About the quality of physical therapy in Greece

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Quote from: Great321 on May 16, 2019, 08:48:43 PMJust to clarify. To stop at 4,3cm was my own decision. Afterwards I lengthened again up to 4,9cm. But since my bone growth is not that strong Dr. Giotikas recommended to shorten 2mm again as that might help.

I don’t understand though can you explain

1.8 inches barely makes a different to your life, why would you pay all that money and do all that suffering for that? Why didn’t you just wear shoe lifts?

I’m not criticizing but Just our of curiosity

Like Me aiming to do 5cm external on tibia and 7-8cm stryde on femur is 4.7-5.1 inches. Going from 5 foot five and 1/2 to 5’10+ range is a WORLD apart. I don’t really see how you would even really notice a large change under a couple inches, sure it’ll help a bit but not worth the money and suffering

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Quote from: Activatedx on May 16, 2019, 09:37:16 PMI don’t understand though can you explain

1.8 inches barely makes a different to your life, why would you pay all that money and do all that suffering for that? Why didn’t you just wear shoe lifts?

I’m not criticizing but Just our of curiosity

Like Me aiming to do 5cm external on tibia and 7-8cm stryde on femur is 4.7-5.1 inches. Going from 5 foot five and 1/2 to 5’10+ range is a WORLD apart. I don’t really see how you would even really notice a large change under a couple inches, sure it’ll help a bit but not worth the money and suffering

Great321 said that he is gonna do another 5 cm with Stryde later

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Quote from: Activatedx on May 16, 2019, 09:37:16 PMI don’t understand though can you explain

1.8 inches barely makes a different to your life, why would you pay all that money and do all that suffering for that? Why didn’t you just wear shoe lifts?

I’m not criticizing but Just our of curiosity

Like Me aiming to do 5cm external on tibia and 7-8cm stryde on femur is 4.7-5.1 inches. Going from 5 foot five and 1/2 to 5’10+ range is a WORLD apart. I don’t really see how you would even really notice a large change under a couple inches, sure it’ll help a bit but not worth the money and suffering

Just like sylar94 mentioned, I'll do Stryde in the future. Not sure when though.

I hated lifts because they were causing me knee pain and also I would feel ashamed to take off my shoes at my friends' house. So that wasn't a solution for me.

And I would never wear 4-5cm shoe lifts. That's too obvious.

I did notice the difference. Just for an example: before I had to look up to my older sister's eyes and now she has to look up to mine. I never expected LL to change my life. I just feel more comfortable with a few cm more.

For me there was always a big difference between 1,60 and 1,65. With shoes, I can be 1,67/1,68. 1,68 is sth complete different than 1,60. 

In the end of the day for a short man every mm more is precious. Many here who aren't objectively short don't understand such things.

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Quote from: Great321 on May 16, 2019, 11:21:55 PMJust like sylar94 mentioned, I'll do Stryde in the future. Not sure when though.

I hated lifts because they were causing me knee pain and also I would feel ashamed to take off my shoes at my friends' house. So that wasn't a solution for me.

And I would never wear 4-5cm shoe lifts. That's too obvious.

I did notice the difference. Just for an example: before I had to look up to my older sister's eyes and now she has to look up to mine. I never expected LL to change my life. I just feel more comfortable with a few cm more.

For me there was always a big difference between 1,60 and 1,65. With shoes, I can be 1,67/1,68. 1,68 is sth complete different than 1,60. 

In the end of the day for a short man every mm more is precious. Many here who aren't objectively short don't understand such things.

No I feel you every inch counts but To society they would still discredit you if you’re 5ft or 5’2
Or 5’4 or 5’6
You’re still considered short, starts to get a lot less discriminatory at 5’6

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Although there are very few Giotikas patients in this forum, his reputation is good.
 There is too little information to judge him as a good doctor.
 It is also somewhat suspicious that there is no bad opinion.
 A few years ago on the forum Dr. Guichet was believed to be a good doctor.  But he was a bad doctor.  I'm worried that Giotikas could also be like Guichet a few years later.