5cm or 5,5cm Tibia

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Hey guys, Im doing Tibia Lenghtening and have lenghtened 2,8cm so far. (Internal 11mmBetzBone)
Walking without crutches at home at the moment.
My Goal is at least 5cm and max. 5.5 cm.
My Question: Is big difference in recovery and etc while doing 5.5cm on tibias rather 5?

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Bro just don't go past 5 cm for your own sake.
I'd not do 5.5 on tibias if it was free.
my actual aim is 5 cm btw

Best Regards

edit: Bro can we talk on pm, please? Because I know you lengthened both segments and that's what I wanna do. and i want to talk to you if its possible.

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I don't think anyone here can give you a definitive answer to that because it's going to depend on how you (and, obviously, your doctor) feel about continuing once you've reached 5 cm. If your doctor thinks you can handle the added 0.5cm without any issues, their advice is going to be the most reliable seeing as they're actually observing your progress firsthand.

That said, if I was in your shoes I personally wouldn't go past 5cm when someone like Dr. Paley (whose experience and patient outcomes likely surpass those of just about any other LL doc) caps his patients' tibiae at 5cm. Realistically, that last 0.5cm is negligible in the grand scheme of things.

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any other opinion out there?

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Quote from: diminutivelegs on July 23, 2020, 09:45:36 PMI don't think anyone here can give you a definitive answer to that because it's going to depend on how you (and, obviously, your doctor) feel about continuing once you've reached 5 cm. If your doctor thinks you can handle the added 0.5cm without any issues, their advice is going to be the most reliable seeing as they're actually observing your progress firsthand.

That said, if I was in your shoes I personally wouldn't go past 5cm when someone like Dr. Paley (whose experience and patient outcomes likely surpass those of just about any other LL doc) caps his patients' tibiae at 5cm. Realistically, that last 0.5cm is negligible in the grand scheme of things.

There have been Paley tibia patient diaries who have gone over 5cm. Where did you read he capped at 5cm?

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any other opinion on that?

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Quote from: growmay on July 24, 2020, 11:01:45 AMThere have been Paley tibia patient diaries who have gone over 5cm. Where did you read he capped at 5cm?

He has capped at 5cm. People try to go over his limit, Paley said ok, now he's back to the cap. I recall a very recent diary speaking on this.

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5cm and 6cm can be the difference of a strained Achilles tendon and a fine one and months of additional rehabilitation. I recall a Japanese leg lengthening person said going from 5cm to 6cm was about twice as difficult physically than going from 4cm to 5cm. Your tibia really is reaching it's limit at this range, I wouldn't suggest getting the extra .5cm and possibly losing much more athletic function.

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Paley's website states that tibiae are capped at 5cm, with the sole exception being if you opt to do a 4+4 cm gain (femurs + tibiae) and later re-break for an additional 4+4 cm.