Does 5cm increase guarantee you'll recover to at least 90-95% of lower mobility?

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I am 5'8 and I've been reading around that the most wisest increase to make if you are going to do it, is 5cm. Which is just marginally under 2 inches and that would take me to only marginally under 5'10 and probably enough to make a massive difference for me.

I know many people did 7cm and seem pretty content, but are there restriction you feel to what you can do? What sort of sports do you play and how do you fare in comparison to what was before? And do you train legs in the gym? What's that like? Are you restricted in any severe way? Or are we simply talking a little bit of pain here and occasionally there when you go high impact?

Also what did you get in terms of ratio from femur to tibia? I've heard anyone getting more than 2cm on Tiba is increasing their probability for complications and/or restrictions going forward?

Sorry about all the questions, only I am still fairly new to this

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on July 07, 2020, 10:17:11 PMNothing is guaranteed, but less is obviously better. 5cm on femurs seems very modest and I'm confident you'll regain most of your mobility back. I know long femurs make squatting hard.

Tibias ideally should be less than 4 or 5cm. If you want to go past that you will probably feel a tight Achilles.

Please note someone very recently posted that they went from 5'8 to 5'10 and they regretted it, because they felt nothing changed and still had height insecurities since 2 inches wasnt enough for them. Perhaps you should consider this anecdote to determine if you want to do 5cm or do more or do less or forget about the surgery as a whole.

Thank you very much for the insight dude.

So you're saying I can get 5cm added exclusively to just the femurs and the tibias don't even have to be touched? Yeah I can easily comprehend how squatting would be tricky to get around with so much work done on the femurs.

I've always considered anything under 5'10 to be "manlet" and I know that makes it only 2 inches, but it does feel to be a lot in-terms of the difference. So it interesting to me that this guy still feels insecure about his height. Would you be able to point me in his direction on this forum?

Is an increase to 6cm or 7cm enough to increase the probability of restrictions/limitations by a much greater margin? You see it's very easy to slip into the mindset of; "oh it's only 1cm" and so then if it's only 1cm, why not another and then why not another after that? lol you see what I mean?

My initial plans were 7cm and 3 inches, however after careful consideration and quite a bit of reading, I've come down. I can probably see how he feels no different. As it would make sense. You build-up for something like this and believe it's going to be life-changing and then yet it's only 2 inches and while it does make a difference, it is only a subtle one and you are still not "tall", just more average.

I am incredibly active. I've been training in the gym pretty much all my life and fairly sporty too. Tennis mainly. So my first concern is intense physical activity. Not just mobility, but high intensity sport/activity. I am just absolutely concerned af that if I go 7cm and even 6cm I could be crossing that fine-line which will mean I cannot adjust the biomechanics enough to mean I wouldn't be restricted.

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Quote from: Ronman on December 10, 2020, 02:44:14 PMI am a fellow 5'8

5'8 to 5'10 doesn't seem worth it for me as well, if it costs 80k and 3 months of my life atleast

If 3 inches was considered as safe as 2 inches is, I'd seriously consider it.

If you see it as 'worth it' though, then by all means go ahead

5'8 to 5'10 is probably the biggest LIFE TURNING jump that you can make. The difference is VERY significant, especially after putting shoes on which will take you to 5'11. Add 1 inch insole lifts into the equation and you have a 6ft man, give or take.