1 YEAR LATER - DR. BECKER 7.6CM ON TIBIAS

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 25, 2023, 09:57:19 PMThanks!

1. I stretched, but very little. I just didn’t feel like I needed it at the time, as I was walking pretty good. I definitely felt it as time went on.

2. Started to really feel it around 7cm to where the ballerina foot started to happen. However I wanted 3 inches so I kept going to 7.6cm !

As I look back, I do believe that if I had started doing the proper stretching while lengthening, and the hot salt baths (these help a lot!) - then could have pushed to 8-9cm for sure.

All good tho. Lesson learned and still extremely satisfied with 3 inches!!!
When did you feel the walking with difficulty?  5cm or 6cm?
You didnt use any crutches during LL?

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Quote from: Bagga on October 26, 2023, 02:37:25 AMWhen did you feel the walking with difficulty?  5cm or 6cm?
You didnt use any crutches during LL?

7cm

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 25, 2023, 09:01:47 PM
To be fair, just because he was a plastic surgeon in another industry doesn’t mean he can’t be very good at something new. Obviously the guy spent many years training under Betz before taking the initiative to do it himself.

You have doctors who’ve been doing LL for 10+ years and still don’t have the right system in place, the proper nails, physical therapy, etc… and are strictly focused on money only.

Becker could easily charge 90k+ for the level of overall service he provides. 

see the point it is, he does only CLL surgeries and does not seem to do any standard ortho work. so yes most cases will turn out well because he is good at it but if there are complications then I don't know if he has capabilities to handle it. Lots of things can go wrong and you might need his expertise in nerve decompression, nail exchange, bone infection treatment, fractures etc  This part of his background is very unclear. I think the patients who go to him just don't worry so much about things going wrong in general.

I think he is a great guy though don't get me wrong. Easily more caring than most docs out there which is why his patients like him.

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You are an absolute legend!! I appreciate you sharing your LL experience in great depth, Absolutely remarkable!

I have consulted with Dr. Becker already and seriously considering doing LL in the tibias like you did. I plan to take recovery and stretching very serious.

My only question is how many months after the surgery did it take you to walk normal again and do exercise after lengthening 7.6cm??

As you mentioned limping around the whole time but as time went on it became less and less and then you were walking normal as well to killing cardio on the stair-master.

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I’m thinking of maybe doing 3 inches tibias… my q is, would you be able to provide us with a pic of you in boxers of your lower torso for proportion? I don’t care about arm length I just want to get a better idea of the tibia to femur proportion. I followed the IG and saw the entire thing, thanks for your contribution.

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 25, 2023, 09:57:19 PMAs I look back, I do believe that if I had started doing the proper stretching while lengthening, and the hot salt baths (these help a lot!) - then could have pushed to 8-9cm for sure.from your experience , do you think someone could achieve 11-12 cm tibial legthening via betzbone , if they stretched and did other stuff dilligently ?
cuz it has already been proven that 11-12cm can be achieved on the femur (albeit with reduced mobility)

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Quote from: Trust on October 29, 2023, 11:25:22 PMYou are an absolute legend!! I appreciate you sharing your LL experience in great depth, Absolutely remarkable!

I have consulted with Dr. Becker already and seriously considering doing LL in the tibias like you did. I plan to take recovery and stretching very serious.

My only question is how many months after the surgery did it take you to walk normal again and do exercise after lengthening 7.6cm??

As you mentioned limping around the whole time but as time went on it became less and less and then you were walking normal as well to killing cardio on the stair-master.

Thank you!

I started walking normal around 3 months after finishing the lengthening.

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Hey man ! Was following your other thread for months. I have my surgery with Becker late February 2024 for femurs. How are you feeling now in terms of mobility, pain, physical limitations ?

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dam 94k is alot of money. how did u save up all that money? must of saved since u were in ur 20's. hows ur recovery? it must be nice to have gain so much. i stopped early because of a few complications. i couldnt go further at 5.5cm.