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[liltunechi]

I’ve always wondered this.

Is the pain constant?

Or when they perform basic things like walking, sitting, laying down?

Or only when doing things like squatting, kneeling on hard surfaces etc?

[ilovescience]

I’ve always wondered this.

Is the pain constant?

Or when they perform basic things like walking, sitting, laying down?

Or only when doing things like squatting, kneeling on hard surfaces etc?

I am not expert of this, but I think it means the pain that has been there for a while.

[burntsmores]

Chronic in medicine just refers to long-lasting pain. The exact timeframe is contingent on what exactly the pain is, but 12+ weeks tends to be an accepted timeline. In the context of leg lengthening, the procedure changes your biomechanics and may introduce a greater degree of load to joints. This increased load will start to affect the surrounding soft tissue, such as the patellar tendon (tendon of the knee-cap). It's kind of like a rubberband being constantly stretched by this new load, it starts to fatigue with time. Hopefully with time your soft tissues adapt and the pain resolves, but in cases of extensive lengthening the load is too great and you have to limit load (less running, weightlifting, whatever) in order to not overload the tendons.

[liltunechi]

Chronic in medicine just refers to long-lasting pain. The exact timeframe is contingent on what exactly the pain is, but 12+ weeks tends to be an accepted timeline. In the context of leg lengthening, the procedure changes your biomechanics and may introduce a greater degree of load to joints. This increased load will start to affect the surrounding soft tissue, such as the patellar tendon (tendon of the knee-cap). It's kind of like a rubberband being constantly stretched by this new load, it starts to fatigue with time. Hopefully with time your soft tissues adapt and the pain resolves, but in cases of extensive lengthening the load is too great and you have to limit load (less running, weightlifting, whatever) in order to not overload the tendons.

Hey thank you so much.   I did LON tibia.  I wanted to do 5cm but only ended up lengthening maybe 1cm. I had to stop because of personal reasons.  My first surgery was on the 9th june , and frame removed on 22nd June.

I am currently 6 weeks post op and in a lot of pain. My knees hurt a lot (the patellar tendon) and calves hurt like crazy when standing up. I am walking 1 hour a day with a walker. Pain pain pain. Dr used a transpatellar approach for the surgery. 

I am not healing fast. I thought because I only done 1cm, I wouldn’t be in any pain. But that’s not the case.

I’m just scared of developing any sort of chronic knee pain. I really don’t want that.

And my calves hurt like hell.

What advice do you have for me ?

[burntsmores]

I'm not your doctor and therefore not familiar enough with your case to provide any medical advice. I'd recommend getting in touch with them as a more thorough history and examination of your knee and surrounding muscles and other joints would be necessary to figure out what exactly is wrong. That being said, it isn't abnormal for there to be pain in the knee after a transpatellar surgery. What's important to keep track of is whether the pain is getting worse (assuming pain medications and activity remain consistent) and to check for signs of infection (red, swollen, leaking fluid, fever). Try to remember what makes the pain better, and what makes it worse (IE. during walking, after, sitting). Provide this information to your doctor and they can advise you on the best approach

[readyprecisestryde]

I did internal femurs and lengthened 8 cm. My calves are still tight and I stretch them with slant board every day. It makes a huge difference.

[readyprecisestryde]

Sorry i meant to post this on a different topic ..my mistake