Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?

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Just asking. Is 7cm too much or is 6cm the limit? Thanks!

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I've been studying this surgery quite a bit, and the facts seem to be that if you do 7 cm for the tibia, you maybe okay, but you'll lose your athletic ability. 30-60%.

Between 4 and 5 cm the Achilles Tendons fully resist, which pretty much means you're pushing past the resistance of your tendons. 90% of tibia patients get 5 cm without the Achilles Tendons resisting or getting too tight, therefore your athletic ability will be fully back to normal. But those who did 6 cm had some slight weakness in the tendons and 7 cm patients lost all athletic ability.

If you want to get back to 100% do 4 or 5 cm. If you want to lose athletic ability do 7 cm. Depends how focused you are on running again.

Hope this helps?

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Quote from: Ilovelife007 on July 26, 2023, 06:16:00 AMI've been studying this surgery quite a bit, and the facts seem to be that if you do 7 cm for the tibia, you maybe okay, but you'll lose your athletic ability. 30-60%.

Between 4 and 5 cm the Achilles Tendons fully resist, which pretty much means you're pushing past the resistance of your tendons. 90% of tibia patients get 5 cm without the Achilles Tendons resisting or getting too tight, therefore your athletic ability will be fully back to normal. But those who did 6 cm had some slight weakness in the tendons and 7 cm patients lost all athletic ability.

If you want to get back to 100% do 4 or 5 cm. If you want to lose athletic ability do 7 cm. Depends how focused you are on running again.

Hope this helps?

Thanks for the reply.

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Any other opinions? Anyone who lengthened more than 7cm hows your performance athletically? Not sure when to stop lengthening yet

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It is doable. Depends on how your body reacts. How long ago did you do your surgery?

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Lengthening has been pretty smooth. It is not as bad as i expected.

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Quote from: LengtheningDream on July 26, 2023, 04:30:27 PMLengthening has been pretty smooth. It is not as bad as i expected.
Glad it's going well. You doing precise 2.2 or another method?

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Yeah, Gdalevitch lengthens up to 7cm