have already started to lose my buttocks and the muscles in my legs ... Right now I will have about 1.6 cms grown in both legs and they already look thinner, my wife tells me ...
Thank you very much for offering your help, I will keep it in mind. It is nice to have support from someone who is going through the same situation. In what phase of lengthening are you, Tartar?
Here I post another video, this is from the first day after the intervention:
https://youtu.be/Wkxcrw4gSAs
My wife told me the same! Does you butt muscle also hurt? I try to strech but its quite painful:/
-
I'm in consolidation. My left leg is way worse than the right one but I can walk anyway.
Which nail size do you have?
I Hope you get better soon from the sore leg. At the moment I do not have much pain but it is very difficult for me to sleep at night for more than 5 hours, I hope that with time that will improve.
I think I have the 10 mm nails, but I'm not sure, I guess it depends on the size of the inner hollow of the femur, which in my case is just over 10 mm according to the doctor told me.
-
My wife told me the same! Does you butt muscle also hurt? I try to strech but its quite painful:/
I feel discomfort near the buttocks especially when I am in bed, I think it is the sciatic nerve ... I do stretching exercises in all lengthening sessions with the machine, always right after, and it hurts a lot ... I try do your best even though sometimes it hurts a lot.
-
I feel discomfort near the buttocks especially when I am in bed, I think it is the sciatic nerve ... I do stretching exercises in all lengthening sessions with the machine, always right after, and it hurts a lot ... I try do your best even though sometimes it hurts a lot.
Yeah Its the same here!
-
Good luck on your journey man, nice to see you are finally getting to be taller!
-
Hello friends,
I'm going to post another video of my progress, this time walking with crutches in the gym, a few days ago:
https://youtu.be/XLee1bBc1DA
-
Hello friends,
I'm going to post another video of my progress, this time walking with crutches in the gym, a few days ago:
https://youtu.be/XLee1bBc1DA
You sure you were 162cm man? haha You look 175cm in this, proportions look great.
-
Hello everyone!
Here you have a video of a complete stretching session just after lengthening both legs with the device, a few days after I started lengthening my legs. I will post a similar video in a few weeks so you can compare the level of flexibility and the loss of muscle mass will surely be appreciated ...
I do not intend to set an example for anyone (I just work some muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, abductors and hip flexor stretches), I hope it will help those who are thinking about having surgery and can get an idea of what they should be willing to suffer if you want to stay flexible ...
I hope it helps you.
https://youtu.be/-Au3Jq4x2c0
-
Wow your quads and hamstrings are way more flexible than mine were shortly after surgery. I guess the surgery really affects everyone's body differently.
-
You sure you were 162cm man? haha You look 175cm in this, proportions look great.
Thanks a lot!
I feel that my legs are slightly smaller in proportion to my torso, but not much ... In the video I had only grown 1.2 cm, so it is almost the same height as before the surgery ...
I am completely sure that my height is 161.5 cms, I have measured myself many times :-[. I also notice it when I go out on the street and pass near people of average height, who are quite a bit taller than me, almost half a head...
It is one of the reasons why I made the decision to have surgery :)
-
Hello everyone!
Here you have a video of a complete stretching session just after lengthening both legs with the device, a few days after I started lengthening my legs. I will post a similar video in a few weeks so you can compare the level of flexibility and the loss of muscle mass will surely be appreciated ...
I do not intend to set an example for anyone (I just work some muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, abductors and hip flexor stretches), I hope it will help those who are thinking about having surgery and can get an idea of what they should be willing to suffer if you want to stay flexible ...
I hope it helps you.
https://youtu.be/-Au3Jq4x2c0
That body turn at Min 2:00 I hate it too!
-
That body turn at Min 2:00 I hate it too!
I know I am wearing externals and it is much different to internals but I noticed that my body movements such as turning and kind of moving around became significantly better after 3cm or so.
-
Reality check for those wanting to gauge how difficult this surgery is. Thanks fschez. You were in pain the whole time. Scares me. Thanks for the video it's great and it's definitely influencing my ideas and pre-conceptions of this surgery.
-
Wow your quads and hamstrings are way more flexible than mine were shortly after surgery. I guess the surgery really affects everyone's body differently.
I agree with you. I believe that flexibility and recovery after the operation depends on many factors, especially the type of surgery and the difficulty of inserting the nails ...
In addition, it is very likely that the flexibility before the operation and the exercise that you can practice will also affect your mobility in the recovery phase ...
It is just my opinion, so although it hurts a lot, I do not want to stop doing stretching exercises while I can :D
-
Reality check for those wanting to gauge how difficult this surgery is. Thanks fschez. You were in pain the whole time. Scares me. Thanks for the video it's great and it's definitely influencing my ideas and pre-conceptions of this surgery.
I am glad that the video is useful for you. Actually, stretching exercises to improve flexibility is necessary to do it like a gym session, you have to force your muscles close to your limit for the training to be good. The pain is almost throughout the entire session, but at a bearable level to avoid contractures. After stretching I usually feel that my legs are more relaxed, that is a relief ...
I am still in the beginning of the lengthening process, I have about 1.8 cm, but I am sure that the effort is worth it.
I've been wishing I was near average height for a long time and that's why I'm psyched up to endure the pain. I think we can do it, but we need to have a lot of concentration and patience ...
Good luck my friend!!
-
Reality check for those wanting to gauge how difficult this surgery is. Thanks fschez. You were in pain the whole time. Scares me. Thanks for the video it's great and it's definitely influencing my ideas and pre-conceptions of this surgery.
I think the biggest reality check is when yo get it done. Same went for me when i thought the surgery was going to be a breeze. Boy was I wrong haha
-
Day 7 after the operation (Saturday 30 / January / 21):
At night I woke up 2 times, but since my legs didn't hurt I fell asleep without taking painkillers ...
In the morning I took only one paracetamol because my head ached from the pillow ...
I had breakfast and did stretching exercises. I walked a bit with the walker and was encouraged to try my first steps without any support.
I was able to walk very slowly and like a penguin but I did it
For all the effort I felt discomfort and took a Nolotil. Shortly after I fell asleep half an hour before eating. After eating I went back to sleep a little more. The afternoon was quiet, although at 5:30 p.m. I had to take a paracetamol
We were playing chess and then I saw a soccer game on TV.
I just got up to shower before wound dressing and dinner.
After dinner I went to bed to watch a movie and had a hard time falling asleep (probably because I get a little sleep in the middle of the day).
https://youtu.be/T3zRYbr6p8o
-
Day 8 after the operation (Sunday 31 / January / 21):
At night it took me a long time to sleep and at 3:30 a.m. I woke up. I had to take a painkiller and went back to sleep for about 3 hours, until 7:00
I took another pain reliever, although I had to wait a while because it was not yet 4 hours since the last pain reliever ...
I was until 8:00 talking with my wife while I was waiting with desire for the time to take the medication and then I fell asleep until 10:00
I got out of bed with encouragement and went to the gym to stretch my muscles and spent a while on the elliptical trainer. I also tried walking a bit on the parallel bars.
The rest of the day I took it easy.
I took a couple more painkillers during the day, because now when they start to
bothering my legs I can't stand the pain much.
My wife goes home for a few days to see our children, that's why I took the eparin today, to test if it had value ...
At the MICs residence, the caregivers can prick you eparin and they can help you clean yourself, but with COVID I prefer to have as little contact as possible to reduce the risk of contagion.
I watched a football game while I was having dinner and since I wanted to lie down we got into bed.
I took a pain reliever shortly after going to bed because I was having trouble falling asleep.
-
Day 9 after the operation (Monday 1 / February / 21)
I had a good night, the best so far. I woke up around 7:00 and rolled over on my stomach to try and get some more sleep. Soon after, I was able to sleep again.
We get up at 9:20
By
Tomorrow I stretched my muscles, I also had a physiotherapy session in the gym. Today the doctor had to come with the representative of the device to start lengthening my legs. In the end they could not come but the doctor told me that tomorrow morning the two of them will come together with the machine. After the physiotherapy session I felt discomfort and took a pain reliever. I fell asleep for a long time. Because of that I ate late
The afternoon was quiet, I played chess with my wife and we were watching a series on the tablet
At 20:15 I felt discomfort in my legs again and I took another painkiller
Then we had dinner and went to bed
to watch a movie on the tablet.
I still walk with the walker and when I feel discomfort or I am tired I have to move in the wheelchair.
At the moment the intensity of pain
I take it very well.
-
Day 9 after the operation (Monday 1 / February / 21)
I had a good night, the best so far. I woke up around 7:00 and rolled over on my stomach to try and get some more sleep. Soon after, I was able to sleep again.
We get up at 9:20
By
Tomorrow I stretched my muscles, I also had a physiotherapy session in the gym. Today the doctor had to come with the representative of the device to start lengthening my legs. In the end they could not come but the doctor told me that tomorrow morning the two of them will come together with the machine. After the physiotherapy session I felt discomfort and took a pain reliever. I fell asleep for a long time. Because of that I ate late
The afternoon was quiet, I played chess with my wife and we were watching a series on the tablet
At 20:15 I felt discomfort in my legs again and I took another painkiller
Then we had dinner and went to bed
to watch a movie on the tablet.
I still walk with the walker and when I feel discomfort or I am tired I have to move in the wheelchair.
At the moment the intensity of pain
I take it very well.
Good to hear your progress mate, how often do you get x-rays done can I ask? Or better yet, how often are x-rays advised during the lengthening phase?
Cheers
-
Good to hear your progress mate, how often do you get x-rays done can I ask? Or better yet, how often are x-rays advised during the lengthening phase?
Cheers
In my case, I had 4 x-rays: the first on the day of the operation, the second the day after the operation, the third the day I left the hospital, and the last was 10 days after starting the lengthening process with the device. From now on they will be every 4 or 5 weeks.
-
In my case, I had 4 x-rays: the first on the day of the operation, the second the day after the operation, the third the day I left the hospital, and the last was 10 days after starting the lengthening process with the device. From now on they will be every 4 or 5 weeks.
Perfect, was there any mention about durng the late recovery phase? i would assume they would require it less and less as time progresses.
-
Perfect, was there any mention about durng the late recovery phase? i would assume they would require it less and less as time progresses.
I don't know if I understood you correctly...
If you mean to slightly lower the usual lengthening rate (1 mm per day) to give the muscles, tendons and nerves a little more time to adapt to growth, it is something that my doctor has advised me. I am lengthening my legs 0.81 mm, divided into 3 sessions a day ... It will take a few more days of lengthening, but it will surely be less aggressive for my body. I don't know if I have answered your question...
Excuse my English, I try to write the best I can but English is not my first language :-[
-
I don't know if I understood you correctly...
If you mean to slightly lower the usual lengthening rate (1 mm per day) to give the muscles, tendons and nerves a little more time to adapt to growth, it is something that my doctor has advised me. I am lengthening my legs 0.81 mm, divided into 3 sessions a day ... It will take a few more days of lengthening, but it will surely be less aggressive for my body. I don't know if I have answered your question...
Excuse my English, I try to write the best I can but English is not my first language :-[
No problem mate, everything is clear now. 0.81mm is still great since you are lengthening not too slowly but also more carefully.
-
Hello everyone!
I post a video of the last day that I have been walking and activating my legs with the walker (day 10 after the intervention).
https://youtu.be/hCvrbH5Y5YY
-
Day 10 after the operation (Tuesday 2 / January / 21):
It was a really bad night, but I managed to sleep for a while until 5:30 and from that moment I fell asleep on my stomach at times until 9:15
At 11:30 after a morning of chess, the most awaited moment of these days has arrived ... The doctor and the representative of the extension device have come to my room to take the device and I have started to lengthen my legs.
I have been programmed to lengthen 3 times a day, a total of 0.81 mm each leg😁
I have hardly felt the lengthening, except in the second session that after doing the stretching exercises I noticed a certain tension in my knee and right hip.
At night I have noticed a little less.
The afternoon was not as planned ... we went for a walk and had a small incident, we lost my wife's phone ... otherwise everything was fine. Today I have tried to walk with crutches and I feel better😁
After having dinner a bit late, at 11 at night we are going to try to watch a series until we fall asleep, because today we did not take a nap ...
https://youtu.be/_Fob88yYjtM
-
Hello everyone!
I post a video of the last day that I have been walking and activating my legs with the walker (day 10 after the intervention).
https://youtu.be/hCvrbH5Y5YY
I love your approach to LL, stay classy man :D
-
Day 11 after the operation (Wednesday 3 / January / 21):
The night from Tuesday to Wednesday was the best ... We fell asleep on the sofa watching a series on the tablet and at 1:00 a.m. I woke up, I took a pain reliever and although it took me a little to go back to sleep due to the discomfort of my legs, after tossing and turning in bed I fell asleep and didn't wake up again until 8:00.
I woke up without pain, I did not feel a headache even though I slept on my back ... As the mattress and box spring are not rigid enough, I slept with
the bed on the floor so my back doesn't sink into the mattress.
When I moved a bit to go to breakfast I started to feel discomfort in my legs and I took a pain reliever, around 8:20. I have showered without help, sitting, without discomfort. I have stretched my muscles in bed and right after I have lengthened my legs with the machine.
Then I went back to doing some stretching exercises in bed relaxed and I spent the morning calm, without moving much ... Today I had a physiotherapy session at 12:30 so I activated and walked around the room a bit with the crutches before the session. As my legs felt tired at 12:30 I took a pain reliever. At the end of the session we did it from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. due to a little mistake, but it went great, as always without pain, doing some stretching exercises and some
series of exercises to maintain the muscles of the legs. My wife has come home to spend a few days with our children, because these days they were with my mother-in-law. She has prepared food for me for several days, so I don't have to focus on anything but my stretching. Thanks to her I am spending my recovery entertained and very well cared for, she is much better than a personal nurse😉.
After the physiotherapy session I have eaten and I have relaxed for a while on the sofa watching TV.
In the afternoon, after stretching with the machine, I have done stretching exercises and I have been watching TV in the chair until 7:45 p.m. Thanks to the afternoon break, I have regained strength and have gone down to the gym to ride the elliptical-trainer for about 10 minutes, then I have walked along the parallel bars, lightly supporting my hands so as not to put all the weight on my legs. As I felt strong, I practiced some lifts on the bars to exercise my arms and trunk a little.
When I finished my tasks in the gym, I went up to watch a Barcelona football match on TV.
While I was watching the second part of the game I had dinner. Before going to bed, around 11:45 p.m. I took a pain reliever but I didn't get to sleep until 1:30.
-
Great progress! How old are you?
-
Day 12 after the operation (Thursday 4 / February / 21):
At night I woke up at 4:15 and after walking around without getting to sleep I took a pain reliever, which made me sleep very quickly😊 and then until 7:30.
I woke up at 7:30, and since the headache bothered me, I stayed in bed for a while until 8:00. Today has been one of total rest ...
I've only gotten up from my chair to take a walk around the room on crutches in the morning and a little later in the afternoon, so I've spent the whole day watching TV and stretching at times in bed (I've felt my hips a little more sensitive to clicks and the left quadriceps a little contractured and stiff). I have been good to rest and do stretching exercises estira
By the way, as after stretching in bed at 16:30 I have been so relaxed I have slept until 18:00 🙈.
At 20:30 I got back on my feet to try again to walk a little with the crutches and I felt a little better. I have had dinner and have lengthened my legs with the machine. Right after I stretched my muscles on the bed. Today I took it on a day off.
I just realized that the previous days I have written January 2 and 3 and they belong to February ...
-
I love your approach to LL, stay classy man :D
Hi Jamesy!!
I really appreciate your support. I will try to keep putting all my effort throughout the recovery process. I will continue to post videos and photos of my progress.
-
Great progress! How old are you?
Thanks a lot!! I'm 34 years old
-
Day 13 after the operation (Friday 5 / February / 21):
The night has been regular ... It didn't take me long to fall asleep but I woke up around 3:15 and since I couldn't sleep and it was still too early to take medication, I was changing positions, I turned on the TV, but I only got hungry . I ate some cereals with milk, and since I was awake, I lay down on the sofa to watch TV ... I fell asleep around 6:00 and I didn't wake up until 9:00.
The day has been a little better than the last. Although I have the same discomfort in my hip, after stretching and stretching I have taken a few walks with the crutches around the room and it seems that the click of my hips has been unblocked a bit ...
The physiotherapist treated my hip (especially the contracture of the left hip in which I had more discomfort) and massaged my legs without doing muscle exercises because I had overload in the quadriceps, especially the left. After eating, I took a nap for a while and at 4:30 a.m. I put on the machine to lengthen my legs and did some stretching exercises for a long time. At 6:00 pm I left the residence in a wheelchair to the bakery across the street to buy bread and a croissant for a snack😁. The afternoon I took it easy. After dinner I sat down to watch TV and at 12 at night, after taking a pain reliever, I went to bed.
-
When I feel pain in my hips and I have stiff legs, stretching and making small movements to activate the joints relaxes me a lot. The pain does not go away completely but it helps to lower the intensity ...
https://youtu.be/QdMRYjERMKY
-
Mi Espanol no bueno pero gracias por su diario
Su Ingles es muy bueno.. no pienso que tu no es nativo de Ingles speaker 😂
-
Day 14 after the operation (Saturday 6 / February / 21):
The night was the worst of all ... I had a hard time falling asleep for a long time ... I turned many times in bed but could not find the position, and although I turned off the TV I did not sleep ... At 2:00, so many laps I gave, I started feeling hungry and went to the kitchen to have some cereals with milk. I went back to bed to see if I could get to sleep and at 3:15 it was the last time I saw the time on the clock. At 4:40 I woke up again and since I could already take a pain reliever I took it and after spending an hour tossing and turning in bed with discomfort, I fell asleep until 9:15.
Just after breakfast the doctor came to remove the stitches. The scars are perfect, very closed and the points are hardly noticeable. I have asked him for advice to sleep better and he told me to move my legs a lot, to ride the elliptical-trainer late in the afternoon for a while, and in addition to that, if I'm still in bed with sore legs, I got up to walk around the room on crutches. As for the medication, he recommended that I take a tramadol (a stronger pain reliever than the one I am taking these days) just before going to bed.
After stretching with the machine, as I could not stretch well due to the overload and the contracture of the left quadriceps, I walked 15 minutes around the room with the crutches and right after I stretched my muscles. It hurt a lot at first, but after insisting I managed to touch my buttocks with my heels, as I have done in the last 2 days.
After stretching, I have gone back to walking a bit on crutches and I have sat watching TV until lunchtime.
The afternoon I have taken it more calmly, I have taken a nap for a while, I put on the machine to stretch myself and before stretching again I walked with the crutches around the room to warm up my muscles a little. The stretching cost me a lot (you can see it in the video I published recently), because I have a contracture in my left quadriceps that limits my movement a lot. The rest of the afternoon I have spent without moving from the chair until after dinner to rest on the sofa.
I went to bed early, at 12 at night, and took a tramadol, but it took me a long time to fall asleep despite playing a movie on the tablet with the volume turned down ... as my left leg bothered me, I couldn't sleep until 3:30.
-
Mi Espanol no bueno pero gracias por su diario
Su Ingles es muy bueno.. no pienso que tu no es nativo de Ingles speaker 😂
Thanks ghkid!! Your level of spanish is also good. When I was 19, I was given a sports scholarship to study in Iowa and play soccer. I spent 8 months living there, but it has been a long time, because of this I say that my level of English is not very good ... so if there are any wrong words or phrases that is the reason...
-
Day 15 after the operation (Sunday 7 / February / 21):
The night has been pretty bad. From 4:00 to 6:00 I would not stop waking up at times. At 6 o'clock I took a pain reliever and managed to sleep with almost no pain shortly after. At 8 o'clock I woke up again, but fell asleep quickly and stayed in bed sleeping fitfully until 10:00.
In the morning I woke up without pain, so I started the day wanting to move on crutches. I have taken a few walks around the room and before eating I went with the chair to the sidewalk in front of the residence to buy bread. Later, as the gym was free, at 1:00 p.m. I went down to stretch my muscles, with a little less discomfort than yesterday, but still with a contracture in my left leg. Afterwards, I was able to last almost 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer without resting. Just when i came back to the room
my wife has returned from Madrid. We have gone to park the car on the outskirts of the city because around the residence it is almost impossible to park. After eating we slept for half an hour and I stretched my legs with the machine. I have stretched my muscles again with a bit of discomfort but less than the last times, because my wife has relaxed my legs a lot with a muscle massage 😉.
The rest of the afternoon has been quiet, I just got back on my feet to go to the bathroom to shower. After having a snack, I started to feel discomfort in my left leg until dinner time ...
As after dinner the discomfort has turned into pain and I have noticed a cramp in the right quadriceps (in the leg that was so far without pain) while stretching after lengthening my legs with the machine, my wife gave me a massage in both legs to ease the pain.
Before going to bed I have taken a liquid Nolotil because so far tramadol does not relax me or relieve my pain ...
Thanks to that, I was able to sleep shortly after lying in bed. I have slept on my stomach and without a pillow, after rolling over until I was in a comfortable position.
-
Day 16 after the operation (Monday 8 / February / 21):
The night has been regular ... At 2 o'clock I woke up discomfort but I managed to sleep after pissing in the bottle. At 5 o'clock I woke up again but I didn't need to take anything for the pain, I fell asleep again quickly. At 6 am I woke up in pain and took a tramadol, but since it had almost no effect, it took me a long time to relax again. From 6 to 9 I have slept at times but in pain, unable to rest comfortably ...
At 9:00 I woke up with a slight feeling of heaviness in my legs, so I stayed in bed for a quiet time and just before having breakfast I stretched my legs with the machine. This time I have not done stretching because of the discomfort in both legs. The morning I have taken it easy. I had a physiotherapy session at 12:30, but today we used the session to calm the contractures and relieve the tension in the quadriceps. I have also spoken with the doctor to ask if I can take stronger medication to ease the pain at night. The doctor has told me that I can take 2 capsules of nolotil each taking, until now I only took one capsule. Regarding tramadol (the strongest medication that he has prescribed for me so far) which does not calm me to sleep, I can occasionally take enantyum (anti-inflammatory) without abusing it.
After eating we took a nap for a while, I stretched out my legs with the machine and stretched my muscles very slowly and almost without forcing, so as not to lose mobility. At about 6:30 p.m. the doctor came to see my quadriceps and since at that moment they hurt a lot, he stretched my hamstrings, bringing my legs straight towards my trunk, to relieve tension. The pain disappeared instantly for a long time. The rest of the afternoon was quiet, without moving much from the sofa, I even had dinner on it. Then I lengthened my legs with the machine again and my wife helped me with the stretching exercises.
We went to bed at 12 at night, and just before I took a tramadol, my legs didn't hurt much, I only had a slight pain. As the tramadol did not work for me, I started to feel severe pain in my legs, it was impossible to sleep like this ...
My wife helped ease the pain by stretching my hamstrings like the doctor did in the afternoon ... Thanks to that I fell asleep while massaging my legs, after almost an hour of massage ...
-
Day 17 after the operation (Tuesday 9 / February / 21):
I woke up at 3:00 am with severe pain so I took a pain reliever. It was hard for me to fall asleep and I turned on the TV. The rest of the night I had a good time although it took me a long time to fall asleep again because I had a constant but slight discomfort. At 7 in the morning I woke up again with some pain and took another pain reliever. I spent the rest of the time in bed sleeping fitfully until 9:00.
The contracture in my left leg still bothered me so the day was pretty easy for me. Today I have not had physiotherapy, all I have done is lengthen my legs with the machine and stretch the muscles with the help of my wife. In the afternoon I started to write the diary in the forum from the day of the operation, I had everything written down in a notebook. Then we went down to the pool to relax for a while, my legs have been great😁. Then we had a pizza for dinner that we ordered over the phone and we lay on the couch for a while. As all day I have been taking the painkillers every 4 hours, I have not had pain, only discomfort at times. We went to bed at 11:30 pm and I fell asleep shortly after.
-
Day 18 after the operation (Wednesday 10 / February / 21):
At 2:00 I woke up with pain in my legs so I took a pain reliever. Half hour later my wife gave me a good massage because I could not sleep again. While I was relaxing the sore area I fell asleep.
At 6:00 I woke up again with leg pain, took a pain reliever, and went back to sleep pretty quickly. At 8:00 I woke up again and after tossing and turning I was able to sleep at times until 10:00.
Today I woke up very rested, but I woke up with an inflamed left quadriceps contracture ...
I have lengthened my legs with the machine and my wife has massaged the area again and helped me stretch my muscles.
Late in the morning I went down for a physiotherapy session and Alberto unloaded my left leg, the quadriceps area and the hamstring on the outside, near the gluteus. He has been examining the flexibility and mobility of my legs and he has told me that I am doing very well.
After eating we relaxed on the sofa and my wife fell asleep while we watched a series on the tablet. After stretching my legs with the machine, I stretched my muscles and we had a snack. We went down to the gym and I spent 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer (I had to stop due to pain in my right knee, it pinched) and then I did some gentle knee mobility exercises. I got back on the elliptical bike for another 5 minutes. Right after we went to the pool to relax our muscles and went up to our room for dinner.
After dinner I turned on the machine to lengthen my legs while watching a Barcelona soccer game on the tablet. When the game was over I stretched my muscles and we lay down on the bed.
Until 2:00 I could not take painkillers so we stayed up watching TV to wait entertained. I took the pain reliever and soon after fell asleep.
I have to say that going through the recovery process alone would have been very difficult, so I think it is important to have the help of a family member or a friend if possible.
-
Day 19 after the operation (Thursday 11 / February / 21):
The night was very good! From 2:30 to 9:00 I didn't wake up, I took a pain reliever and we stayed in bed relaxed until 10:00.
I got up with almost no discomfort, only a small impingement in my right knee and a contracture of my left quadriceps, so I was able to walk with crutches around the room without problem.
In the morning I did a little exercise with the help of my wife 😁 Then we went out late in the morning to take a walk down the street with the wheelchair. After eating we have been relaxed, without leaving the room the rest of the day. Today we have not gone down to the pool or the gym. After dinner and lengthening my legs with the machine, I stretched my muscles and we went to bed early to watch a movie on the tablet.
-
Day 20 after the operation (Friday 12 / February / 21):
This time I was able to sleep well again. We fell asleep around 12:30 and when I woke up from pain at 1:30 I took a pain reliever. At 7:00 I woke up and took a pain reliever, but I couldn't get much sleep anymore. At 8:00, after tossing and turning, I got up for breakfast.
Today is a very important day, I have my first X-ray since I started to lengthen my legs with the machine. Today the doctor came at 10:30 (after having been all night and the entire day before working in the hospital) to confirm that everything was perfect.
I have gone to the clinic closest to the residence to do an X-ray of my legs. When the doctor saw the X-ray he was very happy😁.
I have grown 1.26 cm in both legs and the formation of bony callus is beginning to be seen :D.
Then we went out for a walk down the street, I was in a wheelchair, and at 1 o'clock I had my last physiotherapy session in Barcelona. We have been going over some specific stretching and muscle building exercises to regain lost muscle tone these days. In the afternoon we have been relaxing on the sofa for a while and we have gone out again to take the last walk through Barcelona before returning home😁. In the late afternoon we went down to the gym to move our legs on the elliptical trainer. On Saturday morning we returned to Madrid with our children, so we went to bed shortly after dinner to travel rested.
-
All the best
-
All the best
Thanks a lot!!
By the way, the photo of the last radiography is published in this link along with the other photos that I am adding during my progress.
https://fschez.imgbb.com/
-
Thanks ghkid!! Your level of spanish is also good. When I was 19, I was given a sports scholarship to study in Iowa and play soccer. I spent 8 months living there, but it has been a long time, because of this I say that my level of English is not very good ... so if there are any wrong words or phrases that is the reason...
does it mean a lot to u to get bacc to soccer?
-
Nice diary FSchez - following along and rooting for ya man! Stay strong 💪
-
does it mean a lot to u to get bacc to soccer?
My preferences are different now than when I was 20 years old ;D.
Finally, I was not lucky to become a professional soccer player so I would be happy if when my recovery is over I can play sports just for fun and have good mobility.
-
Nice diary FSchez - following along and rooting for ya man! Stay strong 💪
Thanks my friend!
Now I am going through some days of intense pain ... I have 2 cm elongated and sometimes I find it difficult to bear the pain, so I had to stop lengthening my legs for today to give a break to the muscles, nerves, tendons ...
Soon I will continue to update the diary and will also publish new videos.
-
Thanks my friend!
Now I am going through some days of intense pain ... I have 2 cm elongated and sometimes I find it difficult to bear the pain, so I had to stop lengthening my legs for today to give a break to the muscles, nerves, tendons ...
Soon I will continue to update the diary and will also publish new videos.
Taking breaks is OK. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Enjoy the process, enjoy your family, enjoy every moment of it... No need to push yourself. I took several breaks during my lengthening and hung out with my Dad and friends.
-
How much time did it take for you to reach 6cm...or whtever u lengthened?🙂
-
Taking breaks is OK. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Enjoy the process, enjoy your family, enjoy every moment of it... No need to push yourself. I took several breaks during my lengthening and hung out with my Dad and friends.
Thank you for your advice!
right now I feel much better. The last time I lengthened my legs was yesterday at 3:30 pm so I have spent almost a whole day resting, I have only stretched my muscles so as not to lose flexibility. So far the worst thing is not being able to sleep at night times longer than 4 hours. I was only able to sleep 5 hours last night, but with interruptions due to pain ...
-
It took me 2 months and one week to get to 6 CM. But back in the times when I did it, they started lengthening me the day after surgery. I think they learned by trial and error to wait a week post-op to lengthen.
-
I apologize for mixing the present and the past. I will continue with the diary ...
Day 21 after the operation (Saturday 13 / February / 21):
After a regular night, I woke up 2 times from pain, I got up at 8:30 to have breakfast and take a shower. I lengthened my legs and stretched my muscles just before leaving the MICs Sant Jordi residence. We drove home, my wife obviously drove. We had to stop 4 times, once to eat and the rest to move my legs. We arrived in Madrid at 5:30 p.m. and the first thing I did was lengthen my legs and stretching exercises. Shortly after, we went to my parents' house and spent the rest of the afternoon at their house with them and our children. At dinner time we went back to our house with our children and I again lengthened my legs and stretched my muscles. We went to bed a little late, as the children took a long time to sleep with the excitement of seeing us.
-
Day 22 after the operation (Sunday 14 / February / 21):
The night has been a little better than the last ones, but I still haven't been able to sleep the whole night without waking up to take painkillers ...
Like every day I have lengthened my legs 3 times and right after I have stretched my muscles. My parents live very close to our house, 250 meters away, so in the afternoon we took the opportunity to walk to my parents' house with crutches to move my legs a little. We have spent the afternoon with them because our children love to play at their grandparents' house. My mother massaged my legs
because I felt a little overload. We went to bed early, at 11:30 pm, but it took me a long time to sleep. Although I spent the whole day well at night I started to feel pain in my legs.
-
Day 23 after the operation (Monday 15 / February / 21):
Like the last few days, I have slept at night with discomfort in my legs and have had to take painkillers in the middle of the night. In the morning I have been calm, I have spent a lot of time lying on the sofa and stretching my muscles. At 17:00 I had my first physiotherapy session in Madrid. I have felt quite a bit of pain because it has been a rather hard massage, but it has managed to reduce the contracture in my left leg. At night I felt a lot of muscular fatigue because of the massage, so I spent a long time rolling over on bed until I got to sleep. By the moment I am being able to do the 3 sessions of lengthening without problems: 0.81 mm per day ...
-
Day 24 after the operation (Tuesday 17 / February / 21):
The night from Monday to Tuesday has been good, I have only woken up once, I have taken a pain reliever and I have returned to sleep quite quickly. Thanks to the hard massage on Monday, my legs are lighter and unloaded so I have spent the day much more active.
I have walked on crutches down the street for about 1 km. In the afternoon we visited my parents, but this time I used the wheelchair that I rented for a month when we arrived at home.
At night I felt pain in my legs and hips, so I had a hard night until we went to bed. I had little trouble sleeping because I took a pain reliever just before going to bed, but an hour later I woke up with discomfort and my wife massaged my legs to calm the pain ...
-
Day 25 after the operation (Wednesday 18 / February / 21):
It has been a pretty bad night, I have woken up 4 times with discomfort so I have spent a lot of time rolling over trying to get into a comfortable position to go back to sleep ... Although I have taken painkillers the pain does not let me sleep well. In the morning I have stretched my legs and have walked for a long time on crutches at home. I felt good and I tried to walk a 10 meter stretch without help and I succeeded. My 3-year-old daughter says I look like a penguin walking ;D... In the afternoon we went to my parents' house, this time I went with crutches. My legs felt a bit stiff and my mother gave me a massage. Thanks to the massages, I spend much better moments of muscular fatigue ... My wife has returned home with the children and I have stayed at my parents' house to shower. When I have seen myself nked I have noticed that I am very thin and I have lost my buttocks. I have walked home on crutches and I have not felt any discomfort. It has been a good day, almost painless.
I continue to lengthen my legs 3 times a day and stretch my muscles right after each lengthening.
After dinner we have been watching TV on the sofa, and we have gone to bed a little late, because I have waited to take the pain reliever to sleep relaxed.
-
Day 26 after the operation (Thursday 18 / February / 21):
The nights are still bad, we sleep stretches of 3 or 4 hours and I wake up with pain so I can't go back to sleep if I don't take painkillers ... In the morning I woke up fine, but just after stretching my legs with the machine I felt discomfort in the upper and outer area of the buttocks. I think I am starting to feel discomfort in my sciatic nerve.
I spent the day not very active because my hips also hurt a bit, especially the small flexor muscles of the hip. I have had a physiotherapy session at 4:00 PM. The physiotherapist massaged me hard again and in the afternoon I felt much better. After the session we spent the afternoon at my parents' house. We have come home after the children had dinner, and we went to bed shortly after lengthening my legs and stretching the muscles because we had dinner a little late ...
-
Day 27 after the operation (Friday 19 / February / 21):
After a night like the last, waking up 2 or 3 times, without being able to rest without discomfort, I have woken up quite well. It's rare that sleeping so badly you can wake up wanting to walk, but at the same time it's a relief. I have gone out to walk to the street with the fines for about 1.5 kms and I have been able to walk with a good pace. After eating I felt a bit tired so I have been calmer. We have returned to visit my parents to spend the afternoon at their house. I still continue to lengthen my legs and do stretching exercises with no problem. When we got home, we had all eaten early and I was able to relax on the sofa for quite some time right after stretching my legs. Before going to bed my wife gave me a massage because I started to feel pain on my legs and I could not take painkillers, because only 2 hours had passed since the last taking painkillers ...
-
Day 28 after the operation (Saturday 20 / February / 21):
The night has been a little better than the previous one. I've only woken up once, but after taking painkillers, it took me a long time to get back to sleep. Today I also felt good, so we went for a walk like the day before. The distance traveled was the same, but I had to walk with the crutches a little slower. In the afternoon my legs felt very tired and we went to my parents' house, this time with the wheelchair. My mother and my wife have both massaged me at the same time, one on each leg. Thanks to that I have felt a relief for a long time ...
When we returned home and I lengthened my legs with the machine, I felt a lot of tension in my knees. After dinner I have spent all the time on the sofa with discomfort until I have been able to take the pain reliever. Then we went to bed.
-
I know it is best to try and stick to a normal schedule as much as possible to feel normal during the whole LL process but what i noticed was that the painkillers really worked well on a slight empty stomach near the morning time around 3am or so. What I did was exhaust myself until then and pop a pain killer and it put me right to sleep. I think a lot is about experimenting to really get in your comfort zone during the lengthening phase.
Also it is always great you have family around, it can get difficult at times and the support is a great thing to have. Massages are always nice and relaxing :D
-
For me, sleep got much better around the 6-8 week mark post-OP, at which point I didn't need to take any pills to help with sleep and I didn't wake up in the middle of the night anymore. I have heard of some people having trouble sleeping during the whole distraction phase and other people sleeping like normal after 1 month.
-
to answer your question
https://www.nuvasive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NSO-Precice-FSN-United-States-Biodur.pdf
best luck for your journey FSchez
-
Thanks for the ongoing diary details FSchez! While the stryde mess gets sorted out, I’ll jus have to continue living vicariously through you and other LLers who had better timing 😁; stay strong 💪
-
Thanks for the ongoing diary details FSchez! While the stryde mess gets sorted out, I’ll jus have to continue living vicariously through you and other LLers who had better timing 😁; stay strong 💪
::)
It was recalled for good reason.
-
to answer your question
https://www.nuvasive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NSO-Precice-FSN-United-States-Biodur.pdf
best luck for your journey FSchez
Quarter 3 they say now... 20 days ago they said May lol.
-
Thank you very much to everyone for the information and for your support!
The doctor informed me that I have been one of the last patients who has been able to operate with the stryde implants. A few days after my operation, he had to postpone interventions with other patients, but he has given me peace of mind. I think it is a matter of time before its use is approved again.
Soon I will continue to report my progress to everyone.
-
Day 29 after the operation (Sunday 21 / February / 21):
I have woken up 2 times in pain at night, but have managed to sleep close to 6 hours in total.
In the morning I woke up with discomfort in the flexor muscles of the hips, so I was not able to walk much ... In the second lengthening session I felt intense pain in my knees and I spent the whole afternoon uncomfortable. We have gone to my parents' house and my father has massaged my legs to ease the pain. I have called the doctor to tell him about my discomfort in my legs and he has recommended that I stop the lengthening for a full day if tomorrow I still have severe pain in my legs. We have returned home for dinner and the pain has become more intense with the last lengthening session. Due to leg pain I have spent a lot of time on the sofa after dinner.
Before going to bed I took a pain reliever and after an hour of rolling over on bed I managed to sleep.
-
Day 30 after the operation (Monday 22 / February / 21):
The night and the morning have been the same as the day before ... I have felt pain in my legs while in bed and I have not been able to rest well and in the morning I have lengthened my legs but I have not been able to do anything else due to knee pain and hips ... In the middle of the morning I took a pain reliever and I was able to bear the pain a little better, but when I lengthened my legs again after eating, at 3:30 p.m., I felt an intense pain in my knees, like a strong cramp. At 16:00 I have had a physiotherapy session and he has been massaging and examining the muscles of my legs. The muscles are still very flexible, so the pain I feel probably comes from the nerves. Because of that, I have decided to stop the lengthening sessions for a full day. The rest of the day I have spent calm, trying to move as little as possible. At night I have been stretching my muscles and I have felt a little relief. Just before going to bed I took a pain reliever to rest, but it took a long time for me to fall asleep. :(
-
Day 31 after the operation (Tuesday 23 / February / 21):
Like the previous nights, I have woken up twice with discomfort in my legs, but rested a little better.
In the morning I have been doing stretching exercises and lying in bed to rest my legs. At noon I felt much better than the previous days so I have been able to walk with the crutches inside the house for a long time. At 4:00 PM, I have thought about resuming my lengthening, but finally decided to wait to lengthen my legs at night, just before dinner. The afternoon has also been good, but I haven't walked much to enjoy the day without pain.
After dinner I have been relaxing on the sofa with my wife, and I have gone to bed with almost no discomfort despite having done a lengthening session at 9:00 p.m. :D
-
Day 32 after the operation (Wednesday 24 / February / 21):
The night has been very good. I have slept from 1:00 to 8:00 and I have only woken up with a slight discomfort in my legs. I have taken a pain reliever and I have spent a little more time in bed until 9:00.
After breakfast I have stretched my muscles, I have lengthened my legs and I have stretched my muscles again. The doctor has recommended that I stretch my muscles just before each lengthening to reduce pain. At 12:00 I had a physiotherapy session and he massaged my legs hard. The physical therapist has used an electro-stimulation machine to release tension from the sciatic nerve. After the physiotherapy session we went to the office where I work. I'm going to start working from home next week, so I wanted to get back in touch with my colleagues.
In my case I have not wanted to hide my operation. I think that if I don't tell them the truth at some point someone will realize that something strange has happened, so I have decided to tell the truth to people who ask me why I am walking with crutches ...
In the afternoon I felt a little pain in my legs, but it was lighter than the previous days. The last lengthening session I felt a little pain in my knees, like a cramp, but soon after it has disappeared. Before going to bed I took a pain reliever and I was able to sleep. Today I only spent a half hour in bed to get to sleep. :)
-
Day 33 after the operation (Thursday 25 / February / 21):
The night has been quite good, I only woke up at 4:00, I took a pain reliever and shortly after I went back to sleep. I got up rested and strong, so I was able to lengthen my legs and stretch my muscles without problems. I have tried walking indoors without crutches for short distances and have felt that it is still too early to walk without crutches for a long time. After the 16:00 stretching and lengthening session I felt a bit of tension in my knees and the outer area of the shins. Despite that, we have gone to my parents' house, a distance of 250 meters. I have been walking on crutches at a slow pace. As the pain did not go away after taking painkillers, my father massaged my legs. When we came home for dinner I asked my father to take me home in his car, because I still did not feel well to walk home. After dinner the pain has disappeared, as I have taken another pain reliever and this time it has been effective. Before going to bed I have stretched my muscles again and lengthened my legs, but I have not noticed pain, I have only felt a slight discomfort in my knees. It took me a long time to sleep, because I had discomfort and could not be comfortable lying in bed.
-
Day 34 after the operation (Friday 26 / February / 21):
The night was similar to the previous one, because I only woke up at 5:30 and after taking a pain reliever I went back to sleep until 8:30. I have had breakfast early and have lengthened my legs, then we went to get an X-ray to see the progress. After checking that everything is going well, I have had a physiotherapy session. The physiotherapist has told me that my muscles are still very flexible, and he has treated my nerves with electro stimulation. In the afternoon, after the lengthening session, I felt a little pain, so I took the rest of the day calm, without moving much. After dinner, I spent some time relaxing on the sofa so comfortable and relaxed that I forgot during this time that I had surgery ... At 11:30 p.m. I stretched my muscles and lengthened my legs. Right after I felt tension in my knees and a little pain in my legs, so I waited to lie down until I took a pain reliever at 1:30.
I have already lengthened my legs 2.3 cms. :)
In this link I have published the photo of the last X-ray:
https://ibb.co/JyLDdRf
https://ibb.co/cXjgsG9
-
Day 35 after the operation (Saturday 27 / February / 21):
On the night from Friday to Saturday I have woken up only once, at 6:00. After taking a pain reliever I went back to sleep until 9:30. In the morning I walked home on crutches and I felt fine. I have also gone out for a walk with my wife, my children and my mother-in-law. To avoid the fatigue of my legs I have gone out with the wheelchair. We have traveled almost 3 kms. When I got home, I lay down on the bed and fell asleep, as it was the first time that I had traveled such a long distance without anyone pushing me with the wheelchair ... After the lengthening session and the exercise exercises. stretching we have been relaxed on the couch. I have returned to walking with the crutches inside the house and I have felt my legs a little sore. Shortly after, the pain disappeared and my parents came to spend the afternoon with us. At dinner time they returned home and we had dinner on the sofa while we watched a movie on TV. I have been without pain for a long time, but at 11:30 PM I lengthened my legs and felt discomfort in my knees and in the tibia area again until 1:30 AM, when we went to bed.
Since I have resumed lengthening I can sleep quite well at night, although I do not sleep the whole night, but I can control pain better than the days before the lengthening break.
Soon I will post new videos of walking and stretching exercises ;)
-
Does traveling far in a wheelchair tire you out? It seems like even that would be very tiring after such a big surgery :o
-
Does traveling far in a wheelchair tire you out? It seems like even that would be very tiring after such a big surgery :o
It really does not seem so difficult to move around the city in a wheelchair, but when your arms are not used to moving a wheelchair and you travel a distance of 3 km with unevenness and without help from anyone ... Your arms get tired, you I assure. Today I feel stiff ...
-
Day 36 after the operation (Sunday 28 / February / 21):
The night today was also quite good, I was able to sleep from 2:00 to 7:00, I woke up with pain in my legs but I took a pain reliever and went back to sleep shortly after. I got out of bed without pain at 9:15. I have spent the morning quite calm. I have lengthened my legs and been doing stretching exercises for a long time. Late in the morning I lay down in bed because my legs were bothering me. At lunchtime, my legs felt much better and I was able to walk a little on crutches. After the lengthening session in the afternoon, at 17:00 I felt very good, so I have walked several times without the crutches, my wife recorded it.
Then we went to my parents' house to spend the rest of the afternoon, I went walking with the crutches. From 7:00 p.m. I started to feel a little pain in my legs, and shortly after we returned home. To ease the pain, at home, I have lain on the bed to stretch my muscles while my wife bathed the children ...
I have already managed to catch up, so from now on I will try to post the daily progress without having to talk about several days past ... ;)
In this link you can see my progress walking, I have already grown 2.5 cms ;D
https://youtu.be/wGz0v1oz5Pk
-
Day 37 after the operation (Monday 01 / March / 21):
Today was my first day working from home. Although I had to wake up early, I was able to rest well. I only woke up in pain at 5:00, but was back to sleep quickly after taking a pain reliever.
I got out of bed at 7:50, had breakfast and started working from the room at 8:30. At 9:30 I stopped for a moment to stretch my muscles and I lengthened my legs. Right afterwards I sat down again to work until 14:30. I've been feeling pretty good, I've only had to get out of the chair a couple of times to take a break and move my legs. After eating I went back to work sitting in the room with hardly any discomfort. At 17:00 I have finished working and have returned to stretching exercises and have lengthened my legs. Shortly afterwards, I felt a lot of pain in my left leg, specifically in the sciatic nerve and in the outer area of the tibia. We have gone to my parents' house, I have been walking with the crutches. I have asked my mother to give me a massage and thanks to that it has soothed the pain a lot. To return home and not reload my leg, I have walked supporting almost all of my body weight on 2 crutches at the same time. I already feel much better, I am sitting on the sofa massaging my legs so that I can arrive relaxed for the last lengthening session of the day.
-
Day 40 after the operation (Thursday 04 / March / 21):
From now on I will not write every day, because many days are very similar ... Also, since I started working I am busier and I do not have time to write everything that I have spent in the day.
On Monday night I finally did not lengthen my legs, I took a break because I felt a lot of pain just at the time of the session ... Thanks to that I had a good night and on Tuesday I had a very good morning despite having resumed lengthening of my legs. I went to the physical therapist and he told me that my walking on crutches had improved. Yesterday I also woke up rested and with little discomfort, but in the afternoon, after lengthening my legs, I felt pain and I had to spend the rest of the day stretching my muscles and sitting on the sofa.
Last night I slept quite well again, from 1:00 to 7:00 and from 7:30 to 8:30. Today I also felt good in the morning and I went to the physiotherapist. Every day he tells me that I am improving and I am still very flexible. I have not had contractures in my legs for a long time. In the afternoon, after lengthening my legs, I felt pain in my hips and knees again, but I stretched my muscles and walked on crutches and I felt much better. In the late afternoon I felt so good that I have walked indoors without the crutches, I have recorded 2 videos:
https://youtu.be/3Ujgxgm8bhY
https://youtu.be/PXQ337yQ-G8
According to my calculations I have grown 3 cm ;D
-
Day 46 after the operation (Wednesday 10 / March / 21):
Hello everybody!
After a few days without much change, I write again to tell you how I am progressing ...
Since the last day I wrote, I haven't felt pain, just sometimes I felt short times nervous tension in tibs. I continue to lengthen my legs 3 times a day, 0.81 mm in total. I have started doing more stretching exercises throughout the day: I stretch my hamstrings and quadriceps 5-6 times a day for 10 minutes when I feel a little tension.
The nights are getting better since I am doing more stretching, I keep waking up once, but I dont need long time to get sleep.
On Sunday morning I felt so good that I was able to walk at home for 10 minutes without using crutches ...
Since I have passed the 3 cm barrier I feel that little by little my muscles become more tense, but with the stretching exercises at home and the physiotherapy sessions I am overcoming the tension ... I hope I could continue like this much longer, but I know that the positive evolution will not last long, I still have more than half of the way to goal (8 cms.) ...
I've posted some videos today, one stretching and one walking at home.
https://youtu.be/WyBhFkF6HWg
https://youtu.be/KFUj_XwC1FM
I will come back soon!!
-
Day 46 after the operation (Wednesday 10 / March / 21):
Hello everybody!
After a few days without much change, I write again to tell you how I am progressing ...
Since the last day I wrote, I haven't felt pain, just sometimes I felt short times nervous tension in tibs. I continue to lengthen my legs 3 times a day, 0.81 mm in total. I have started doing more stretching exercises throughout the day: I stretch my hamstrings and quadriceps 5-6 times a day for 10 minutes when I feel a little tension.
The nights are getting better since I am doing more stretching, I keep waking up once, but I dont need long time to get sleep.
On Sunday morning I felt so good that I was able to walk at home for 10 minutes without using crutches ...
Since I have passed the 3 cm barrier I feel that little by little my muscles become more tense, but with the stretching exercises at home and the physiotherapy sessions I am overcoming the tension ... I hope I could continue like this much longer, but I know that the positive evolution will not last long, I still have more than half of the way to goal (8 cms.) ...
I've posted some videos today, one stretching and one walking at home.
https://youtu.be/WyBhFkF6HWg
https://youtu.be/KFUj_XwC1FM
I will come back soon!!
Wow you are so much better stretched than I am. Maybe thats the reason Im in pain today. I will try to catch up with stretching!
-
Wow, this diary is so detailed with picture and videos and very helpful and descriptive! You are way more flexible than me, and I didn't even do LL yet haha!
Thank you sir FSchez :)
-
Thanks for the update FSchez; looks like you’re doing well...keep up the good work! 😁👍
-
Wow you are so much better stretched than I am. Maybe thats the reason Im in pain today. I will try to catch up with stretching!
-
Wow you are so much better stretched than I am. Maybe thats the reason Im in pain today. I will try to catch up with stretching!
Hi Erkan !!
I am sure that you too can become flexible like me. I started doing stretching exercises before the operation, but I did not practice as hard as I do now ... If you have time to exercise, you will feel better. Although the muscles hurt during the stretching, right afterwards you will feel better and your muscles will loose tension for almost an hour.
Take care of yourself and keep strong my friend !!
I hope you get better of your pain ...
Good luck!!
-
Thanks for the update FSchez; looks like you’re doing well...keep up the good work! 😁👍
Whenever I can, I try to update the diary, I hope my experience will help you as for me there have been many other colleagues who have successfully achieved their goal of increasing height ... Tomorrow I have an X-ray so I will publish the photos soon :D
-
Wow, this diary is so detailed with picture and videos and very helpful and descriptive! You are way more flexible than me, and I didn't even do LL yet haha!
Thank you sir FSchez :)
Thanks Serilium!!
I'm glad you like my diary, I try to tell in detail what I do and feel during the days, but since lately the days are very similar, from now on I will update the diary when I feel important changes. I will continue to post photos and videos of my progress, because I think that an image or a video is better than updating the sensations every day when they are very similar ...
-
By the way, if any of the colleagues who have finished the complete limb lengthening process wants to write some advice for the next few weeks that remain of my process, I will be very grateful ... :)
-
Great progress, keep it up and you will be done in no time!
-
Great progress, keep it up and you will be done in no time!
Thanks a lot Jamesy!!
On Friday I had X-rays and it seems that everything is going well ... It can be seen that I have increased 3.6 - 3.7 cm in both legs.
Tomorrow I will post the photos of the X-rays. There is still half the way, but about half the way I can be more positive :) ...
-
Thanks Serilium!!
I'm glad you like my diary, I try to tell in detail what I do and feel during the days, but since lately the days are very similar, from now on I will update the diary when I feel important changes. I will continue to post photos and videos of my progress, because I think that an image or a video is better than updating the sensations every day when they are very similar ...
Nice to hear! Your stretching video highlighted how much I need to stretch before my surgery! 😆; looks like you’ve made it almost 1/2 way very well...appreciate all the notes. Stay strong amigo!! 💪😁
-
Hi friends!!
I'm sorry it took so long to post the X-ray photos ... I've been disconnected from my phone and computer all weekend. Since I have started working from home I have very little free time to enjoy my family and the weekend is the time to be with them.
The level of pain during the day remains the same, it is very light most of the day, except for some time that I need to massage and stretch my legs ... The nights are getting better and better, I get to sleep 6 hours without interruptions, I take a pain reliever I go back to sleep shortly after another 2 hours ...
I can walk more and more steps without using crutches, but I keep walking on the street with crutches as a precaution.
I'll be back soon to update the diary. ;)
TODAY I'M IN THE MIDDLE: 4 CMS :)
https://ibb.co/DrDLXTp
https://ibb.co/0ySv7gC
https://ibb.co/vZ7F1mF
https://ibb.co/qkm4XdL
-
Nice to hear! Your stretching video highlighted how much I need to stretch before my surgery! 😆; looks like you’ve made it almost 1/2 way very well...appreciate all the notes. Stay strong amigo!! 💪😁
Thanks my friend!
I will continue to provide information on my progress because I see that it is useful for people who want to have surgery. It was very important for me to read the experiences of other colleagues who had managed to finish the lengthening process. Videos of teammates walking during lengthening or running after finishing the distraction phase gave me a lot of confidence.
In my case, I was doing stretching exercises for almost 2 months, 2 times a day.
At first it is difficult to stretch your muscles and endure the pain, but every day you gain more flexibility. 💪
It is an effort that I think is worth it and prepares you mentally for the weeks after the operation.
-
Day 65 after the operation (Monday 29 / March / 21):
Hi friends!!
These last few days I have been quite busy with work and I have been somewhat disconnected from the forum ...
For 10 or 15 days the nights have been very good, I have been able to sleep from 12:30 to 7:00 - 7:30 without discomfort. Just when I wake up I take a pain reliever and start stretching my muscles in bed to calm the stiffness in my legs ...
I can already climb stairs without crutches, slowly and carefully, but it is very rewarding.
Since my operation I have lost almost 2 kilos and I have lost all the muscle mass in my buttocks, but I have also grown almost 5 cm and I feel very good.
When I approach one of my relatives who are about 170 cm tall, I feel very good to see that I am close to their height. :)
I feel that my insecurity due to my short stature is fading ... because the people around me and my relatives are not tall, so if I reach my goal and reach 169 cms I will feel great, I am sure ... I would only have to win muscle mass to feel strong and fit as before, but with 7-8 cms more ... ;D
On Wednesday I have X-rays, I hope everything goes well ...
I will report back soon on my progress ...
-
This is a video of my condition 4-5 days ago, walking at home, a little worse than the previous days because of the tension in my hips, which prevents me from bringing my legs together when walking ... :-\
I am doing exercises to improve posture. .. I hope to publish soon a new video doing better ...
https://youtu.be/7yCcsGqKg6Y
-
Day 67 after the operation (Wednesday 31 / March / 21):
Hey!!
I have good news :)
The X-ray today shows that the lengthening goes in the correct way... I had a physiotherapy session and I have talk to the doctor and they said me that the bones look well ;D
Today I didn't lengthening session with the machine cause I have spend the last three days with tension in my hips and legs.
I will post the X-rays tomorrow.
This is a video of me walking at home, today, a little better than the last days, I think... :D
https://youtube.com/shorts/haM0dJBzGf8
-
Thank you very much for sharing your experience, I wish you the best.
-
looks good, a little bit of wide legs. did doctor do IT band release? thank you for diary!
-
Thank you very much for sharing your experience, I wish you the best.
Thank you friend!!
I will post new images of my progress and videos soon
-
looks good, a little bit of wide legs. did doctor do IT band release? thank you for diary!
Thanks a lot Serilium!!
I haven't asked the doctor if he did, but I don't think so. Yesterday I spoke with him and he recommended doing specific stretching exercises to stretch the tensor muscles of the fascia lata. Also the physiotherapist is helping me with electro stimulation treatments and massage techniques to relax the outer area of the legs that is still quite tense ... The next time I talk to the doctor, if I keep walking with my legs apart, I will ask him about what you asked me ;)
-
Hey Fschez,
My doc recommended me this: https://imgur.com/a/ZojXhc3
I lay down for a few minutes like this. It helped me!
-
Hey Fschez,
My doc recommended me this: https://imgur.com/a/ZojXhc3
I lay down for a few minutes like this. It helped me!
Thank you Erkan!!
I will practise since today cause I saw that you walk very well, much better than me ;D
-
Hi friends!!
Here are the x-rays from yesterday :)
https://ibb.co/ZcyS4Vq
https://ibb.co/8NPhsv1
https://ibb.co/Kssw3Yz
https://ibb.co/BTB0fd5
https://ibb.co/TKRC1b8
https://ibb.co/BLpXQpM
-
Congrats on the progress amigo! It’s a marathon not a sprint and with your continued hard work I’m sure the wide gait will get much better; stag strong 💪...X-rays also look good 👍😀
-
Congrats on the progress amigo! It’s a marathon not a sprint and with your continued hard work I’m sure the wide gait will get much better; stag strong 💪...X-rays also look good 👍😀
Thank you very much friend!!
It is nice to have support and messages of encouragement during the process, because sometimes it is hard and the days seem very long ...
Thanks to the support of my family, the diaries of some leg lengthening patients, and comments like yours, I can focus my energies on overcoming pain in hard times.
Thank you very much, really!!
-
Your proportions look great, whats your wingspan?
-
Hey Fschez,
My doc recommended me this: https://imgur.com/a/ZojXhc3
I lay down for a few minutes like this. It helped me!
It seems that after lying down several times for a few minutes with my feet together it helps to improve my walk ... I have spent practicing the exercise last night and as long as I have been able to hold out in the morning. I guess I still have a lot to practice but I don't think I spread my feet so much when I walk ...
https://youtu.be/ehkCl3u3tmg
From now on I will spend more time every day.
Thanks a lot for your advice!
-
Your proportions look great, whats your wingspan?
Thanks Siegfried! :)
I had never measured my wingspan until you asked me, I simply thought that my body and arms were proportionate to my natural height ... ;D
My wingspan is:
169.5 cms
-
Day 70 after the operation (Saturday 03 / April / 21):
After more than 2 months taking painkillers every 4 hours I have decided to cut the medication in half. The last 3 days I am handling the pain well. After 6-7 hours, when I feel pain I stretch my legs for 5 minutes, then I walk a little and the pain disappears ...
I continue to lengthen my legs 0.81 mm per day, although on Wednesday I had to stop lengthening due to the stiffness that prevented me from walking decently ... I didn't have much pain, but I felt a lot of stiffness in my hips and fascia lata muscles. After the rest day I have been able to regain my flexibility, and to prevent stiffness in the next few days I have reduced the stretching time of each session and now I am stretching more times a day, between 6 and 8 times. I hope to remain as flexible in the coming weeks, I am already approaching 6 cm ... ;)
My stretches are usually like this:
https://youtu.be/1nAQEQMG4qw
-
got few cuestions if you can answer please. So its been 2 months and half by now, how do you fell the pain, the way you walk by now is because the muscles need to strecht ? a mean beacuse of the leghthening you lost flexibility? how long did the doctor said for your posture to be good and walking to be as natural as before surgery? I apologize for my terrible english
-
got few cuestions if you can answer please. So its been 2 months and half by now, how do you fell the pain, the way you walk by now is because the muscles need to strecht ? a mean beacuse of the leghthening you lost flexibility? how long did the doctor said for your posture to be good and walking to be as natural as before surgery? I apologize for my terrible english
Hello!!
The pain during the first 3-4 weeks was quite annoying, and the nights were very hard because hopefully I managed to sleep 3 hours in a row, I woke up due to pain in my legs and then I took painkillers to go back to sleep, even so it would take a long time until get rest again.
Now I have been taking half the medication for 5 days, I manage to go 7-8 hours without pain when at first I needed to take painkillers every 4 hours ...
The pain is difficult to describe, it may be similar to when you suffer severe soreness after a hard leg workout, it could seem like a muscle overload ...
The way I walk now and the position of the body when I am standing is due to the fact that my hips are wide from the intervention (because they drive the nail through the hip) and the muscles of the legs are very tight, especially the hamstrings and the muscles that are in the external lateral zone of the femurs (the tensors of the fascia lata).
The doctor did not give me a specific deadline to walk the same as before the intervention, but he did tell me that about 4 months after the intervention I could lead a normal life, without doing medium-high intensity sports, of course. He also told me that 6 months after the operation, if I follow a good exercise routine to regain flexibility and muscle tone, I could run again without straining and lead a normal life, without playing sports or high-impact activities. I guess that would be the moment when my walk will be totally as before, from 6 months after the intervention.
The tension of the muscles and the loss of flexibility during the distraction process is something very difficult to avoid, but I assure you that I try to fight it whenever I can ... Stretching exercises and electro stimulation 2 times per week with my physiotherapy they make me endure the tension until now ... I hope I can continue like this until I get 7-8 cms :D
Don't worry about your English, I don't speak very well either, I often use google translator ... >:(
-
thanks for your reply mate, may i ask where are you from ? So by now how would you describe monegal attention? Does he replay fast at any problem or question? Are you staying in the place he offers st jordi? the first 4 weeks until you pain was better did you stay in hospital? im so so interested in your story because i was planning seriously to go there for the surgery. THANKS !!!!
-
can you say how much you paid in total for the surgery?
thanks
-
thanks for your reply mate, may i ask where are you from ? So by now how would you describe monegal attention? Does he replay fast at any problem or question? Are you staying in the place he offers st jordi? the first 4 weeks until you pain was better did you stay in hospital? im so so interested in your story because i was planning seriously to go there for the surgery. THANKS !!!!
Hi friend!
I am from Madrid. I spoke with Dr. Monegal for the first time 1 year and a half before the intervention, I sent him an e-mail and a few days later he asked me if I wanted to speak on the phone could he better solve my doubts. Then he called me to explain the details of the intervention process and the subsequent recovery ... At that time my wife was pregnant with our second child at home, so it was not a good idea to operate ... For a few months we spoke 4 or 5 times, even I made the decision to visit him when my son was already 7-8 months old, and then we started looking for dates for the intervention.
So far whenever I have called the doctor I have been able to speak with him. Sometimes he has not been able to pick up the phone for work, but shortly after I called him again and we were able to talk ...
He is a very close doctor and makes you feel that you can speak with him with the same confidence as with a friend, at least that is what I feel ...
After the operation, I was in the hospital for 4 more days, and on the fifth day I went to the St Jordi residence, which is 5-10 minutes away by car.
In the residence he visited me several times when, one of them to explain some stretches to calm the pain in my legs, for example ...
If you ask me for my opinion on Dr. Monegal, so far everything has gone very well :)
-
can you say how much you paid in total for the surgery?
thanks
Hi increase!
I paid 48.400 euros in total for the surgery. The costs of the residence stay and the physiotherapy sessions after leaving the hospital were not included.
Even so, it seemed to me a fairly reasonable price (considering that it is a very expensive intervention worldwide) ...
-
Congrats on the progress amigo! Wow almost at 6 cm👍 Stay strong and keep it up 😄
-
Congrats on the progress amigo! Wow almost at 6 cm👍 Stay strong and keep it up 😄
GRACIAS AMIGO!!
I am approaching the last stage of distraction :D, but I guess there is still the hardest part...
-
Day 75 after the operation (Thursday 08 / April / 21):
Hello guys!
Yesterday was my first day in the office after the intervention. I work in a company where there are many relatives, so I have not hidden from anyone the reason why I walk with the help of crutches ... Sooner or later all my work colleagues were going to find out ... In my family it is difficult to maintain a secret, therefore, the same thing happens in the office.
Some colleagues asked me just how I was doing, and if my legs hurt a lot, but most of them noticed my increase in height ...
When the shorter ones, who were previously a little taller than me, came up, I felt great because some were my new height and some were a little shorter than me.
My way of walking yesterday was quite bad, because I could not stretch for a long time and my lower back is quite tense in recent days ... Also, I have been reducing the painkillers for 2 days, I only take 2 Nolotil pills when I wake up at 8: 30 and 1 pill of Tramadol + 1 gram of paracetamol just before going to bed, at 00:00 ...
In the afternoon, at 7:30 p.m. I started exercising on the stationary bike, but I had to stop after 10 minutes because I started to feel a lot of pain in my legs ... Since 8:30 I had not taken any pills to calm down the pain...
So I tried stretching my muscles to ease the pain, but it didn't work. At 8:00 PM I decided to take 2 Nolotil pills, but the pain was not relieved until 9:15 PM. I think I have already learned my lesson ... Right now I can't go more than 8 hours without painkillers.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and I have done quite well, the physiotherapist has treated my hamstrings, sciatic nerve and lower back to start fighting my way of walking like a duck with my ass up ...
When I got home I tried walking and I felt much better. I have recorded 2 videos, the first one walking without making an effort to correct my posture and the second one trying to bring my legs together to walk as well as possible:
https://youtu.be/deNajmqxgK0
https://youtu.be/SnHFUNSW5fU
-
Day 77 after the operation (Saturday 10 / April / 21):
Hi friends!
I think my legs are starting to get more and more tense, I have noticed it these last 3 days, just when I was managing to reduce my daily pills to calm the pain ... Yesterday I returned to the office and since I could not stretch more than 15 minutes from 10:00 to 14:00, every time I got up from my chair I could not walk with my back straight ... When I got home to eat I felt a lot of tension in my knees and hamstrings so I took 2 pills of Nolotil and sat on the couch to try to ease the pain. An hour and a half later the pain began to subside, although not completely. At 5:00 p.m. I lengthened my legs with the device, then I hardly felt any discomfort.
Then we went to my parents' house, I was walking with crutches, and when we arrived I was walking without crutches for 10 minutes on the grass of the garden. As I was feeling fine, I went to ride the stationary bike and exercise my legs:
Sorry for the duration of the videos, I don't know how to edit the quick view to reduce the total duration ... in the video of the bicycle I am all the time with the same speed and intensity from the beginning, I only recorded it in full in case someone You have doubts about the strength or endurance of the muscles after the operation, so that it is seen that there are no traps ... :D
https://youtu.be/hEQVWWfAeBY
https://youtu.be/7ckdvOEnTXI
Shortly after I stretched my leg muscles and as I started to feel pain I took tramadol with paracetamol.
The pain disappeared an hour and a half later, when we returned home and the children were already in bed ...
In the last lengthening session I did not feel any pain, but since I did not want to wake up in the middle of the night with discomfort in my legs, just before sleeping I took 2 pills of Nolotil again. At the moment, although these last few days I feel that my legs and my lower back are increasingly tense, I can get a good night's sleep. :)
-
Day 78 after the operation (Sunday 11 / April / 21):
Today I have reached 6 cms !!
Like yesterday, I have woken up with a lot of tension and I have spent all morning without being able to move much, only from the bed to the sofa and little else ... Even so I have lengthened my legs and I have practiced stretching exercises.
In the late afternoon, after a hard day, I found the strength to do some exercise. Although my legs hurt a lot and I felt a lot of tension in my knees, I have managed to go up and down the stairs several times without supporting my hands:
https://youtu.be/5P0tkIW4JvI
After that I have stretched my muscles to relax the tension in my legs, and the pain has disappeared until dinner time ...
I only have the lengthening session at 11:30 p.m. to officially reach 6 cms ;D
-
Day 80 after the operation (Tuesday 13 / April / 21):
Hi everybody!
The last few days I have felt a lot of tension in my muscles, so on Sunday night I decided to take a break from lengthening my legs for a full day. Yesterday I felt a lot of pain behind my knees and in my right hip. I spoke with the doctor and he recommended that I rest for another day.
Fortunately I was able to get a good night's rest.
Today I woke up with the same pain, but the muscles in my legs are a little less tense than yesterday ...
Today I had a physiotherapy session at 12:00 and it has helped me to relax a bit the tension in my legs, the physiotherapist has confirmed that the tensor fascia lata muscle of my right leg is very tense, which causes me the pain in my hip. The rest of the muscles are quite good, even so he has also recommended me to rest from lengthening my legs to regain flexibility in the painful area.
The pain in my legs has been present at all times from yesterday morning until late this afternoon, which almost completely disappeared while doing stretching exercises.
As I have not been able to exercise since Sunday night, I have decided to walk a bit in the living room and I have practiced some balance exercises to move my legs a little:
https://youtu.be/KB5XptKHKbQ
Tomorrow I will lengthen my legs again. I hope the pain takes a long time to return ... ::)
-
Looks good!
Where are you now centimeters wise.
Did you get your IT band released?
-
Congrats on the 6 cm!! A clear milestone for sure. Appreciate the videos mi amigo 😁; you do look taller which must be so cool. What’s the best thing about your newfound height? Stay strong my friend...only 2 cm to go!
-
Looks good!
Where are you now centimeters wise.
Did you get your IT band released?
Thank you!!
Now I measure almost 167 cm, I started with 161.5 cm ...
I don't know what exactly the IT band is, what I do feel is that I still can't walk with my back straight, so when I regain flexibilities and my position is good again I will feel that I am even taller. :)
-
take it easy with the exercise bro. your still lengthening. stryde is weight bearing and all that but its not meant for people to work out on lol. in one the videos you are doing pretty intense exercise hopping onto the treadmill and back down.
theyre also sayin' weight bearing might be causing corrosion, so...
Im not an expert but Ive heard many docs say stryde is not so that you can live a normal life. its just to not be in a wheelchair completely
-
Congrats on the 6 cm!! A clear milestone for sure. Appreciate the videos mi amigo 😁; you do look taller which must be so cool. What’s the best thing about your newfound height? Stay strong my friend...only 2 cm to go!
Thanks amigo!!
I will continue to post videos on the progress. I also feel taller now, besides as I am thinner I look taller even ...
And that I only measure 167 cms ...
For me it is quite a change, I have always been used to being the shortest in many social gatherings, with friends, family, soccer colleagues :-[...
Many times he was the same height or even shorter than many girls. If I manage to reach my goal (169 cm + 2 cm of elevators that I always use in my shoes), which I already see close by, I will leave behind the bad moments of highlighting my short stature, which before the surgery was quite an easy aspect to notice at first sight. I will be very happy to be just a little shorter than the average height of the people around me, which is usually 174-175 cm ... :D
-
take it easy with the exercise bro. your still lengthening. stryde is weight bearing and all that but its not meant for people to work out on lol. in one the videos you are doing pretty intense exercise hopping onto the treadmill and back down.
theyre also sayin' weight bearing might be causing corrosion, so...
Im not an expert but Ive heard many docs say stryde is not so that you can live a normal life. its just to not be in a wheelchair completely
Hi mate!
I appreciate your advice, really, surely you are right.
Sometimes when you feel that your legs respond you come up ...
Still, in the video it appears that exercise has more impact than it actually does. Compared to going up and down stairs it is almost the same impact. The noise heard when I get on the treadmill is very bulky due to the state of the springs ... ;D
In spite of everything, do not think that I am doing this type of exercise every day, I really spend the whole day calmly sitting in the chair in front of the computer while I work. Every hour and a half I get up, stretch the muscles in my legs and walk a little so that I don't stand for so long. So I spend all morning and part of the afternoon.
When I feel strong, late in the afternoon, at the house of more parents, I practice a little exercise: 15-20 minutes on the exercise bike, I walk 10 minutes on the lawn in the garden. If I can't walk on the grass, I do some low-impact exercises to regain muscle tone in my legs and abdomen ...
I will follow your advice, although I think the pain and tension in my legs in this last part of the distraction will not allow me to do much exercise even if I wanted to ...
-
Thanks amigo!!
I will continue to post videos on the progress. I also feel taller now, besides as I am thinner I look taller even ...
And that I only measure 167 cms ...
For me it is quite a change, I have always been used to being the shortest in many social gatherings, with friends, family, soccer colleagues :-[...
Many times he was the same height or even shorter than many girls. If I manage to reach my goal (169 cm + 2 cm of elevators that I always use in my shoes), which I already see close by, I will leave behind the bad moments of highlighting my short stature, which before the surgery was quite an easy aspect to notice at first sight. I will be very happy to be just a little shorter than the average height of the people around me, which is usually 174-175 cm ... :D
Happy for you, brutha! 😁 Thanks for the continued updates. Keep up the good work! 👍
-
i'm willing to do femurs with this dr aswell. I've been reading this post for a while, i'll be here reading your evolution, good luck.
-
Happy for you, brutha! 😁 Thanks for the continued updates. Keep up the good work! 👍
Thank you my friend!!
Soon I will update the progress of the last days ;)
-
i'm willing to do femurs with this dr aswell. I've been reading this post for a while, i'll be here reading your evolution, good luck.
Thanks for your support friend !!
I suppose you have already talked to the doctor, but if you don't know him yet I advise you to go see him at his office, he is a very attentive and close doctor.
On Friday I have new X-rays, so soon I will publish the photos ... If everything goes well on Friday I will get almost 7 cm of lengthening ... :D
-
Thanks for your support friend !!
I suppose you have already talked to the doctor, but if you don't know him yet I advise you to go see him at his office, he is a very attentive and close doctor.
On Friday I have new X-rays, so soon I will publish the photos ... If everything goes well on Friday I will get almost 7 cm of lengthening ... :D
No, i didnt talked to him yet. I talked to their clinica through whatsapp and they told me to make an appointment with him to answer all my questions. They did told me that the do fitbone, nothing about stryde, but as i see they do stryde aswell.
Waiting for those x-rays, i will be here supporting you!
-
Hey FSchez, it's been a rollercoaster ride reading your diary and congratulations on reaching 6cms! I know your workplace has a lot of family but did you feel any worry or anxiety about others judging you for going through with the procedure? It seems like it went over well but I have this worry about what my friends and family will think if I decide to have surgery
-
Hey FSchez, it's been a rollercoaster ride reading your diary and congratulations on reaching 6cms! I know your workplace has a lot of family but did you feel any worry or anxiety about others judging you for going through with the procedure? It seems like it went over well but I have this worry about what my friends and family will think if I decide to have surgery
Hello mate!!
Thank you for your words!
At first I thought that someone indiscreet could ask me some question or uncomfortable or disrespectful comment, but the worst thing one of my cousins told me was that he had done crazy ... Obviously he sees it that way because he is tall and has never suffered it ...
So I told him how I felt on many occasions before the operation, so after explaining how the operation was, he only told me to take care of myself and that I had a lot of courage to have had surgery for something like that ...
To resume, the comments or questions have not been uncomfortable. Even a neighbor who has seen me walk with crutches who has asked me what happened to me, if it is someone with whom I usually coincide, I tell him that it was not an accident, and if he asks me more, I tell him that I have operated on my legs to be taller. Some have been interested and have asked me if it hurts and what the recovery process is like.
Others however have believed that he was joking ... ;D
-
Hello mate!!
Thank you for your words!
At first I thought that someone indiscreet could ask me some question or uncomfortable or disrespectful comment, but the worst thing one of my cousins told me was that he had done crazy ... Obviously he sees it that way because he is tall and has never suffered it ...
So I told him how I felt on many occasions before the operation, so after explaining how the operation was, he only told me to take care of myself and that I had a lot of courage to have had surgery for something like that ...
To resume, the comments or questions have not been uncomfortable. Even a neighbor who has seen me walk with crutches who has asked me what happened to me, if it is someone with whom I usually coincide, I tell him that it was not an accident, and if he asks me more, I tell him that I have operated on my legs to be taller. Some have been interested and have asked me if it hurts and what the recovery process is like.
Others however have believed that he was joking ... ;D
Obviously for common people, even small ones, this is a crazy thing. Just 2 months ago, maybe less, i didnt know about this kind of surgery. I just readed something but i've never been interested because i thought that was a mad thing for mad people. Still i dont get it and i dont know what to do, thats why i'm here reading your post. I've looked for one in spain and there are 2: alejandro monegal and downey. Alejandro is in Barcelona, that is just at 4 hours from my home. And you have paid 48.800, it is expensive but affordable compared to other doctors.
I will see the doctor to talk to him and i will read very closely your post, you are helping me brother. Keep up updating please
-
Obviously for common people, even small ones, this is a crazy thing. Just 2 months ago, maybe less, i didnt know about this kind of surgery. I just readed something but i've never been interested because i thought that was a mad thing for mad people. Still i dont get it and i dont know what to do, thats why i'm here reading your post. I've looked for one in spain and there are 2: alejandro monegal and downey. Alejandro is in Barcelona, that is just at 4 hours from my home. And you have paid 48.800, it is expensive but affordable compared to other doctors.
I will see the doctor to talk to him and i will read very closely your post, you are helping me brother. Keep up updating please
I'm glad to see that my posts are helpful. :)
I don't remember how I found this forum, but thanks to the publications of other patients they helped me to get an idea of what the operation and the complete recovery process consists of, which is quite long compared to many operations ...
Even so, if you are very concerned about your height and think that with 6-8 cm more you will feel better, it is worth all the time and effort that it implies... ;)
-
, and if he asks me more, I tell him that I have operated on my legs to be taller. Some have been interested and have asked me if it hurts and what the recovery process is like.
Respect to you FSchez for being brave and honest about this surgery. It's great to own up to it and be more neurotic or insecure about hiding the fact you did a height surgery. Good trait of a man. 👍
Cheers
-
Respect to you FSchez for being brave and honest about this surgery. It's great to own up to it and be more neurotic or insecure about hiding the fact you did a height surgery. Good trait of a man. 👍
Cheers
Thank you very much for your words!! :)
I know that it is a rather uncomfortable and taboo subject and that is why many of us who feel a complex of stature suffer it in silence ... That is why I understand and respect all those who avoid talking about the operation with friends or family.
In fact, before the operation I was thinking of telling my surgery only to my closest relatives ...
Now I am not announcing to everyone that I have had surgery to be taller, but if someone asks me I feel more comfortable telling the truth ...
Knowing the people around me, sooner or later all my relatives and acquaintances will find out little by little from third parties, so I prefer that they find out first hand.
:)
-
Day 91 after the operation (Saturday 24 / April / 21):
Hey!
I have already got 7 cms !!
In fact, the X-rays and telemetry from yesterday morning show 6.9 cm on my left leg and 7.2 cm on the right:
I only have 10 days left to finish lengthening my left leg and 5 days for my right leg:
https://ibb.co/mB28J0P
https://ibb.co/xYDjtmz
https://ibb.co/3mHqHYv
https://ibb.co/nf0msdV
https://ibb.co/w4y6Pmk
https://ibb.co/vstT6Hj
https://ibb.co/JrJpgzR
These last few days I have not been able to walk much without the crutches because my back is quite arched and I have a hard time keeping my back straight when I walk ...
Before the operation I had a slight hyperlordosis, and with the tension of my muscles in the last elongated centimeters I have noticed that my back is now much more curved ...
The physiotherapist and the doctor have told me to work more flexibility in the hip flexor muscles and work the lower back to correct my posture.
That means that I still have a lot of work ahead of me to physically recover and reflect the height with respect to the cms that I have lengthened my legs ...
I hope I can walk a little better soon and post a new video ;)
-
Wow! Time flies my friend. I can’t believe you only have 10 more days of lengthening and even less on the other side; you must be so excited to get all the lengthening done. Congrats!! Keep up the work like you have been doing and I am sure you will get your gait back and see all of your new height. Very happy for you, bruh!! 😎
-
Just noticed my typo. My bad
Respect to you FSchez for being brave and honest about this surgery. It's great to own up to it and be instead of being more neurotic or insecure about hiding the fact you did a height surgery. Good trait of a man. 👍
Cheers
Before the operation I had a slight hyperlordosis, and with the tension of my muscles in the last elongated centimeters I have noticed that my back is now much more curved ...
Seems like most people have a minor hyperlordosis issue before LL too, also called 'duckass' as they call it on this forum, and it gets worse during surgery. It's expected to get it near the final stages, no worries. You are almost there though, 7cm!.
-
Wow! Time flies my friend. I can’t believe you only have 10 more days of lengthening and even less on the other side; you must be so excited to get all the lengthening done. Congrats!! Keep up the work like you have been doing and I am sure you will get your gait back and see all of your new height. Very happy for you, bruh!! 😎
Thank you very much, my friend!!
The first month and a half the days seemed very long, but now that I am close to ending the distraction, the days go by faster.
I suppose that now that I can sleep whole nights without suffering pain in my legs is an important factor ... ;D
I will work hard and put all my energy into regaining my flexibility and my physical form, I am already looking forward to it!💪
-
Just noticed my typo. My bad
Seems like most people have a minor hyperlordosis issue before LL too, also called 'duckass' as they call it on this forum, and it gets worse during surgery. It's expected to get it near the final stages, no worries. You are almost there though, 7cm!.
Hi again Serilium!
Thanks for your comment.
About the correction I had understood you, although this way I already confirm that I understood you well ... 😊
The "duck ass" position the doctor told me before the operation that it used to happen, but since I didn't have that problem up to 5 cm long, I thought it wouldn't affect me ...
Now I have to work on that problem while I finish the distraction phase.
There is very little left !! 💪
-
Day 93 after the operation (Monday 26 / April / 21):
Hi guys!!
After a weekend of rest, I have had time to stretch my legs a little more and work my lower back a bit.
At the moment the tension in my muscles is bearable and I continue to sleep through the nights without pain.
Even so, I continue to walk worse than a few weeks ago, here is a video of my walk:
https://youtu.be/Kzlceri_w9A
I hope that the next video I will post when the distraction is completely over my walking will be the same or a little better.
I know it will be difficult but I will put all my effort to improve💪
-
Day 93 after the operation (Monday 26 / April / 21):
Hi guys!!
After a weekend of rest, I have had time to stretch my legs a little more and work my lower back a bit.
At the moment the tension in my muscles is bearable and I continue to sleep through the nights without pain.
Even so, I continue to walk worse than a few weeks ago, here is a video of my walk:
https://youtu.be/Kzlceri_w9A
I hope that the next video I will post when the distraction is completely over my walking will be the same or a little better.
I know it will be difficult but I will put all my effort to improve💪
Why is that you cant walk normally? What Do you feel?
-
Why is that you cant walk normally? What Do you feel?
I would love to be able to do it ;D, I assure you, and I strive to achieve it but the psoas and the tensioners in the fascia lata prevent me from being able to carry my back straight and my legs together when I walk ...
Probably because they are the muscles that I have managed to stretch the least during distraction ...
-
Day 94 after the operation (Tuesday 27 / April / 21):
Todayin the morning I had a physiotherapy session and my quadriceps and hamstrings are still fine. The physiotherapist has recommended me that I have to focus on my back these days and strengthen my abdomen. I have spent a long time stretching my hip flexor muscles and in the late afternoon I tried walking on the treadmill for 10 minutes:
https://youtu.be/_G9A35IC690
At the beginning I started walking slowly, at 1 mile per hour and I have been increasing the speed up to 2 miles per hour at the end of the second minute. Since I feel a lot of tension in my lower back from trying to walk with my back straight after 6 minutes, I had to stop to stretch my hip flexor muscles and relax my back a bit. Shortly after I started walking on the treadmill again, this time at a slightly faster pace, I started at 2 miles per hour, the second minute I went up to 2.5 mph and I have lasted almost 4 minutes.
It seems incredible that a few months ago I could run for 40 minutes without a break at 9 miles per hour and now it seems like a great effort to endure 10 minutes walking... :-[
Even so, I hope to be able to walk a few minutes every day from now on and little by little increase the time walking because it has been very rewarding..😁
-
Hey FSchez, perhaps some of these will help with posture.
Crunches
Planks
Leg raises
Hip thrusts
They should help strengthen the abs and glutes, the weakness of which leads to lordosis/anterior pelvic tilt.
-
Hey FSchez, perhaps some of these will help with posture.
Crunches
Planks
Leg raises
Hip thrusts
They should help strengthen the abs and glutes, the weakness of which leads to lordosis/anterior pelvic tilt.
Thank you very much!!
Any advice and help is welcome at this time to solve this problem ...
My physiotherapist has recommended that I practice with an exercise table to work my back, strengthen the abdomen and buttocks, but all exercise and advice is a great help, really!👍
-
One I told you with band works like magic
Also lie on stomach and both arms and legs raised longer you stay this position better
Hope this helps
-
Congrats on the achievements you have accomplished so far FSchez. Thank you for making videos they really give a rare insight into the recovery process.
Has your physiotherapist mentioned swimming or just walking in water? I think it might help as the force on the legs is less than on treadmills, but I am not an expert so I can't know for sure.
From your experience, does the difficulty in walking occur sometime after 4 cm of lengthening the femurs or do you think it happens much earlier than that?
Keep up the good work.
-
One I told you with band works like magic
Also lie on stomach and both arms and legs raised longer you stay this position better
Hope this helps
Hi Ahd1978!
Using the elastic bands to strengthen the back and abdominal area is a good exercise, but I haven't had much time to practice it yet ...
The idea of lying on my stomach and raising my legs and arms for a few minutes I have been practicing for a few days and it helps me a lot, but I still can't last long lying on my stomach with my legs up, my hip flexor muscles are very tense... :-[
I appreciate your advice, my friend !!
-
Congrats on the achievements you have accomplished so far FSchez. Thank you for making videos they really give a rare insight into the recovery process.
Has your physiotherapist mentioned swimming or just walking in water? I think it might help as the force on the legs is less than on treadmills, but I am not an expert so I can't know for sure.
From your experience, does the difficulty in walking occur sometime after 4 cm of lengthening the femurs or do you think it happens much earlier than that?
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your encouragement!
I think you are right, my physiotherapist has not advised me to walk in the pool, but I am sure it would be less aggressive on my back and swimming helps to stretch the trunk and improves the posture of the back.
I wish I could swim, but right now I don't have much time to go to a gym pool ...
I do stretching exercises whenever I find a time when I don't have a lot of work and I spend 30 minutes in the afternoons riding the exercise bike, going up and down stairs and taking a little walk in the garden or on the treadmill. I practice that almost every day, except when I have a lot of tension in my legs or the afternoon gets complicated ...
Today, for example, I have not been able to work my back nor have I been able to practice abs because I have spent all day with a sore back ... :(
Maybe yesterday I did too many exercises to strengthen my abs and glutes ... :-[
-
I hear you brother
I am in exact same journey with you. Have also crossed 89 day from surgery
All of sudden the muscles get so tight.
I am at 7 cm distraction this weekend. It’s actually just so tight even excercises work for sometime.
I guess last phase gets tough beyond 7 cm. I am breathing deep and taking each day it comes.
I can feel your pain. But hang on we will make this through.
How is your sleep? I try to sleep in sides or nerves go nuts when straight and also legs feel like a thousand kilos to move
We all deserve a gold medal just to finish this journey
-
I hear you brother
I am in exact same journey with you. Have also crossed 89 day from surgery
All of sudden the muscles get so tight.
I am at 7 cm distraction this weekend. It’s actually just so tight even excercises work for sometime.
I guess last phase gets tough beyond 7 cm. I am breathing deep and taking each day it comes.
I can feel your pain. But hang on we will make this through.
How is your sleep? I try to sleep in sides or nerves go nuts when straight and also legs feel like a thousand kilos to move
We all deserve a gold medal just to finish this journey
I totally agree with you...
From 6.5 or 7 cm, the fight against tightness and stiffness of the muscles is very hard. It is almost a losing battle, but you cannot give up because if you do you will need to work much harder when the distraction is over to regain flexibility ...
I am very overwhelmed by not being able to walk with my back straight, these last few days I have been walking like an old man, with my legs open and my back bent ...
I can only walk decently after a long stretching session.
The only good thing in my case is that I can sleep well at night. I sleep on my back with my legs wide open or lying on my side, otherwise it seems impossible due to the tension in my hips and my lower back ...
I hope we can laugh soon when we look back on these days in the future ;D
Stay strong my friend !! 💪
-
I’m distracting .3 cm each week taking it slow
My goal is 7.8 cm just being shy of 8 as everyone has scared in forum of all crazy complications.
Yours is 8 cm and I think you will get there sooner. Firstly because you don’t have severe nerve pain. I agree about walking I am also walking super slow as all muscles are tight and now back is starting to take the toll.
Guess it’s good to know our journeys are similar so praying and rooting for you to finish soon brother
-
I’m distracting .3 cm each week taking it slow
My goal is 7.8 cm just being shy of 8 as everyone has scared in forum of all crazy complications.
Yours is 8 cm and I think you will get there sooner. Firstly because you don’t have severe nerve pain. I agree about walking I am also walking super slow as all muscles are tight and now back is starting to take the toll.
Guess it’s good to know our journeys are similar so praying and rooting for you to finish soon brother
These days are very hard but we are already very close to our goals.
If you are not in a hurry to reach your goal it is better to slow down, 0.3 cm is much less aggressive, your body will notice it ...
Today I have taken the whole day off, I am not going to lengthen my legs, I am just going to stretch my leg and back muscles as best I can ...
I hope the complications you have suffered are left behind and you recover soon.
Thank you very much for your support 😉, I wish you the best !!
-
Thank you
Yes my complications have subsided. I continue to have higher dimmer levels in blood but that’s post surgery level that doctor says for some can stay high for over a year.
Wonder if you got your bloods checked. As dimmer levels usually drop post surgery below 500 for some in normal range.
I just took way too many pain killers in beginning and that caused GERD. It’s the acid reflux that shooting in my lungs and iron pills didn’t help.
So taking medicines to control that.
Besides that I’m in same boat as you. Tightness and stiff muscles. Weekdays I have physio so I distract .5mm. Weekends I only do .25 as w out physio muscles get even tighter.
I am working remotely and have to get back to work only June 23 so will stop around 18 may and let consolidation begin.
Guess 5 weeks are enough to get normal walk I hope.
-
Thank you
Yes my complications have subsided. I continue to have higher dimmer levels in blood but that’s post surgery level that doctor says for some can stay high for over a year.
Wonder if you got your bloods checked. As dimmer levels usually drop post surgery below 500 for some in normal range.
I just took way too many pain killers in beginning and that caused GERD. It’s the acid reflux that shooting in my lungs and iron pills didn’t help.
So taking medicines to control that.
Besides that I’m in same boat as you. Tightness and stiff muscles. Weekdays I have physio so I distract .5mm. Weekends I only do .25 as w out physio muscles get even tighter.
I am working remotely and have to get back to work only June 23 so will stop around 18 may and let consolidation begin.
Guess 5 weeks are enough to get normal walk I hope.
I am very sorry that you have suffered such uncomfortable complications... when we expose ourselves to an operation like this we know that they can have negative consequences, but none of us believe that something bad will happen to us out of the ordinary, our mind does not prepare us for it, we think that everything will progress perfect...
It's bad luck to suffer something like this ...
Glad to hear that you are controlling it!
I started by lengthening my legs at a rate of 0.81 mm per day. Luckily I only had a week of a lot of pain in my knees when I was almost 2 cm long, the doctor advised me to take a day or two off and it worked, the pain was less. From 6 cm onwards, the same thing happened to me and I took a break again, this time for 2 days. Until a few weeks ago, everything was great, but now my back and hips are increasingly tense and walking upright seems like a huge challenge ...
Surely when you finish lengthening your legs you will begin to notice your muscles better. It is not something immediate but with 4 or 5 weeks you will surely walk much better.
I hope to improve also when I finish lengthening. I'll probably finish next week.
Next Monday I am going to see the doctor in Barcelona to check that everything is fine, he will do a new telemetry and X-rays, and surely he will also prescribe a blood test.
Good luck these days and better soon, my friend!
-
Amazing, almost 8cm already. So how is now almost at the end the relation with monegal? I was reading old posts, how much was fisio ? and how long you stayed at st jordi. Aftter you achieve the 8cm, for consolidation do you have to go to see monegal again and do something or all is done? Everytime you go for a consult or check something is whith monegal or some other doctor ? Did you have to pay something else related to the surgery after you left st jordi, apart of fisio ? Congrats man
-
Amazing, almost 8cm already. So how is now almost at the end the relation with monegal? I was reading old posts, how much was fisio ? and how long you stayed at st jordi. Aftter you achieve the 8cm, for consolidation do you have to go to see monegal again and do something or all is done? Everytime you go for a consult or check something is whith monegal or some other doctor ? Did you have to pay something else related to the surgery after you left st jordi, apart of fisio ? Congrats man
Thanks man!!
Today at the end of the day I will get exactly 7.6 cms 😉
The relationship with Monegal continues well, as in the first days after the operation. We talk on the phone every 2 to 3 weeks, and I e-mail him the X-rays to check that the growth and bone formation are going well.
When I left the Diagonal Clinic, the clinic's physiotherapist, Alberto, came to the gym at the MICs Sant Jordi residence 2 or 3 times a week and charged 30 euros each session.
I stayed at the residence for 3 weeks, so there were 7 physiotherapy sessions, I think I paid 210 euros in total.
When I returned to Madrid I started the physiotherapy sessions in a clinic that I knew previously, where I asked if they had the means and experience to treat me. I pay 320 every 10 sessions and I usually go twice a week.
For any questions I always talk diectly to Dr. Monegal, I call him on his mobile phone. If he is very busy and cannot attend to me, he call me later.
Because the telemetry shows a small discrepancy at the hips, I have to go to Barcelona on Monday to do a telemetry and X-rays again a few days before finishing the distraction to check that the hips are at the same height.
X-rays are covered by my insurance. The only expense other than physical therapy sessions are medications and vitamins since I left the Diagonal Clinic.
I hope I have solved your doubts :D
-
Awesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
-
Awesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
Could it just be due to daily variation in your height? It usually goes down by about ~1 cm throughout the day as your spine compresses due to gravity. If you are having trouble sleeping for a solid 8 hours every night, or not drinking enough fluids, it could also be a factor. Your body restores fluid into the spine area while you sleep and this causes people to be at their maximum height during morning.
-
Could be
But I guess all going through distraction have same issue
Only true veterans can reply of later on they recovered full length of the distraction
-
Awesome brother
Do we know for a fact that if we distract 7.6 or 7
In a few weeks when muscles relax and back is more normal how much net height would we gain
I have reached 183.5 with distraction but I’m only measuring at 182.8 and I would truly like to know if I would gain .7 cm lost. If not I would distract more to cross the 183 threshold.
Does your doctor know this or other ll patients from past. Have you guys recovered entire distraction amount or it’s normal to end up with 1mm lost for every cm we distract.
Thanks for all the help
Before the operation the doctor explained to me that what you lengthen the femurs is not always exact with the gain in height because the femurs are not completely straight and are not completely perpendicular to the ground.
It depends on the shape of your legs and how aligned the femurs are with respect to the line perpendicular to the ground.
In the tibia it is usually exactly what you lengthen the bone with respect to what increases your height.
In my case, I still do not know how much I will increase in real height, because my lumbar area is quite curved ...
I'm working hard on correcting my posture but it will take a few weeks ... 💪
If any of the colleagues who underwent surgery and have already achieved a good posture can comment on their experience, it would be of great help.
-
Day 101 after the operation (04 / May / 21):
Hi guys!!
Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was worth it.
My wife and I woke up at 5:30 to go by car to Barcelona and be able to go home the same day.
We arrived in Barcelona at 1:00 p.m. and the doctor met us in the X-ray waiting room.
The doctor accompanied me to the X-ray room and there they did the telemetry as well.
We then went into a consultation room with him to analyze the X-rays and check my posture while lying down and standing by the wall. The doctor confirmed what my physiotherapist told me a few weeks ago ...
I have a lot of tension in my hip flexor muscles and a very curved lower back, plus a slight discrepancy in the height of my hips of 4mm.
For all this, he has recommended that I increase my left leg 3 mm more and stop lengthening my right leg (the highest hip). To correct the posture of the back and the stiffness of the hip flexor muscles, like the physiotherapist, he has recommended that I stretch the muscles in the area as long as possible.
For the rest, the bone formation is going well, so from now on I have to walk and do a lot of stretching and toning exercises to recover soon. 💪
The return trip was long, but we got home at a decent time to have dinner and relax for a bit before going to bed.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and the physiotherapist told me that my legs are quite good, I do not have much stiffness, except in the hips and lower back.
Soon I will post a video walking again, when I improve my posture ... 😉
https://ibb.co/1Ksyc78
https://ibb.co/YRrkXYt
https://ibb.co/WkNTnJb
-
Day 101 after the operation (04 / May / 21):
Hi guys!!
Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was worth it.
My wife and I woke up at 5:30 to go by car to Barcelona and be able to go home the same day.
We arrived in Barcelona at 1:00 p.m. and the doctor met us in the X-ray waiting room.
The doctor accompanied me to the X-ray room and there they did the telemetry as well.
We then went into a consultation room with him to analyze the X-rays and check my posture while lying down and standing by the wall. The doctor confirmed what my physiotherapist told me a few weeks ago ...
I have a lot of tension in my hip flexor muscles and a very curved lower back, plus a slight discrepancy in the height of my hips of 4mm.
For all this, he has recommended that I increase my left leg 3 mm more and stop lengthening my right leg (the highest hip). To correct the posture of the back and the stiffness of the hip flexor muscles, like the physiotherapist, he has recommended that I stretch the muscles in the area as long as possible.
For the rest, the bone formation is going well, so from now on I have to walk and do a lot of stretching and toning exercises to recover soon. 💪
The return trip was long, but we got home at a decent time to have dinner and relax for a bit before going to bed.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and the physiotherapist told me that my legs are quite good, I do not have much stiffness, except in the hips and lower back.
Soon I will post a video walking again, when I improve my posture ... 😉
https://ibb.co/1Ksyc78
https://ibb.co/YRrkXYt
https://ibb.co/WkNTnJb
what can see around the lengthened part is new bone? I dont understand it very well.. it is bone but not hard enough?
-
what can see around the lengthened part is new bone? I dont understand it very well.. it is bone but not hard enough?
Yes, correct. What you can see is something called soft callus. The body builds soft callus to fill the space between the broken bone. Then over time the soft callus becomes hard callus. Then over many months the body transforms the hard callus into regular bone. This is a very very short description though. In reality the process is very complicated.
-
Day 101 after the operation (04 / May / 21):
Hi guys!!
Yesterday was a very tiring day, but it was worth it.
My wife and I woke up at 5:30 to go by car to Barcelona and be able to go home the same day.
We arrived in Barcelona at 1:00 p.m. and the doctor met us in the X-ray waiting room.
The doctor accompanied me to the X-ray room and there they did the telemetry as well.
We then went into a consultation room with him to analyze the X-rays and check my posture while lying down and standing by the wall. The doctor confirmed what my physiotherapist told me a few weeks ago ...
I have a lot of tension in my hip flexor muscles and a very curved lower back, plus a slight discrepancy in the height of my hips of 4mm.
For all this, he has recommended that I increase my left leg 3 mm more and stop lengthening my right leg (the highest hip). To correct the posture of the back and the stiffness of the hip flexor muscles, like the physiotherapist, he has recommended that I stretch the muscles in the area as long as possible.
For the rest, the bone formation is going well, so from now on I have to walk and do a lot of stretching and toning exercises to recover soon. 💪
The return trip was long, but we got home at a decent time to have dinner and relax for a bit before going to bed.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and the physiotherapist told me that my legs are quite good, I do not have much stiffness, except in the hips and lower back.
Soon I will post a video walking again, when I improve my posture ... 😉
https://ibb.co/1Ksyc78
https://ibb.co/YRrkXYt
https://ibb.co/WkNTnJb
Almost there amigo!! Keep up the good work 👍
-
Day 104 after the operation (Friday 07 / May / 21):
Today I officially start the consolidation phase with my two legs !! 💪 I got it!!
7.7 cms in my right / 8.0 cms in my left
This morning I woke up at 7:30 with a lot of stiffness in my left leg, however my right leg feels very good ...
I have only been since Sunday night without lengthening my right leg, but I already notice quite a difference in muscle tension. Today is the first day that I don't feel pain or tension in my right leg and it's great 😁
I hope the recovery is as good as it has started.
Yesterday afternoon I walked on the treadmill after doing postural correction exercises for my back and managed to hold 2 stretches of 10 minutes (400 meters), with a 5 minute break to stretch my back.
I know it is a very short distance, but after the last days for me it is progress, it is only the beginning, but the important thing is that I can now walk without crutches with less pain in my back, which was the only thing that prevented me from taking more weather.
The callus looks good, but I know it will get better the more I walk and the more exercise I do, so from now on I will do my best to walk longer and strengthen my muscles.
My goal is to gain weight because I am very thin and to walk upright again, with those two things my goal before the operation will be exceeded.
I forgot to write that 2 days after going back to the office to work at my job, I realized that I did not spend enough time to stretch my muscles and I felt very stiff, so I went back to work from home.
This weekend I'm going to do some stretching to try to get back to the office one day next week and I hope I don't need to take a step back ...
When I noticeably improve my way of walking I will publish a new video😉
-
Almost there amigo!! Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you very much, my friend!! ;)
The road has not been easy or short, but I have already managed to finish the first phase
Now the hard training begins💪
-
CONGRATSS! You've done it! You're awesome mate! Loved your diary and the videos! Good luck at your consolidation! Soon you will be walking normaly!
-
Te felicito man. te puedo escribir al PM asi te hago unas preguntas ?
-
Thank you both very much !!
Of course you can write me a private message.
I will be happy to help you in any way that I can.
-
FSchez is it typical for the Barcelona clinic to use Stryde and not Fitbone?
I just remember quite a few diaries some years back from Barcelona and they were all using fitbone.
-
FSchez is it typical for the Barcelona clinic to use Stryde and not Fitbone?
I just remember quite a few diaries some years back from Barcelona and they were all using fitbone.
Hi TheDream!!
I also believed that Dr. Monegal only used Fitbone, but the first time I spoke with him almost 2 years ago he gave me a price for the 2 options: Stryde and Fitbone. It was probably around this time that he started using the Stryde nail ...
When I had a few days to operate I asked the doctor if he could put me in contact with one of his patients who operated with the Stryde nail.
Then the doctor told me that I had to ask them before because they did not want to reveal their secret ...
Finally the doctor gave me the phone number of a Spanish boy who had surgery on femurs and tibias a few months before and agreed to speak with me.
I spoke with him and he gave me a lot of confidence.
After my operation, when I was in the residence I met a German boy who operated on Dr. Monegal 10 days before me, and a few days later I met a Chinese boy who also had surgery with Dr. Monegal a week after me . Both were operated with the Stryde nail.
I guess now that Stryde and Precice are not available if you have to trade you will use Fitbone until Stryde is back ...
-
Day 106 after the operation (Sunday 09 / May / 21):
Hello everybody!
Today is my second day of the consolidation phase and I feel a little better.
My right leg is fine, I just feel a little stiff when I wake up, however my left leg is quite stiff all day.
The last 2 nights I have woken up at 6 or 7 in the morning with discomfort in my left hip ...
I continue to stretch my leg muscles for the same amount of time as in the distraction phase, and have added hip stretches, abdominal and glute toning, and lower back flexibilization exercises to my tasks.
Although I still haven't noticed that my posture improves, every day I can endure a little more walking on the treadmill.
Here are some videos from yesterday, my first day of the consolidation phase. Between each video I rested 5 minutes to correct my lower back, lying on my stomach and practicing the cat exercise (raising the lower back as much as possible).
If my back improves I will post a new video to compare with the latter
https://youtu.be/IPQOjwT3ob4
https://youtu.be/XJ_Pd7Vlbvc
https://youtu.be/09qOw9z77xk
-
Hey brother I’m pulling to 7.5 cm
I know stiffness
Do you have a theragun mini at home. If not try to get it massage your stiff muscles it helps a lot.
Also what I have tried are warm baths and then last 2 minutes hot water on legs and then stretches makes huge difference to relax muscles.
Besides that it’s just time on your side that will make stiffness go away
You are done. Now it’s easy part.
I’m a week behind but tagging along.
My walk is similar to yours so it’s normal I guess
-
Hey brother I’m pulling to 7.5 cm
I know stiffness
Do you have a theragun mini at home. If not try to get it massage your stiff muscles it helps a lot.
Also what I have tried are warm baths and then last 2 minutes hot water on legs and then stretches makes huge difference to relax muscles.
Besides that it’s just time on your side that will make stiffness go away
You are done. Now it’s easy part.
I’m a week behind but tagging along.
My walk is similar to yours so it’s normal I guess
It's not recommended to use Theragun / massage gun during lengthening or initial stages of consolidation.
Theragun like most other massage guns is based upon percussion therapy and the hammering motion of these guns can further damage your pulled/lengthened muscles and can hinder healing broken bones.
Checkout this article: https://www.cnet.com/health/fitness/sprains-strains-and-injured-veins-when-not-to-use-a-theragun/
IMO, Static stretching and foam rolling is the best way to go.
-
@FSchez
You seem to have an anterior pelvic tilt a.k.a. duck ass (https://backintelligence.com/anterior-pelvic-tilt-fix/) due to tight hip flexor muscles.
IMO, "Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch Against a Wall" is the most potent form of stretching to stretch those tight hip flexors.
You can see the exercise here: https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fitness/photo-gallery/37955292/image/37955286/Kneeling-Hip-Flexor-Stretch-Against-Wall
I wish you best luck for your consolidation phase.
-
Thank you both very much !!
Any advice is welcome at this time 😁
@Ahd1978
I practice hot water baths when my legs are very tense and it helps me to stretch better ...
It is true that with 7.5 cm the muscles become very tense, in my case the hip flexors ...
I'm glad you have already achieved 7.5, Congratulations !!
It is a matter of time and effort to correct our "duck ass".
@chasing_higher_dream
Lately I am focusing my exercises on stretching the hip flexor muscles, so I will add to my exercises the one in the image that you have advised me.
Thanks to the 2, really😉
-
Muy bueno fschez 💪🏻
-
Thanks guys about the gun
At paleys they have been using the gun pretty regularly
So much so I was suggested by physio to buy the mini one.
However physio did say not to use on bone and just abductor area quads when they are tight
Calf muscles and shin area
I honestly wouldn’t have made it without gun.
Also I am taped strongly.
But in middle of night when lower calf or shins get tight gun is true saviour
-
Hi guys!!
Today I don't have much time to write but my right leg no longer hurts at all and my left leg loses tension every day.
There is still a lot of work to be done, I know this is only the beginning of the recovery but little by little I can walk with my back straighter.
https://youtu.be/_lTSFFhCrG4
This video is from today, my walk can still be improved, but it is more acceptable than the last days ...
-
Hey dude, In hindsight what would you have done to prevent duckass? Do you think an extreme level of flexibility before the surgery would have helped? Which stretches would you recommend?
-
Hey dude, In hindsight what would you have done to prevent duckass? Do you think an extreme level of flexibility before the surgery would have helped? Which stretches would you recommend?
I think I should have stretched the hip flexor muscles and the fascia lata tensors, which are the only muscles that I did not work before the operation ...
It depends on the initial position you have, because before the operation I had a slight hyperlordosis, my physiotherapist advised me to correct when I visited him a few days before the operation, but there was less than 1 week to do it ...
I thought I was quite prepared and quite flexible, in fact my quadriceps and hamstrings have not suffered much tension during the distraction. The problem is in my hips and the outer area of my thighs ...
-
I think I should have stretched the hip flexor muscles and the fascia lata tensors, which are the only muscles that I did not work before the operation ...
It depends on the initial position you have, because before the operation I had a slight hyperlordosis, my physiotherapist advised me to correct when I visited him a few days before the operation, but there was less than 1 week to do it ...
I thought I was quite prepared and quite flexible, in fact my quadriceps and hamstrings have not suffered much tension during the distraction. The problem is in my hips and the outer area of my thighs ...
Thanks for the advice! Do you think if I can do these, then duck ass shouldn't be a big problem?
(https://yogarove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/front-split.jpg)
(https://www.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/yp_282_0141_fnl-sleeping-pigeon-pose-jason-crandell.jpg?width=730)
-
Thanks for the advice! Do you think if I can do these, then duck ass shouldn't be a big problem?
(https://yogarove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/front-split.jpg)
(https://www.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/yp_282_0141_fnl-sleeping-pigeon-pose-jason-crandell.jpg?width=730)
They seem like good exercises, surely if you manage to improve the flexibility of your hips by achieving those positions you will be quite prepared. The yoga position "the cobra" and "the cat" is also very good to prevent hyperlordosis ...
In the StrydeNailChallenge diary, on page 11 there are many exercises with posted videos that are sure to help you. ;)
-
thanks FShez
-
Day 107 after the operation (Saturday 15 / May / 21):
Hi everybody!
It has been 1 week and 1 day since I finished lengthening my left leg and almost 2 weeks since I finished my right leg.
Yesterday I cut my dose of painkillers in half and I held on well all day with almost no pain. I woke up with good legs, the right leg perfect and the left with a bit of tension.
In the afternoon I was feeling quite well despite reducing my medication, so I did a lot of exercise:
First I was on the stationary bike for 10 minutes at a fairly fast pace to warm up my legs.
Then I did exercises to strengthen the buttocks and abdomen, in addition to working the flexibility of the lower back. I also stretched the hip flexor muscles.
To finish, I walked 3 sets of 10 minutes on the treadmill with 5 minutes of rest between each set to stretch my back.
When I finished I was as if I had run 10 km, but I felt good, with almost no pain.
Shortly after, when I got home I had to take 1 pill of tramadol because the pain started to come quickly to my hips and my left leg ...
There I have also woken up with my legs quite good, so I have maintained the reduction of painkillers like yesterday.
It has been the first day that after waking up I have managed to bend my knees 100% without any effort💪
Although I could have started driving earlier today was the first day I have driven again since the operation and I felt very good😁
At noon I have driven 20 minutes in a row with my wife's car, which has the automatic transmission and is more comfortable. We have stopped to do some shopping and I have returned to drive another 15 minutes. I have not felt any pain.
By the way, I forgot to tell you that I no longer use crutches since Monday.
In the afternoon I took my car for a ride and even though it has the manual gearbox I managed to drive a 10 minute test drive and I didn't feel pain in my legs.
Afterwards, I did a little exercise, I warmed up for 10 minutes on the stationary bike, I stretched my hips and back, and I walked 10 minutes on the treadmill. I could have lasted longer walking on the treadmill but my daughter has come to play and I couldn't say no to her😊
My posture when I walk is improving little by little ...
I still can't walk with my legs together and I still swing my hips a lot but I can already straighten my back ...
A week ago my back was quite curved and I couldn't walk decently for more than 5 minutes without arching my back ...
I hope to continue progressing to post a video soon walking almost normal💪
-
Sorry, I got confused in the account, today Saturday is the 112th day after the operation 🙏😁
-
Thanks for the update amigo! Keep up the good work!! 😁💪👍
-
Thanks for the update amigo! Keep up the good work!! 😁💪👍
Thank you amigo!
Soon I will update my diary again ;)
-
When I finished I was as if I had run 10 km, but I felt good, with almost no pain.
It has been the first day that after waking up I have managed to bend my knees 100% without any effort💪
By the way, I forgot to tell you that I no longer use crutches since Monday.
I still can't walk with my legs together and I still swing my hips a lot but I can already straighten my back ...
Me gusta. Muy bueno ;D Big improvement all these things ✊
keep it up
-
Me gusta. Muy bueno ;D Big improvement all these things ✊
keep it up
Thanks Serilium!
I will continue to train hard to improve my mobility😉
-
Day 114 after the operation (Monday 17 / May / 21):
Hi friends!
I am in the second week of the consolidation phase and it seems that little by little I am improving ...
I do not have much to say, only that today I had a physiotherapy session and every day I feel less tension in my hips.
Although my walk has many pending aspects to improve, I feel that I do not have to work as much as in the first week of consolidation to keep my back straight while walking.
In the video that I publish today I have pulled up my shirt to show the curve of my lower back, which seems to improve every day ...
https://youtu.be/dB0rDaJ4Xbo
See you soon ;)
-
great !!! looks great, improvement and no pain. It looks like in 2 months should be perfect !!
-
Day 116 after the operation (Wednesday 19 / May / 21):
Hello again!!
A new update: Yesterday I went back to work in the office and it went very well.
Although my limp is evident, my colleagues told me that I was very changed, taller and thinner ... (I am now 169 without shoes or elevators and I weigh 58 kgs). I felt on the same level as many of my peers and they noticed it too. I know that the average height is 175-176 cm but with 169 + 2 cm of risers I already feel that I am close to the average height and for me it is something incredible😁. I have always had the feeling that an easy aspect to describe myself was "a short and thin boy" and I did not like it at all ... Now my height has taken a back seat and it is what I wanted since I was a child ... I only have to gain a little muscle mass to be completely happy and proud of my appearance, for that there is still a lot of work💪
They also asked me if I was still in pain (I only feel pain 8 or 10 hours after I took the last pain reliever, and sometimes I hold out longer).
Yesterday afternoon I walked on the treadmill for 2 km in 3 sets of 10 minutes, at 4 km / h.
This is the video of the first 10 minutes:
https://youtu.be/dcMOEGD_wvQ
Afterwards I felt that my legs were quite tired, so before dinner I took a pill of Nolotil, but I know that training hard is the only way to quickly regain strength and physical fitness ...
-
Are you place with catheter for this surgery?
-
Are you place with catheter for this surgery?
Hi friend!
My operation was under partial anesthesia and they put me in an epidural with a catheter to have a constant drip to calm the pain until the day after the operation.
-
Day 121 after the operation (Monday 24 / May / 21):
Hi guys!
Last Friday I officially started my third week of consolidation.
Over the weekend I have managed to reduce my medication to 1 or 2 painkillers every day. I have not taken tramadol since Thursday night.
I only take 1 pill of 1 gram of paracetamol or 1 pill of Nolotil when the pain is very intense.
At the weekend I have walked between 1 and 2 km every day. 💪
Yesterday I only took one paracetamol pill all day, at 7 in the afternoon, but I did not feel very comfortable standing or walking for a long time ...
Today I woke up not needing to stretch my legs a lot because I woke up at 6:30 a.m. quite uncomfortable and took 1 tramadol.
In the office I have not been able to stretch my legs, however I have felt that I could walk better than the weekend, with a straighter back and less tense hips.
Although the recovery is slow, it seems that every day the situation improves.
Next week I will have new X-rays to check how the bone callus is evolving, so I am already looking forward to seeing the progress😁
-
Day 125 after the operation (Friday 28 / May / 21):
Hi everybody!
Just 3 weeks ago I did my last lengthening session with the device on my left leg, at exactly 17:00.
Today officially begins my fourth week of consolidation.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and I felt great, I walked quite well to where I parked the car, 300 meters or so. The physiotherapist told me that today I saw my back and my legs much better ... there is still a lot of work ahead of me, but from now on he has told me that I could have 1 session per week and work on the abdominal, hip and zone exercises lumbar from home.
Yesterday I checked my new height, since my back is less curved than a few weeks ago ...
My new height is: 168.5 cms 😁
These last few days I have only taken a pain reliever to relieve the pain when my legs felt very tired. Someday I haven't even needed to take painkillers.
A few days ago I had blood tests to check that my levels are fine, yesterday they gave me the results and everything is within normal values, so this is positive news😉
My walking on long walks is still quite horrible, I move my hips a lot but lately my back has been straighter and my lower back hurts less ...
However, when I concentrate by walking with my legs together in short walks, of about 100 meters, it seems that I have a slight limp😊
My flexibility is the best news, every day it improves in all aspects. The only problem is the hip area, but little by little the hip flexors lose tension ...
Soon I will post a new video walking and testing my flexibility.
See you soon friends!!
-
Day 116 after the operation (Wednesday 19 / May / 21):
Hello again!!
A new update: Yesterday I went back to work in the office and it went very well.
Although my limp is evident, my colleagues told me that I was very changed, taller and thinner ... (I am now 169 without shoes or elevators and I weigh 58 kgs). I felt on the same level as many of my peers and they noticed it too. I know that the average height is 175-176 cm but with 169 + 2 cm of risers I already feel that I am close to the average height and for me it is something incredible😁. I have always had the feeling that an easy aspect to describe myself was "a short and thin boy" and I did not like it at all ... Now my height has taken a back seat and it is what I wanted since I was a child ... I only have to gain a little muscle mass to be completely happy and proud of my appearance, for that there is still a lot of work💪
They also asked me if I was still in pain (I only feel pain 8 or 10 hours after I took the last pain reliever, and sometimes I hold out longer).
Yesterday afternoon I walked on the treadmill for 2 km in 3 sets of 10 minutes, at 4 km / h.
This is the video of the first 10 minutes:
https://youtu.be/dcMOEGD_wvQ
Afterwards I felt that my legs were quite tired, so before dinner I took a pill of Nolotil, but I know that training hard is the only way to quickly regain strength and physical fitness ...
good for you, we all have been to your world. Question, do you feel Nolotil is good at reducing the pain? I found it rather useless.
-
Patience and keep working
-
good for you, we all have been to your world. Question, do you feel Nolotil is good at reducing the pain? I found it rather useless.
Hello abbot!
Although it seems weird, Nolotil has worked better for me than tramadol on many occasions to ease the pain in my legs ...
For many days I have alternated tramadol and Nolotil and was looking forward to the time to take Nolotil ... 😁
I suppose that since we are very different, a medicine works better for each person ...
-
Patience and keep working
GRACIAS AMIGO!! ;)
-
Day 132 after the operation (Friday 04 / Jun / 21):
Hi guys!
Yesterday I finished the fourh week since I stopped the lengthening of my left leg.
Today officially begins my fifth week of consolidation.
This week I have woken up every day without pain, I only feel a little tension in my hips when I get out of bed but it goes away when I walk. I usually stretch my legs for the first time that day on the lunch break, at the office, around 10:30. Lately I only stretch 3 times a day (one at the office, one at home, after lunch, and the last one around 8 in the afternoon), but I spend about 20 minutes each session.
Yesterday was the first day that I have managed to walk close to normal, still with a slight limp, but for me it has been a big change.
I succeeded after stretching my hips and legs for half an hour and concentrated on walking avoiding carrying my legs apart.
Today I have also succeeded, but at the office I have not been able to rest to stretch my legs. Nor have I stretched when I got out of bed, so until 7 in the afternoon I walked with a lot of limp ...
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon I had X-rays again and it seems that the callus is improving ...
Then we went to my parents' house and I was able to do exercises and I stretched my hips and legs for almost an hour ... I needed it ...
Thanks to this I have managed to walk making it seem almost normal, but the tension in my hips continues to cause a slight limp.
One important thing, today I have looked at my figure in the mirror with low sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt, and I have seen myself slim, not small. It was a great feeling😁
I think that since my back and hips are better I can stand with my legs together in a fairly normal position and thanks to that I have lost my height complex😊
Tomorrow I will post a walking video and photos of the new X-rays
-
Great update Fschez!
Do you still need to use crutches at all anymore? I am nearly at the end of distraction but still use crutches for long distances still. I’m hoping I can stop using them like you soon into consolidation.
Look forward to future updates!
-
Day 132 after the operation (Friday 04 / Jun / 21):
Hi guys!
Yesterday I finished the fourh week since I stopped the lengthening of my left leg.
Today officially begins my fifth week of consolidation.
This week I have woken up every day without pain, I only feel a little tension in my hips when I get out of bed but it goes away when I walk. I usually stretch my legs for the first time that day on the lunch break, at the office, around 10:30. Lately I only stretch 3 times a day (one at the office, one at home, after lunch, and the last one around 8 in the afternoon), but I spend about 20 minutes each session.
Yesterday was the first day that I have managed to walk close to normal, still with a slight limp, but for me it has been a big change.
I succeeded after stretching my hips and legs for half an hour and concentrated on walking avoiding carrying my legs apart.
Today I have also succeeded, but at the office I have not been able to rest to stretch my legs. Nor have I stretched when I got out of bed, so until 7 in the afternoon I walked with a lot of limp ...
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon I had X-rays again and it seems that the callus is improving ...
Then we went to my parents' house and I was able to do exercises and I stretched my hips and legs for almost an hour ... I needed it ...
Thanks to this I have managed to walk making it seem almost normal, but the tension in my hips continues to cause a slight limp.
One important thing, today I have looked at my figure in the mirror with low sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt, and I have seen myself slim, not small. It was a great feeling😁
I think that since my back and hips are better I can stand with my legs together in a fairly normal position and thanks to that I have lost my height complex😊
Tomorrow I will post a walking video and photos of the new X-rays
That's my dream haha! I am very glad for you that you are feeling well :) Having read your diary, this is well deserved because your commitment and attitude are impressive!
-
Great update Fschez!
Do you still need to use crutches at all anymore? I am nearly at the end of distraction but still use crutches for long distances still. I’m hoping I can stop using them like you soon into consolidation.
Look forward to future updates!
Hi RB!
I have used it very little for a few weeks, only when I feel like I am limping enough to avoid taking bad postures, cause my doctor recommended use it to improve my gait, or when I am going to walk very long distances. I'm sure tutu will soon stop needing them too😉
-
That's my dream haha! I am very glad for you that you are feeling well :) Having read your diary, this is well deserved because your commitment and attitude are impressive!
Thanks a lot my friend!!
I hope your dream come true soon :)
-
Day 133 after the operation (Saturday 05 / Jun / 21):
Day 29 of consolidation phase
Today I will be very brief.
This is a video of today walking and climbing stairs at my parents' house:
https://youtu.be/r0iyvUi7lw4
Soon I'll post yesterday's X-rays ...
-
Awesome brother wow
I hope to get to come up and down stairs like you too
I’m in first week of consolidation
Wow you are looking very normal and back is getting awesome too
Truly happy for you
-
Hello everyone!!
These are the photos of my last X-rays (exactly 4 weeks of consolidation):
https://ibb.co/wKcjbBy
https://ibb.co/VgkCWtM
https://ibb.co/chvvZrX
https://ibb.co/0FST8Dr
https://ibb.co/yyNbwLk
https://ibb.co/R6dX6MS
And this is a video walking home this morning:
https://youtu.be/zY9uToACyjw
There is still a long way to go before I can walk 100% normal, but every day I feel that I am a little closer to my goal💪
-
Awesome brother wow
I hope to get to come up and down stairs like you too
I’m in first week of consolidation
Wow you are looking very normal and back is getting awesome too
Truly happy for you
Thank you so much!!
I am sure that in a few weeks you will be in the same condition or better than me 😉
My back is much better than a few weeks ago but it is still not straight as it should be ...
Probably if I manage to improve my body position I can add almost a centimeter to my current height, that's what my physiotherapist told me 🙏
From now on everything is easier, although you have to keep working hard ...
I wish you a good recovery !!
-
greeeeeeattttttt keep stretching
-
Wow Fschez you are really doing great! You have still better flexability after 8cm then me after 5cm :D
-
Wow Fschez you are really doing great! You have still better flexability after 8cm then me after 5cm :D
Thank you my friend!!
But I know that your gait it's better than mine ;D
I wish I could walk as well as you soon...
I'm sure that you will get the flexibility soon too ;)
Day 146 after the operation (Saturday 18 / Jun / 21):
Day 42 of consolidation phase
Today is the last day of week 6 of consolidation and I feel that the last days I have improved the curve of my back a lot💪
My walk is still robotic and does not go unnoticed but I have noticed that I walk a little better ...
My hips and legs no longer hurt, I only feel discomfort at some point just after walking on the treadmill or when I am standing for a long time trying to stay with my legs together and my back as straight as possible ...
This is a video of today, walking up and down stairs and doing some flexibility exercises:
https://youtu.be/mI4xDyd7PnU
There is still a lot to improve my gait ...
But every day I have more desire and strength to get the recovery 💪
-
greeeeeeattttttt keep stretching
Thanks!!
It's hard to stretch every day but it's worth it😊
-
Hey brother looking good
Your stretch is awesome
I am in week 2 of consolidation. What happened was my feet and hands nails became blue
The doc told me vascular system is adjusting to new height and it should subside and that’s why I have to take aspirin daily even during consolidation and now that I will be flying to Cape Town I have to take a heparin injection to be safer. And then do bloods and x ray
I went up and down stairs 3 floors and bones do hurt.
I’m not sure of consolidation is any easier.
But hoping with time body will adjust.
So it’s good to see you are recovering well
-
Hey brother looking good
Your stretch is awesome
I am in week 2 of consolidation. What happened was my feet and hands nails became blue
The doc told me vascular system is adjusting to new height and it should subside and that’s why I have to take aspirin daily even during consolidation and now that I will be flying to Cape Town I have to take a heparin injection to be safer. And then do bloods and x ray
I went up and down stairs 3 floors and bones do hurt.
I’m not sure of consolidation is any easier.
But hoping with time body will adjust.
So it’s good to see you are recovering well
Hello again Ahd1978!
I'm glad to hear news from you👍
I hope that the complications you have suffered will soon be over and you can make a full recovery.
When I traveled to Barcelona my doctor also prescribed a heparin injection the day before the trip, the day of the trip and the following 2 days, for safety ...
Do not worry because you have only been 2 weeks and it is still too early to notice much improvement ...
I started to feel much better from week 3 of consolidation, and these last days of week 6 I have also noticed a lot of change for the better ...
We must have patience...
I suppose that each person needs a recovery time, but normally the times tend to be similar😉
I wish you a speedy recovery my friend
-
Thanks brother
Such words of encouragement truly go the distance
Because the doctors are so busy we have to hear it from each other
Ok great but are you taking aspirin for consolidation phase
I have been taking aspiring for entire consolidation phase and my hair is starting to become brittle and fall off.
Guess bones suck up all vitamins and minerals
But I am sure once we are fully recovered the hair and all should normalise or we need another hair transplant surgery lol
-
Thanks brother
Such words of encouragement truly go the distance
Because the doctors are so busy we have to hear it from each other
Ok great but are you taking aspirin for consolidation phase
I have been taking aspiring for entire consolidation phase and my hair is starting to become brittle and fall off.
Guess bones suck up all vitamins and minerals
But I am sure once we are fully recovered the hair and all should normalise or we need another hair transplant surgery lol
At the moment I have no complaints in that regard ... Every time I have any questions, I write or call the doctor and he treats me the same day😊
I stopped taking paracetamol after the third week, now I only take pills to promote bone growth ...
I suppose the subject of hair is very different in each person ... Since I turned 20 I began to lose hair in the area of the entrances, but the process so far has been slow.
So far I have not noticed anything different from the operation ... 😁 I still can't complain about my hair 🤞🏻
-
Thank you my friend!!
But I know that your gait it's better than mine ;D
I wish I could walk as well as you soon...
I'm sure that you will get the flexibility soon too ;)
Day 146 after the operation (Saturday 18 / Jun / 21):
Day 42 of consolidation phase
Today is the last day of week 6 of consolidation and I feel that the last days I have improved the curve of my back a lot💪
My walk is still robotic and does not go unnoticed but I have noticed that I walk a little better ...
My hips and legs no longer hurt, I only feel discomfort at some point just after walking on the treadmill or when I am standing for a long time trying to stay with my legs together and my back as straight as possible ...
This is a video of today, walking up and down stairs and doing some flexibility exercises:
https://youtu.be/mI4xDyd7PnU
There is still a lot to improve my gait ...
But every day I have more desire and strength to get the recovery 💪
Great progress, Amigo! Your flexibility, walking and stairs are excellent. Keep it up and you’ll be back to 100 % with some more time. Hope you’re enjoying your new height 😃 👍
-
The gait swing is still a bit noticeable and your walking stance is a bit wide. Did you get an IT Band release? Your squatting skills are way better than mine though. I should try squatting more!
-
All looks super mate, got 2 questions the duck ass why is that happening ? As you look to stretch even better than people with no surgery and same for the wide open legs walking ?
-
Great progress, Amigo! Your flexibility, walking and stairs are excellent. Keep it up and you’ll be back to 100 % with some more time. Hope you’re enjoying your new height 😃 👍
Muchas gracias amigo!!
My height complex is gone, I only have to improve my walking and my back to be 100% happy ;D
-
The gait swing is still a bit noticeable and your walking stance is a bit wide. Did you get an IT Band release? Your squatting skills are way better than mine though. I should try squatting more!
Hello BTM!
It's true, I swing my hips when I walk and my legs are still a little apart ...
But after how I was 1 month ago for me it is a great progress😁
No, when I had surgery the doctor did not tell me anything about the IT band, but I am working every day as long as possible stretching my muscles to improve the flexibility of my hips and the tensors of the fascia lata ...
I've only been practicing squats for a few days but the truth is that I was surprised that the strength and flexibility needed for that has come almost by surprise ...
However, the strength of my glutes is very difficult for me to recover ...
I hope that you too soon get a good level of flexibility.
Your walk is much more natural than mine, I have seen it in your videos, but it will surely improve even more, it is a matter of time, training and a lot of patience ... 😉
Stay strong my friend !!
-
All looks super mate, got 2 questions the duck ass why is that happening ? As you look to stretch even better than people with no surgery and same for the wide open legs walking ?
Thank you my friend!!
I assume that my flexibility before the operation is the reason why my quadriceps and hamstrings have suffered less stress.
The problem with the duck ass comes from my back with hyperlordosis of origin and from my hips ... I suppose it is because I did not work enough the tensor muscles of the hips.
The same thing happens with the tensor fascia lata muscles ... I did not work them enough before the operation ...
Even so I am happy because little by little I am improving my back and my hips, it is a long road but with work and time everything comes😉
-
Day 150 after the operation (Wednesday 23 / Jun / 21):
Day 46 of consolidation phase
It has been exactly 5 months since the operation and every day I feel that I am closer to returning to normal😁
My legs no longer hurt at any time of the day, I only have discomfort when I exercise and I feel muscular fatigue ...
I still have little muscle mass in my legs and that prevents me from walking normally, but my back is better every day.
Today I had a physiotherapy session and I was very happy, I have gained flexibility in my legs and hips💪
Yesterday afternoon just before dinner I walked on the treadmill at a fast pace and as I was feeling strong I tried a light jog and it was very rewarding. You can't consider running, but I already feel like I can move with more agility and speed than before without feeling pain😁.
This is yesterday's video:
https://youtu.be/XwD0e1gJRHI
-
Amazing and congrats, it cool that after 8cm on femur your proportions are perfect, guess you had longer tibia than femur before. Keep the exercise and enjoy your new height
-
Congrats, I am happy to see your great progress, FSchez :)
You have clearly reduced your duck ass by a lot, this indeed reflects your efforts and dedication!
Also, one more thing, your proportions look really good!
-
Amazing and congrats, it cool that after 8cm on femur your proportions are perfect, guess you had longer tibia than femur before. Keep the exercise and enjoy your new height
Thank you!! ;)
I think I had the tibiae and femurs of equal size, and honestly, I thought that when I lengthened my femurs it was likely that I would see something disproportionate ...
Luckily it's not like that, now I look taller and I still see my proportionate legs😁
-
Congrats, I am happy to see your great progress, FSchez :)
You have clearly reduced your duck ass by a lot, this indeed reflects your efforts and dedication!
Also, one more thing, your proportions look really good!
Thanks man!!
I've spent many hours fighting my duck ass and it's still not completely gone ... I have to keep stretching my hips and working my back ...
Glad to read encouraging comments and see that my proportions look good😁
-
Day 162 after the operation (Tuesday 05 / July / 21):
Day 58 of consolidation phase
Hi guys!
I've spent the last few days on vacation at the beach and I've had a bit more hustle and bustle than usual ...
I thought I could gain a little weight and it would help me improve the strength of my hips and legs but none of that has happened😕
When I went on vacation I weighed 57.5 kgs and wanted to gain some weight and muscle in my legs. I've been spending more time lately on glute and leg muscle recovery exercises ...
Today I have weighed myself and unfortunately I have lost weight, now I weigh 55.5 kgs.
I don't feel weak but
I think I'm going to have to drastically change my diet and add weight gain supplements because my body looks too lean and it's just the opposite of what I want.
The good part is that my gait seems more and more normal without having to concentrate on it.
This is a video from June 29, walking through a park on the way to shopping:
https://youtube.com/shorts/j6wAla358ng?feature=share
-
great improvement mate. What about pain? do you feel some disconfort ? get some weight gainers and make a milshake adding banana and apples drink afternoon and night
-
great improvement mate. What about pain? do you feel some disconfort ? get some weight gainers and make a milshake adding banana and apples drink afternoon and night
Hello mate!
Coincidentally, last week I have spent 2 consecutive days with very intense pain in the area of the cut of the bone, only in the left leg. I started to feel the pain from 6 or 7 in the afternoon until 4 or 5 at night and took several painkillers to be able to bear it.
These last few days I only feel tension in my hips when I walk more than 1.5 km, but I usually pass the days without pain.
I also feel a bit of tension in my lower back and on the outside of my legs, just above my knees, but only when I've been walking for a long time ...
I have already tried jogging for several days on the sand of the beach and I have felt good, but I feel that my legs need more bodybuilding work to hold a reasonable distance jogging😁
-
Thanks for the update, Amigo! You’re walking looks pretty good and I’m glad you’re feeling better day by day overtime although I’m sure like most everyone there’s a bump or two in the road along the way like you mentioned. The important thing is that you’re feeling better over time - good news! Stay strong 💪
-
Thanks for the update, Amigo! You’re walking looks pretty good and I’m glad you’re feeling better day by day overtime although I’m sure like most everyone there’s a bump or two in the road along the way like you mentioned. The important thing is that you’re feeling better over time - good news! Stay strong 💪
Gracias amigo!!
Luckily it has only been 2 bad days after many days of progress.
I'm still focused on getting my active life back from before surgery💪
-
Day 164 after the operation (Tuesday 08 / July / 21):
Day 60 of consolidation phase
Hello again!
Yesterday I had X-rays and telemetry and it seems that everything is going quite well. The only problem is that the pelvis is still not in its correct position, on the right side it is slightly tilted forward and makes my right leg appear slightly shorter. Today I have had a physiotherapy session and it has been very useful to me. 😁
Thanks to the fact that my legs are not tense, the physiotherapist has spent most of his time treating my hips and pelvis, so with various movements and stretches he has redirected my pelvis and I feel better. It is still not completely resolved, obviously, but with time and some more physiotherapy session it will surely no longer be a problem ... 😉
The last few days I have been walking on the treadmill at a pretty high pace, at 2.5 to 3 miles per hour, and after walking for 15 to 20 minutes I start jogging at 4.5 miles per hour.
Today I have preferred to spend time practicing stretching for my hips and back, in addition to exercising my legs going up and down stairs:
https://youtu.be/ce2-QzOr2u4
-
Thursday 08 / July / 2021
Excuse me, I have incorrectly put the days of consolidation in the last publication, I think it is day 61 of the recovery phase and 163 after surgery.
-
How can I contact your doctor? I emalied him but he doesnt answer
-
How can I contact your doctor? I emalied him but he doesnt answer
Maybe he is on holidays ...
I can send you his phone number in a PM, if you want
-
Maybe he is on holidays ...
I can send you his phone number in a PM, if you want
Yes please send me his phone number
-
I have sent you a PM right now
I hope you can talk to him soon ;)
Good luck my friend!
-
Dude you making me feel jealous
I am in 5 th week of consolidation and I am no where near you
Standing up alone feels like a mission
Still extreme fatigue
Flexibility is not the same like yours.
I think your hard work and efforts are truly paying off
I hope I can reach close to what you have achieved
Truly awesome and happy for you brother
-
I have sent you a PM right now
I hope you can talk to him soon ;)
Good luck my friend!
Thanks
-
Dude you making me feel jealous
I am in 5 th week of consolidation and I am no where near you
Standing up alone feels like a mission
Still extreme fatigue
Flexibility is not the same like yours.
I think your hard work and efforts are truly paying off
I hope I can reach close to what you have achieved
Truly awesome and happy for you brother
Hi my friend!
My leg flexibility may be greater than yours but I am sure that in some muscles we are almost the same ...
My hip flexors and tensor fasciae latae are still stiff ... I think that's one of the reasons why I'm still not walking normally ...
If it's any consolation, before shooting the last video I was stretching and warming up my legs to be able to go up and down stairs so fast😉
I also suffered a lot a few weeks ago just standing for a few minutes.
In these last 7-10 days I have noticed quite a bit of progress, now I no longer wobble or limp as much when trying to walk right after sitting for a long time.
A few weeks ago I needed to support my hands to go up and down stairs, except when my legs were at 100%, now I can go up and down stairs with my son in my arms😁
Evolution is slow, sometimes you have ups and downs when one day you feel good and train too much, then you spend 2 or 3 days with discomfort and walk a little worse, but soon you are well again, it is a matter of time and a lot of effort, but it deserves worth it, I assure you.
Stay strong !! 💪
-
Hi guys!
Last Wednesday I had my last X-rays so I post them in this message:
https://ibb.co/kJPKYb2
https://ibb.co/1JdRTTc
https://ibb.co/VWhN0kG
https://ibb.co/F5d5tFL
https://ibb.co/bJkvSW5
I hope I can tell you good news soon
-
Day 171 after the operation (Wednesday 14 / July / 21):
Day 68 of consolidation phase
Hi everyone!
Yesterday I couldn't take the time to stretch my muscles all morning ...
I've had a lot of work in the office, but I wanted to show you how I walk and jog without warming up or stretching to correct my posture ...
This is a video of yesterday walking and running on the treadmill:
https://youtu.be/XOYa_2J935s
It is evident that when I stretch and warm my legs my back and my walking pace seems more correct.
Under normal conditions, although I am still progressing, I am still far from my gait looking 100% normal. I depend a lot on stretching and warming up my legs.
I do not want to confuse anyone, so from now on when I publish a new video I will indicate if I have needed to stretch and warm up before or it is my natural state without needing a previous warm-up or preparation.
-
Day 184 after the operation (Tuesday 27 / July / 21):
Day 81 of consolidation phase
Hello again!
I have spent these last days quite busy and that is why I have not updated the diary until today ...
This weekend, my wife and I have left the city on a short trip to do a couple of routes through the countryside (our children have stayed at my parents' house).
On Saturday morning we walked about 3 km through the enchanted city (in a pine forest with large eroded rocks, very close to the city of Cuenca) and in the afternoon we went to the source of the Cuervo River, where we walked between 2.5 and 3 km.
On the first excursion I only felt discomfort in my lower back when we were finishing the trail, but the rest of the day I did not feel discomfort in my back or my legs again.
At night, when I got home I started to notice that my legs were quite loaded, but it passed quickly right after taking a 1 gram paracetamol.
Sunday was also quite an active day. In the morning we went for a walk in the park and I traveled about 2.5 km and in the afternoon I was playing with my daughter to jump on the trampoline with great caution, of course, but for me it was like a training.
The worst thing about the weekend has been the consequences of walking so much ...
Yesterday I spent the afternoon with pain in my legs due to soreness and I suppose it was muscle overload.
Today I woke up much better, I still do not walk normally, but I can move and do almost everything I did before the operation.
I hope the day will come soon when I can feel like I am walking 100% normal.
-
Based on your posture i recommend to stretch your cuadriceps and iliacus psoas, those muscles are very tense after lengthening and in most cases are the primary cause of hiper lordosis. In addition you have to train your gluteous and cuadriceps to gain strength, the exercise i like the most is this one :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5-HS6e9O4
You don't need to use a lot of weight when doing it, just with the own weight of the machine is enough to begin with. Ask Monegal if he allows you to do it.
-
Based on your posture i recommend to stretch your cuadriceps and iliacus psoas, those muscles are very tense after lengthening and in most cases are the primary cause of hiper lordosis. In addition you have to train your gluteous and cuadriceps to gain strength, the exercise i like the most is this one :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5-HS6e9O4
You don't need to use a lot of weight when doing it, just with the own weight of the machine is enough to begin with. Ask Monegal if he allows you to do it.
Thank you very much, my friend!
All advice is welcome, even more so from former LLers ...
I will speak to Monegal soon to find out when I get new X-rays and so I also ask him about the limits I have to practice strength exercises ...
I am looking forward to regaining my strength and muscle tone throughout my body, especially my legs.
Thanks again!!
-
hope you can get out the nail soon, think that will be better
-
Hi friends!
Next Monday it will have been exactly 7 months since my surgery ...
I would like to tell you that I already feel like before the intervention but I have not yet reached that state.
I feel that I am very close to achieving a normal walk because at many times of the day I feel that I do not swing my hips when I walk, but I have not yet spent a full day feeling my legs as before the operation.
I can go up and down stairs totally normal for a few weeks and I can also jog, but my walk when my legs and my hips when they are a little tired cause me to walk with a slight limp ...
It is very difficult for me to regain my muscle tone in the glutes and quadriceps and abductors, but little by little I am improving in this last month.
Although I have been trying to gain weight and muscle mass for almost 2 months by taking protein shakes and eating more than I used to ingest before, I have only gained 1 kilo.
I suppose that when my bones are finished forming it will be easier to gain weight and gain more muscle than I used to have before ... it is one of the things that worries me the most now.
I continue to train 30 minutes of stretching and 30 minutes of muscle toning every day.
This is a video from 2 days ago:
https://youtu.be/rWsRnmoCjms
-
Fantastic news on the update!
Really good to see the significant progress.
Congratulations!
-
Fantastic news on the update!
Really good to see the significant progress.
Congratulations!
Thank you very much partner!
Soon I have new X-rays to confirm progress.
I hope the bones follow the same evolution🙏
-
hope you can get out the nail soon, think that will be better
Hi my friend!
I still have to wait for my bones to finish forming ... I'm sure that when my nails are removed I will notice a change for the better, but it is still early ...
-
WOW! Outstanding!!!!
-
What an amazing journey brother. Thanks for sharing in such detail!
May I ask who your doctor was and roughly how much surgery cost?
-
Hey Amigo - awesome progress! Your hard work is definitely paying dividends. Keep up the good work and thanks so much for all the journaling. Btw, proportions look great. 👍💪💪
-
What an amazing journey brother. Thanks for sharing in such detail!
May I ask who your doctor was and roughly how much surgery cost?
Thanks a lot!! ;D
My doctor is Alejandro Monegal.
I paid 48.400 € for the surgery.
Next week I will have new X rays for checking the bones evolution... :)
-
Hey Amigo - awesome progress! Your hard work is definitely paying dividends. Keep up the good work and thanks so much for all the journaling. Btw, proportions look great. 👍💪💪
Thank you very much, my friend!!
At first I had doubts if the proportions between my legs and the body would look strange but finally I see that it is very difficult for that to happen, unless you have a very short body in relation to your legs ... 😊
I'm already very close to being able to walk like before the surgery, but I have to keep working hard to achieve it💪
When I walk normally I will post a new video.
I hope it's soon🙏
-
is your bone growth slower than normal? has your doctor said anything about this, since its been already 7 months since surgery.
-
Man 7 months after surgery I admire your work but still ur bud going left and right more than normal. Dunno its not looking like a normal walk, close but not normal. İts like low level duck ass sorry to say
-
Nice! Man I love seeing progress x-rays haha (I think there is something wrong with me lol). So amazing to see the bone regenerating though. Magic!
-
I appreciate your honest comments.
I guess bone growth depends on each person and the diet you eat ...
It is always helpful to have someone tell you what to correct to motivate you to keep working.
Thank you all!!
I will keep working hard
-
Hi guys!
On Monday I took new X-rays and it seems that the bone formation is on the right track.
On Tuesday I felt confident to increase the pace and time running on the treadmill:
https://youtu.be/fzjmJtMeM7E
https://youtu.be/f8NoN8Fh0jM
For the rest there is nothing new, every day I continue stretching for half an hour and little by little I am getting closer to regain my weight before surgery and my muscle tone💪
These are Monday's X-rays:
https://ibb.co/6gRmGxk
https://ibb.co/mqCSJLg
https://ibb.co/V27dZ4h
-
estas mui bien POR poco mese tiene demasiado prisa
yo asta un Anos ni e ententado corer :)
-
7 and a half months from the day of the surgery
I keep training hard (without straining my body, of course) ...
https://youtu.be/BCDQmxlPBs4
-
estas mui bien POR poco mese tiene demasiado prisa
yo asta un Anos ni e ententado corer :)
Thank you very much, my friend!
I am training as long as I can but always careful not to hurt myself.
If I do intense exercise it is because I want to recover soon to feel that I am useful again in my family, because I have already spent a few months being a burden and it is not pleasant ... 😕
Now I can hold my children in my arms and I feel stable and strong again ... It is an incredible feeling😁💪
-
Great job. You are doing quite well in such a short time.
-
Great job. You are doing quite well in such a short time.
Thanks LU213!
Today it has been exactly 8 months since the surgery.
Before the operation, I thought that in 6 months I could be almost completely recovered ... until your legs are operated you do not realize the severity and difficulty of recovery ...
Now, 8 months after the surgery, I'm feeling my legs most of the day as before the surgery, in fact I have been spending most of time normal for several days.
I have returned to playing tennis with caution, I can teach paddle tennis again, and I run on the treadmill without suffering joint or muscle pain ...
My gait is already almost 100x100 normal, but in some athletic movements when I play sports or in some exercises to tone the muscles of my legs I feel a slight tension in my hips and knees. That's the only point negative that reminds me that I have surgery😊
-
Hi guys!
I only write to update my physical condition.
It has been almost 9 and a half months since the surgery.
Although I am not training as long as I would like to, I have already regained much of my athletic ability.
Yesterday I was testing my agility and speed in a simulation of paddle strokes in the gym:
https://youtu.be/eKisbX8lmFE
I have not yet regained my athletic ability to 100% but every week I feel a little faster and more agile.
My next update will be when I can walk exactly like before the operation and can run for 10km at a decent pace😉
-
Greta video. You have decent agility but your walk isn't normal yet?
and careful with the nail removal. I heard that one guy broke his femur after Stryde nail removal. Don't remove for at least 1.5 years after surgery.
-
Greta video. You have decent agility but your walk isn't normal yet?
and careful with the nail removal. I heard that one guy broke his femur after Stryde nail removal. Don't remove for at least 1.5 years after surgery.
Hi, friend!
I know it seems weird but I can run better than I can walk.
It is true that I am quite a perfectionist and although I no longer feel discomfort when I walk, my pace is not exactly the same as before the operation. I still move my hips slightly more than normal, but it is something that I think will improve over time when I fully strengthen my legs and glutes. I hope so🙏
Thanks for the advice, I read it in the forum and I was quite shocked by the news ...
I will be cautious and will not remove my nails until the bone is fully formed and the doctor recommends it.
-
Hi everybody!
Quick update:
Today exactly 11 months have passed since the operation.
I have already managed to regain a large part of my muscle tone, now I weigh 61 kg.
I still do not walk 100% natural as before the operation (I keep moving my hips and I still have a little sway), but I no longer have discomfort in my knees or hips. Until a few weeks ago when I was walking I kept thinking about how to take the steps to try to walk as well as possible but I already walk without thinking about it.
The recovery is being slower than I thought, and although I would like to move faster, I believe that I am on the right track to get closer to my physical condition before the operation.
Today I ran on the treadmill to test my speed and endurance. I still have a long way to go to reach my 100% and I know that it is difficult to achieve it considering that 2 years ago I have run 10 km races in 40 minutes I could maintain a constant speed of 18 km / h for 2 km These are the videos of today:
https://youtu.be/demOQTkMmuI
https://youtu.be/o0NQMfV1Wuc
See you soon!
-
Hi everybody!
Quick update:
Today exactly 11 months have passed since the operation.
I have already managed to regain a large part of my muscle tone, now I weigh 61 kg.
I still do not walk 100% natural as before the operation (I keep moving my hips and I still have a little sway), but I no longer have discomfort in my knees or hips. Until a few weeks ago when I was walking I kept thinking about how to take the steps to try to walk as well as possible but I already walk without thinking about it.
The recovery is being slower than I thought, and although I would like to move faster, I believe that I am on the right track to get closer to my physical condition before the operation.
Today I ran on the treadmill to test my speed and endurance. I still have a long way to go to reach my 100% and I know that it is difficult to achieve it considering that 2 years ago I have run 10 km races in 40 minutes I could maintain a constant speed of 18 km / h for 2 km These are the videos of today:
https://youtu.be/demOQTkMmuI
https://youtu.be/o0NQMfV1Wuc
See you soon!
Hi , that is really concerning to me .
After 11 months still not feeling 100% walking?
Usually at 11 months I heard walking was super ok just heavy sports were not allowed .
Do u have any opinion on that and why that is happening to u with your walking gait ?
-
Hi , that is really concerning to me .
After 11 months still not feeling 100% walking?
Usually at 11 months I heard walking was super ok just heavy sports were not allowed .
Do u have any opinion on that and why that is happening to u with your walking gait ?
Before the operation, walking was not perfect either, I always used to move my hips a little (it was almost imperceptible to the nked eye) I don't know why, but now I walk with a more pronounced sway than before the operation.
I feel like my right leg is almost 1cm shorter than my right, even though on X-rays and telemetry the bones are the same length. The dysmetria that I have is in the hip, it can be seen perfectly in the x-rays. It is probable that before the operation her hip was slightly decompensated and that the muscular tension during the lengthening process had aggravated the dysmetria ...
I hope that with time and the stretching exercises the hip muscles will lose tension, which I still feel with some tension.
Besides that, I still feel that my abductors have not regained their strength, I have not trained the outer area of my legs or my buttocks enough, so all of this may be the reason why I do not walk exactly as before the operation.
Despite this, I currently feel quite good after having been so many months without being able to practice sports. Now I feel more and more agile and my next goal is to gain 4 or 5 kg of muscle mass and regain my stamina so that I can enjoy the sports that I usually do to the fullest.
-
very good running form. you are probably already much better than the average Joe who can't run for 5 minutes.
if you can show from the front or back angle that will show us the full form
Did you discuss with your doctor about vision impairment from this surgery? through fat embolism for example. That feels quite worrying so would love to know if you doctor discussed this with you the odds of that happening
-
Before the operation, walking was not perfect either, I always used to move my hips a little (it was almost imperceptible to the nked eye) I don't know why, but now I walk with a more pronounced sway than before the operation.
I feel like my right leg is almost 1cm shorter than my right, even though on X-rays and telemetry the bones are the same length. The dysmetria that I have is in the hip, it can be seen perfectly in the x-rays. It is probable that before the operation her hip was slightly decompensated and that the muscular tension during the lengthening process had aggravated the dysmetria ...
I hope that with time and the stretching exercises the hip muscles will lose tension, which I still feel with some tension.
Besides that, I still feel that my abductors have not regained their strength, I have not trained the outer area of my legs or my buttocks enough, so all of this may be the reason why I do not walk exactly as before the operation.
Despite this, I currently feel quite good after having been so many months without being able to practice sports. Now I feel more and more agile and my next goal is to gain 4 or 5 kg of muscle mass and regain my stamina so that I can enjoy the sports that I usually do to the fullest.
Thank you for your explanation .
One of my biggest fears is this :Looking at ur videos even the one 9 months post op where u were making change of directions and so on ,you look great amd I assume you can jog and walk 100% but you said no and I wonder how does it feel .
Heavy sports takes time but at least you cleared that even before you had this "issue" and that helps a lot because looking at the number 11 months normally they go by kinda fast but after a LL surgery...11 is a ton of time and I would think I am totally back to nornal by that timeline besides heavy sports .
My startig height is taller and willing to do less lenghtening at a lower speed so hoepfully by the 6 month I might be able to be 100% on daily activity such as walking,standing and light jog at 6/7 months post op .
Any idea/thoughts on this ? (5'9 , 5.5/6cm femur MAX at a 0.75 mm if bones allows me to)
Btw ,very thankfull for you taking the time to record and come back here !
Thank you very much and looking forwars to hear back from u.
-
Before the operation, walking was not perfect either, I always used to move my hips a little (it was almost imperceptible to the nked eye) I don't know why, but now I walk with a more pronounced sway than before the operation.
I feel like my right leg is almost 1cm shorter than my right, even though on X-rays and telemetry the bones are the same length. The dysmetria that I have is in the hip, it can be seen perfectly in the x-rays. It is probable that before the operation her hip was slightly decompensated and that the muscular tension during the lengthening process had aggravated the dysmetria ...
I hope that with time and the stretching exercises the hip muscles will lose tension, which I still feel with some tension.
Besides that, I still feel that my abductors have not regained their strength, I have not trained the outer area of my legs or my buttocks enough, so all of this may be the reason why I do not walk exactly as before the operation.
Despite this, I currently feel quite good after having been so many months without being able to practice sports. Now I feel more and more agile and my next goal is to gain 4 or 5 kg of muscle mass and regain my stamina so that I can enjoy the sports that I usually do to the fullest.
hey fschez - congrats on your progress! wanted to write to say that i did precice, and since finishing lengthening, i've also noticed that my right leg is shorter. i definitely think for me that its due to tight hip muscles as well, just like you mentioned in your case. hopefully stretching that will even the legs out. all the best with your recovery!
-
Thank you for your explanation .
One of my biggest fears is this :Looking at ur videos even the one 9 months post op where u were making change of directions and so on ,you look great amd I assume you can jog and walk 100% but you said no and I wonder how does it feel .
Heavy sports takes time but at least you cleared that even before you had this "issue" and that helps a lot because looking at the number 11 months normally they go by kinda fast but after a LL surgery...11 is a ton of time and I would think I am totally back to nornal by that timeline besides heavy sports .
My startig height is taller and willing to do less lenghtening at a lower speed so hoepfully by the 6 month I might be able to be 100% on daily activity such as walking,standing and light jog at 6/7 months post op .
Any idea/thoughts on this ? (5'9 , 5.5/6cm femur MAX at a 0.75 mm if bones allows me to)
Btw ,very thankfull for you taking the time to record and come back here !
Thank you very much and looking forwars to hear back from u.
Hello my friend!
I have recorded a couple of videos walking and making various direction changes so you can see how I walk.
https://youtu.be/xfj2ZX-v8yE
https://youtube.com/shorts/jjMzyLcjUTw?feature=share
I suppose that if you are going to increase 6 or 7 cm and you are going to do it at a more conservative pace than normal speed, your recovery will be faster and less difficult.
Happy Holidays to all!!
-
Hello my friend!
I have recorded a couple of videos walking and making various direction changes so you can see how I walk.
https://youtu.be/xfj2ZX-v8yE
https://youtube.com/shorts/jjMzyLcjUTw?feature=share
I suppose that if you are going to increase 6 or 7 cm and you are going to do it at a more conservative pace than normal speed, your recovery will be faster and less difficult.
Happy Holidays to all!!
Amazing progress !
Thank you very much !!!!
Happy holidays :)
-
Hi guys!
I'm happy to tell you that I've made pretty good progress these past few weeks.
I can now walk practically as before the operation (not exactly the same because now my legs are 7.5 cm longer...)
Every day I feel more natural with my new height and only feel discomfort in my left hip when I lift weight doing the squat or similar movement, probably the head of one of the screws is the reason.
I can jogging at a decent pace and I think I'll be able to run faster soon.
I still feel that I don't have the agility and speed that I had before the operation, but I think it's a matter of time and more hours of training.
I have also almost completely regained my weight and musculature. Now I weigh 62 kg. A few weeks after finishing the distraction he weighed 56 kg.
Yesterday I tried running on the treadmill at a medium pace to see my technique and try to improve my movements and I think I have improved since the last video (obviously my technique is still far from the correct movements, but it is no longer disappointing).
This is yesterday's video:
https://youtu.be/UudlCFHlOd4
Greetings to all!
-
Great stuff! Your recovery is impressive.
How do you feel about doing squats with your new biomechanics? Is it much harder than before?
-
Great stuff! Your recovery is impressive.
How do you feel about doing squats with your new biomechanics? Is it much harder than before?
Thanks my friend!
At first it was quite difficult for me to do squats but now it is an easy exercise. I guess I've gotten used to my new leg ratio and mindlessly balance myself (in some way other than correct technique) to compensate for the increased femurs. This is a video from today, so you can see the movement in detail:
https://youtu.be/7D83QsAB3eE
(at the end of the video I do a series of squats)
-
That's pretty good! ;D Also what is your ratio between femurs and tibias now? Do you feel your proportions are still good?
-
Hey FSchez, good to see you update. Based on your video I think my running is a little more balanced than yours, but your squats seem better than mine. I can squat up and down pretty quickly like you did in the video, but I still have some stiffness/pain when I squat.
I also have no stamina for running yet. I used to run too (though it sounds like you ran a lot faster than me) but now I get tired after a few minutes and my heart rate is very high. I think there's still quite a bit of work remaining to regain endurance.
-
That's pretty good! ;D Also what is your ratio between femurs and tibias now? Do you feel your proportions are still good?
I don't know exactly because I haven't measured the ratio of the femur to the tibia.
Although I know that biomechanics is important for sports and some movements it is something that does not concern me.
When I look in the mirror now I feel much better.
Now my tibias are a bit short in relation to my femurs but it is almost imperceptible to others, perhaps because my femurs before surgery were a bit short...
To answer your question in a nutshell:
Yes, I am happy with my proportions and even more so with my new height. :D
-
Hey FSchez, good to see you update. Based on your video I think my running is a little more balanced than yours, but your squats seem better than mine. I can squat up and down pretty quickly like you did in the video, but I still have some stiffness/pain when I squat.
I also have no stamina for running yet. I used to run too (though it sounds like you ran a lot faster than me) but now I get tired after a few minutes and my heart rate is very high. I think there's still quite a bit of work remaining to regain endurance.
Hey BTM!
I'm glad to hear you're making good progress.
I think some doctors are very optimistic when they say you can be back to normal 6 months to a year after surgery. I think that each person and each body reacts differently, but it would be more realistic to think about returning to normal between 12 and 18 months after surgery (with exceptions such as "Movie" or Stryde Nail challege).
Interestingly I have been comfortable doing squats for a long time without pain, but my walking and running form is progressing very slowly probably because of the tension I have felt for a long time in my hips.
Now I feel that the tension has almost completely disappeared, but I have to recover my physical strength and muscle tone in the hip area.
I know that spending more time training hard the recovery it will be faster but sometimes it's difficult find the time...
I hope that soon we will recover our best physical form.
Good luck, my friend!!
-
Congratulations for your incredible recovery and success!
What supplements has the doctor suggested or prescribed to you?
Have you taken any by your own initiative?
-
Hi FSchez, thank you for posting your diary. This is definitely one of the best diaries on here and it really gives hope for those who have this in their plans.
I'm wondering if it'd be possible for you to post pictures of your scar (zoomed up and relative to the entire leg).
I've always wondered how conspicuous they are. I've seen scars from other types of nails (e.g. frames, Precice, etc.) but I haven't been able to find one from Stryde nails for femurs. Would really appreciate it.
Since your physiology is almost the same as mine, I'm wondering if you can share more on how it's affected your life.
Height-wise, do you feel completely normal now compared to your peers?
Has it affected your social/dating relationships with friends or dates?
Most importantly, do you feel the surgery was worth it and would you still decide to do it again if you can go back and make a choice?
Are you satisfied with lengthening your femur or do you think you'd go back and do your tibias as well?
Thank you for taking the time to do this diary, and hopefully answer my questions. Appreciate it!
-
before surgery how did you prepare for it ?? stretching ?? did you run a lot i mean like to be prepared and have strong flexible muscles or that is not important ?? what is your recomendation ????
-
Congratulations for your incredible recovery and success!
What supplements has the doctor suggested or prescribed to you?
Have you taken any by your own initiative?
Thank you Zaozari!
The doctor advised me to take a diet rich in calcium and specific supplements to promote bone growth.
I have been taking a vitamin supplement that has Calcium, Magnesium, Boron, vitamin D and vitamin K since the day of the operation for a full year.
Apart from that, when I got so thin I took protein and creatine shakes every day for 1 month and a half, thanks to that I managed to recover my muscle tone.
A few weeks after finishing the distraction process I lost quite a lot, I was down to 56 kg and I looked sick... I now weigh 63 kg and I still look skinny... ::)
-
Hi FSchez, thank you for posting your diary. This is definitely one of the best diaries on here and it really gives hope for those who have this in their plans.
I'm wondering if it'd be possible for you to post pictures of your scar (zoomed up and relative to the entire leg).
I've always wondered how conspicuous they are. I've seen scars from other types of nails (e.g. frames, Precice, etc.) but I haven't been able to find one from Stryde nails for femurs. Would really appreciate it.
Since your physiology is almost the same as mine, I'm wondering if you can share more on how it's affected your life.
Height-wise, do you feel completely normal now compared to your peers?
Has it affected your social/dating relationships with friends or dates?
Most importantly, do you feel the surgery was worth it and would you still decide to do it again if you can go back and make a choice?
Are you satisfied with lengthening your femur or do you think you'd go back and do your tibias as well?
Thank you for taking the time to do this diary, and hopefully answer my questions. Appreciate it!
Hello my friend!
I'm glad my diary helps you.
I suppose that the scars are very similar to those of those who have operated with the precice nail...
This week I plan to shoot a new walking and running video so I'll show my full leg scars up close.
Socially, I haven't felt much change because I have a wife and 2 small children, and currently we don't go out much, but I do feel better when I'm in the office with my colleagues and at family gatherings.
Before the surgery I felt very short despite the fact that in my immediate environment the average height among men is shorter than the average, approximately 170 cm.
Now my height is not something that worries me, I already feel good about my appearance.
If I were younger and didn't have a wife or children, I probably would have had surgery on my shinbones as well, but in my current situation it is a process that I am not willing to go through because the recovery time is very long.
Even so, if I had to return to my natural height and was offered the opportunity to increase 8 cm, I'm sure I would do it again.
-
before surgery how did you prepare for it ?? stretching ?? did you run a lot i mean like to be prepared and have strong flexible muscles or that is not important ?? what is your recomendation ????
Hello moretallpls!
I've always really liked playing soccer, tennis and athletics, and I guess it's a plus point to be in shape when you get to the day of surgery. I was also stretching my muscles and legs and hips hard for 2 months before the surgery.
I think that thanks to that it didn't take me so long to recover the flexibility of my legs...
My advice is to spend as much time as possible stretching your muscles to be very flexible on the day of the operation, I think it is one of the most important things for the preparation. ;)
-
Hi FSchez, thank you for posting your diary. This is definitely one of the best diaries on here and it really gives hope for those who have this in their plans.
I'm wondering if it'd be possible for you to post pictures of your scar (zoomed up and relative to the entire leg).
I've always wondered how conspicuous they are. I've seen scars from other types of nails (e.g. frames, Precice, etc.) but I haven't been able to find one from Stryde nails for femurs. Would really appreciate it.
Since your physiology is almost the same as mine, I'm wondering if you can share more on how it's affected your life.
Height-wise, do you feel completely normal now compared to your peers?
Has it affected your social/dating relationships with friends or dates?
Most importantly, do you feel the surgery was worth it and would you still decide to do it again if you can go back and make a choice?
Are you satisfied with lengthening your femur or do you think you'd go back and do your tibias as well?
Thank you for taking the time to do this diary, and hopefully answer my questions. Appreciate it!
Hi my friend!
This is a video I recorded yesterday where you can see the scars from the surgery.
https://youtu.be/gyBh4E24Wv4
Soon I will publish photos of the new x-rays
-
Thanks man, your run looks great!
The scars are a bit bigger than I imagined - do they look very noticeable in real life? Are you planning to do anything about them?
-
Thanks man, your run looks great!
The scars are a bit bigger than I imagined - do they look very noticeable in real life? Are you planning to do anything about them?
Thanks friend!
The only scars that can be seen with shorts or boxer-type underwear are those near the knees and they are quite small. No one could imagine that they are for such a complex operation. That's why I don't have any problem
-
Hello again guys!!
Exactly a month ago I had planned with my doctor to remove the pins at the Barcelona hospital, but for personal reasons we had to postpone the operation.
My doctor finally pulled out the pins yesterday afternoon, around 4 pm.
Curiously, I have not felt discomfort, I have only felt very hungry because I spent the whole day without being able to eat anything since 8 am. I had a hard time sleeping so I told the nurse to bring me dinner or give me permission to have a drink even if it was very late. I was watching TV while my wife tried to sleep on the sofa-bed (the room is single and quite spacious and pleasant).
At 2:30 I started to feel sleepy but I couldn't sleep soundly because I had only been able to have a glass of juice.
At 4:00 a.m. a nurse came with dinner because I had insisted that I was very hungry and although I was already half asleep I woke up and ate everything she brought me: a potato and onion omelette with 2 slices of tomato and basil and a chicken broth with an individual bread stick. Thanks to that I was able to sleep soundly until 9:00.
The nurses have asked me several times yesterday and today if I was in pain, but at the moment I am fine, they are only giving me paracetamol by vein according to the schedule recommended by the doctor.
A few minutes ago I talked to the doctor to find out if I can move from bed and he confirmed that I can walk around the room with the crutches, so I've been trying and I feel very well.
Soon I will keep you informed of the following days and the complete recovery
-
Day 1 post-op extraction surgery:
https://youtube.com/shorts/l7MrhDZOrFU?feature=share
-
Congrats on nail removal bro! You should basically be back to normal in two weeks.
-
You look great! Thanks for the videos to let us know how it's going.
Good luck with your recovery from now on and keep us updated on your progress!
-
Hello again guys!
I've been pretty busy these last few weeks. All the progress is happening much faster than the recovery after lengthening.
The first 4-5 days I was limping quite a bit and my hips were very swollen but I didn't have any severe pain so I only took a painkiller one day in the first week.
The second week the swelling in my hips went down but I still had discomfort and that's why I didn't walk naturally at 100x100.
In the third week I started to feel very comfortable walking and I started to hold my children while I walked.
Every day I felt that my legs were more stable so I tried new things like climbing stairs 2 steps at a time, light jogging...
In the fourth week my walking was practically natural, like before the lengthening surgery. I thought that with the extraction of the nails I would not feel a change in my legs but now I feel light, without a foreign body that gives me tension or limits me in extreme movements such as running fast.
Now my legs feel strong and light as before.
It's been 6 weeks and I can now run without muscle tension or discomfort (at a reasonable pace). I feel natural as before the surgery, but now almost 8 cm taller and I am totally grateful to all the people who have helped me achieve it. My perception of myself has completely changed, now I am happy with my body and I have confidence in myself. I would only change one thing in this chapter of my life, if I had known earlier I would have had the surgery much younger to enjoy what I feel now.
From now on I will visit the forum infrequently because I am satisfied with my new height, I will only post some video doing the sports I used to practice before or running so that people who pursue this desire can have proof that can be achieved and have again an active life
Good luck to everyone!!
-
Big congrats on the results FSchez! You made it!
Be careful with the strain after nail removal though. Especially at 8 cm lengthening. You are vulnerable to microfractures. Best to play it safe for a few months.
-
Seldom do we find diaries which are complete (right till the nail removal stage) and so well documented! I went through your entire diary in one go - a good contribution to this forum.
Many congratulations and all the best for your future endeavors!
-
incredible journey. congrats. your all struggling were about not having ITB release I guess.
-
Wow! Great diary!
-
https://youtu.be/nHfb2kfYjRM
Hi friends!
5 months have passed since the removal of the nails and I have felt agile and strong for several weeks as before the femur lengthening operation. The complete recovery has been long but now I do not feel any weakness or discomfort that limits me in any sporting activity. That is why I have returned to post these videos in which you can see that I have recovered my weight and muscle mass that was appreciated in the first videos since I started this process.
Now I feel agile and happy with my body so it will probably be a long time until I post again.
I wish you all the best!
https://youtu.be/iU8tsukJd_U
-
Thank you so much all of you!!
All your messages have helped me achieve my goal in this long process. The road has been hard and long but I am sure that the effort has definitely been worth it💪
-
https://youtu.be/nHfb2kfYjRM
Hi friends!
5 months have passed since the removal of the nails and I have felt agile and strong for several weeks as before the femur lengthening operation. The complete recovery has been long but now I do not feel any weakness or discomfort that limits me in any sporting activity. That is why I have returned to post these videos in which you can see that I have recovered my weight and muscle mass that was appreciated in the first videos since I started this process.
Now I feel agile and happy with my body so it will probably be a long time until I post again.
I wish you all the best!
https://youtu.be/iU8tsukJd_U
Wow. The progress in your running is incredible, mate.
It now looks completely normal.
I have thought of buying a treadmill just for when I get this done. I can imagine it being very helpful for recovery.
-
Any update?