Quote from: oklama on December 28, 2024, 12:21:03 AMWhy does paley say that? Assayag once even responded to me on here and said aside from rotator cuff injury theres no problem to lengthen the humerus and its the easiest of them all? is it just because it doesnt present much actual benefit so any risk isnt worth it?

I dont know if others would care about my arm length, but I do. I have very small arms in terms of circumference which I am going to work on by weight lifting and other things, but I just think I wouldnt have peace of mind being 178 or 180 or whatever it will be with much shorter arms. It's for myself more than anyone else. At that point ill also be very much pushing the SHR to like .486 and shorter torso looks better with longer arms

I'm not going to do exfixes, thats just out of the question for me, it seems horrific to deal with and pin site infections or whatever other things that comes along with it.

If the femur is able to go 10 or 12cm (which isnt something I would ever think is safe in one shot) why couldn't the tibia go 7 or 8? I honestly do not trust Dr Betz to tell me whats safe or not considering so many of his patients do lengthening numbers I would consider crazy in one segment. I dont know about guichet but I know about the Unicorn case.

My current plan is to speed run 8cm femurs with Assayag, then probably do 5cm on tibias with him or paley and let that sit for a while and if I think it would be worth it rebreak for the other 2 or 3cm. I truly dont know what I would choose to do, but I think I will make the right decision, and I will have plenty of time to talk to the doctor and experience it myself. Maybe I will stop a 173 and at that case my arm length is fine.

He said in the interview there is no disproportion of the arms for leg lengthenings under 6 inches which is interesting because his stature PDF guide states leg lengthenings under 4 inches. Correct, it is the easiest bone to lengthen but at the same time it is the least beneficial. I think longer arms can help offset a short torso but only to a small extent.

Extreme lengthening in the tibias is higher risk than in the femur due to the Achilles tendon, it just doesn't stretch and lengthen as easily as the soft tissues in the femur do. If someone is young, flexible, and puts in the PT work they could probably do 7 or 8 in one go and recover but it could take several years and there is no guarantee they get full range of motion back without additional surgery.