Brb6ftTall - Internal Femurs - Dr. Mahboubian - 2017

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How much did you lengthen in the end?

 Btw, I think you can forget to squat normally... Proportions wont allow that...

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How much did you lengthen in the end?

 Btw, I think you can forget to squat normally... Proportions wont allow that...

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 18, 2018, 06:53:54 AMHow much did you lengthen in the end?

 Btw, I think you can forget to squat normally... Proportions wont allow that...

I stopped at 7.6cm. I don’t regret not going to 8cm.

I looked up videos of squatting with longer femurs, some of the tips in that help but yeah it might just be that I’m not meant to do squats. I’m uncertain what I should be doing to replace squats though.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 18, 2018, 06:53:54 AMHow much did you lengthen in the end?

 Btw, I think you can forget to squat normally... Proportions wont allow that...

I stopped at 7.6cm. I don’t regret not going to 8cm.

I looked up videos of squatting with longer femurs, some of the tips in that help but yeah it might just be that I’m not meant to do squats. I’m uncertain what I should be doing to replace squats though.

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Quote from: Brb6ftTall on January 18, 2018, 07:31:59 AMI stopped at 7.6cm. I don’t regret not going to 8cm.

I looked up videos of squatting with longer femurs, some of the tips in that help but yeah it might just be that I’m not meant to do squats. I’m uncertain what I should be doing to replace squats though.

No offence, but the "longer femur videos" are for people who might have slightly longer femurs. I doubt you have the length of femurs to someone naturally your height after you lengthened so much.
  You can do sumo deadlifts instead

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 18, 2018, 07:47:15 AMNo offence, but the "longer femur videos" are for people who might have slightly longer femurs. I doubt you have the length of femurs to someone naturally your height after you lengthened so much.
  You can do sumo deadlifts instead

No offense taken lol. Like I said, I’m probably just not meant to do squats. I heard walking lunges are good for quads and glutes too. I’ll look into sumo deadlifts, thanks a lot for the suggestion.

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Quote from: Brb6ftTall on January 18, 2018, 08:13:32 AMNo offense taken lol. Like I said, I’m probably just not meant to do squats. I heard walking lunges are good for quads and glutes too. I’ll look into sumo deadlifts, thanks a lot for the suggestion.

what do you mean by running is weird?

how long did it take for you to get back 100% to your normal walking gait?

do you wish you lengthened less than 7.6 cm?

Thnx man!

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Quote from: MirinHeight on January 19, 2018, 05:03:11 AMwhat do you mean by running is weird?

how long did it take for you to get back 100% to your normal walking gait?

do you wish you lengthened less than 7.6 cm?

Thnx man!

I’m not getting the full range of motion, it feels like I’m just stomping really fast. This could be due to a lot of reasons:

1. Poor flexibility (when you do LL you lose all of it pretty much, I couldn’t even cross my legs or get anywhere near touching my toes)
2. Rods haven’t been removed. I’ve heard reports of running getting better after rod removal, but I don’t know.
3. I’m just not used to running yet lol.

Its probably 1 or more of these reasons, but i’ll Be sure to let you all know when it gets better.

Gait was not nearly as bad as people say it is. I was probably 80% normal only a week after being allowed to walk (which was 3 weeks post lengthening), 90% after a month and 99% until sometime recently. I say 99% because though I would look completely normal in a mirror and to other people, something just felt “off” but it wasn’t something I or anyone else could actually see. But recently, as in the last month or so, I’ve felt back to 100% and don’t think about walking anymore. A lot of that could be mental though, so I may have been back at 100% a while ago.

I 100% do not regret going less. Honestly I wouldn’t even think it’s worth it to go less. The only reason I’d do less is if I was either doing tibia as well, say 5cm femur and 3 cm tibia or something, or if I was already 5’10 or higher.. but then I probably wouldn’t have wanted LL anyways.

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Quote from: Brb6ftTall on January 19, 2018, 09:34:51 PMI’m not getting the full range of motion, it feels like I’m just stomping really fast. This could be due to a lot of reasons:

1. Poor flexibility (when you do LL you lose all of it pretty much, I couldn’t even cross my legs or get anywhere near touching my toes)
2. Rods haven’t been removed. I’ve heard reports of running getting better after rod removal, but I don’t know.
3. I’m just not used to running yet lol.

Its probably 1 or more of these reasons, but i’ll Be sure to let you all know when it gets better.

Gait was not nearly as bad as people say it is. I was probably 80% normal only a week after being allowed to walk (which was 3 weeks post lengthening), 90% after a month and 99% until sometime recently. I say 99% because though I would look completely normal in a mirror and to other people, something just felt “off” but it wasn’t something I or anyone else could actually see. But recently, as in the last month or so, I’ve felt back to 100% and don’t think about walking anymore. A lot of that could be mental though, so I may have been back at 100% a while ago.

I 100% do not regret going less. Honestly I wouldn’t even think it’s worth it to go less. The only reason I’d do less is if I was either doing tibia as well, say 5cm femur and 3 cm tibia or something, or if I was already 5’10 or higher.. but then I probably wouldn’t have wanted LL anyways.

thnx man and good luck on your recovery!

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Quickly skimmed the through thread, but didn't see any link to x-rays (or pics).

(My apologies if I missed anything.)