5.5 Cm Femurs with Dr. Giotikas and G-Nail.

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How much would you say you spent on taxis to and from the PT centre each week?

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Hey guys,
6 months post surgery it's time for an update.

From a functional point of view I feel great, even better than expected. My walk is fully normal, looking maybe slightly weird when going uphill in elevations, but only because I need to get stronger. My consolidations is good, and Giotikas is allowing me to run soon. I can walk as fast as I would pre surgery, and I feel confident that I will recovery my athleticism. My glutes are still somewhat weak, and have slight anterior pelvic tilt.

Here you can see my latest X rays: https://imgur.com/a/g93n3Jh

However, I still don't have the full amount I lenghtened, and it's getting a bit discouraging. According to X rays, and after taking magnification into account, I did 6.1 cm in one leg and 6.2 in another. However, my "real" gain in height is still 5.2-5.3 cm. Dr Giotikas seems to think that it's due to my pelvict tilt. I hope that's the case, as it's true that my posture is not 100% as good as it was pre-surgery. Now I have some time off work, so I'm going to work like a madman in correcting my posture, hoping to recover some extra mm. If I don't recover them, I feel a bit dissapointed to be honest, cause I fought really hard for every mm. Had I known this, I would have lenghtened a bit more. I will update in a few weeks if I can get my posture back to 100%.

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why g nail 6cm,real 5cm

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I don't know. I just measured properly again and the gain is exactly 5.2 cm, but I lenghtened 6.1-6.2. It's very very frustrating. I told Dr Giotikas and he told me to send him videos and photos of my posture. He has told me to keep strengthtening my core, as I should get something closer to 6 cm. He checked again and my latest X rays show at least 6.1 cm in lenghtening, so a gain of 5.2 is too low. I will keep on working, but I feel down today to be honest. Everything else is going so good... but I feel very disappointed losing 1 cm.

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Since u urself found out your posture is not as good as previous that is just the reason why you didn't achieve the full lengthening amount.
Height shrinkage as I heard only happens in cases of pins bending or external fixators being removed due to the recoil but I never heard height shrinkage after internal lengthening.

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Quote from: Sorcerer on March 09, 2022, 06:55:44 PMSince u urself found out your posture is not as good as previous that is just the reason why you didn't achieve the full lengthening amount.
Height shrinkage as I heard only happens in cases of pins bending or external fixators being removed due to the recoil but I never heard height shrinkage after internal lengthening.
Since the shape of my femurs changed a bit with the surgery, the worst case scenario for me is that the "missing" height is due to that. I will get a spine X ray to see if something has changed there, as I had one 1 month pre surgery. In any case, I will keep doing strenghtening exercises for my back, and maybe check with a chiropractor.

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Quote from: V21 on March 08, 2022, 07:52:19 PMHey guys,
6 months post surgery it's time for an update.

From a functional point of view I feel great, even better than expected. My walk is fully normal, looking maybe slightly weird when going uphill in elevations, but only because I need to get stronger. My consolidations is good, and Giotikas is allowing me to run soon. I can walk as fast as I would pre surgery, and I feel confident that I will recovery my athleticism. My glutes are still somewhat weak, and have slight anterior pelvic tilt.

Here you can see my latest X rays: https://imgur.com/a/g93n3Jh

However, I still don't have the full amount I lenghtened, and it's getting a bit discouraging. According to X rays, and after taking magnification into account, I did 6.1 cm in one leg and 6.2 in another. However, my "real" gain in height is still 5.2-5.3 cm. Dr Giotikas seems to think that it's due to my pelvict tilt. I hope that's the case, as it's true that my posture is not 100% as good as it was pre-surgery. Now I have some time off work, so I'm going to work like a madman in correcting my posture, hoping to recover some extra mm. If I don't recover them, I feel a bit dissapointed to be honest, cause I fought really hard for every mm. Had I known this, I would have lenghtened a bit more. I will update in a few weeks if I can get my posture back to 100%.

0.1 difference? won't that make any problem?

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Quote from: hiddensir on March 15, 2022, 09:11:43 AM0.1 difference? won't that make any problem?
0.9 difference: at least 6.1 lenghtened and 5.2 real gain. Giotikas thinks it's due to lumbar muscle weakness, as I was pretty strong pre-surgery, and now I'm weaker there. I will focus on that, and will report if I regain the "missing" height.

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Quote from: V21 on March 15, 2022, 04:26:24 PM0.9 difference: at least 6.1 lenghtened and 5.2 real gain. Giotikas thinks it's due to lumbar muscle weakness, as I was pretty strong pre-surgery, and now I'm weaker there. I will focus on that, and will report if I regain the "missing" height.
No i mean difference between left leg and right

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Quote from: V21 on March 15, 2022, 04:26:24 PM0.9 difference: at least 6.1 lenghtened and 5.2 real gain. Giotikas thinks it's due to lumbar muscle weakness, as I was pretty strong pre-surgery, and now I'm weaker there. I will focus on that, and will report if I regain the "missing" height.

What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of staying in Athens for 6 weeks vs longer? I believe Dr. Giotikas lets patients leave after 6 weeks

I'm thinking of staying the Montaza hotel in Athens for 6,7, or 8 weeks maybe, can't decide