DoingItForMe's Precice 2 Internal Femurs with Dr. Paley

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Thank u for answering my questions , I'm sure u will gain back up full flexibility and Roms back very soon. For me I'm still at around 90 and working full time on gaining full flexion coz I did external with Latn. It has been nearly 3 months aldy after nail exchange. Improving but very slow.
I m sure ull be all flexible and can bend smoothly and easily around this time of mine. Wish u a fast recovery.

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Thank u for answering my questions , I'm sure u will gain back up full flexibility and Roms back very soon. For me I'm still at around 90 and working full time on gaining full flexion coz I did external with Latn. It has been nearly 3 months aldy after nail exchange. Improving but very slow.
I m sure ull be all flexible and can bend smoothly and easily around this time of mine. Wish u a fast recovery.

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Quote from: bluebarbie on October 12, 2015, 06:20:52 AMThank u for answering my questions , I'm sure u will gain back up full flexibility and Roms back very soon. For me I'm still at around 90 and working full time on gaining full flexion coz I did external with Latn. It has been nearly 3 months aldy after nail exchange. Improving but very slow.
I m sure ull be all flexible and can bend smoothly and easily around this time of mine. Wish u a fast recovery.

Thanks. Good luck with your recovery as well. What I did to regain my flexibility so quickly was stretch whenever I thought about it. I don't set aside a time for it. I just do it whenever I think about it. So I spend around 3-4 hours a day stretching when you add it all up.

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so there's no overdoing it when it comes to stretching?

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Quote from: Iamready on October 15, 2015, 03:33:02 AMso there's no overdoing it when it comes to stretching?

You can always overdo things, programdude had his femur snap in half during a stretching session.

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Quote from: Iamready on October 15, 2015, 03:33:02 AMso there's no overdoing it when it comes to stretching?

The thing is that I'm stretching frequently and not really pushing super hard. I am afraid of snapping my leg, especially after what happened to ProgramDude. The key is stretching for long periods of time, but not necessarily stretching too hard. Also, don't bounce. Just stretch until you feel a stretch (some pain, but not so much that you feel unbearable level 10 pain), and then hold it for a minute. Then just keep doing this throughout the day. This is how I'm regaining my flexibility at a pretty fast pace. My thighs feel stiff and sore every morning after long stretching sessions, but it loosens up again after a few stretches. I'm very happy at the pace that I'm regaining my flexibility in terms of knee bend - the one thing I've been working on the most. It's motivating when you can see the progress with your nked eye. It's only been less than a month after I stopped lengthening, and I'm already at around 140 degrees in terms of knee bending. I was probably at 100 degrees when stopped lengthening. My goal is to be able to bend it all the way at 170 degrees. So I'm happy with the progress.

For stretching my hip flexors (i.e. fixing duckass), I try sleeping on my stomach for a bit to try to straighten out my body. I hold it for maybe 10-30 minutes, and then I go to sleep.

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Hey, man 
Hope you have a great recovery! When do you think that you can walk independently without support?

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I wouldn't call it a stretching session- one simple casual stretch was all it took on the bones- months after removal where I was not only allowed but encouraged to stretch during.

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I've read just the last updates about stretching. The better thing in my opinion is don't think too much about stretching during the lengthening and consolidation phase, moreover after the frame/nail remotion. Regular walking, stairs walking, etc, would be enough, things will improve by theirself. I would start stretching when bones are REALLY strong enough to prevent bending and bones breaking, for instance after one year from remotion (in the case of external fixation).

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Quote from: ss8858 on October 20, 2015, 04:36:23 AMHey, man 
Hope you have a great recovery! When do you think that you can walk independently without support?

The expected recovery time until I can walk again without support is 3 months after I stopped lengthening. And then sports/running/jumping would be 2 months after that. Some people take only 2 months if their bone growth is fast. Mine has been slow while I was lengthening. But now I'm drinking a lot of milk (calcium & vit D.) and using an exogen machine daily. Exogen might not work. I read somewhere where it only worked for 1 out of 3 patients. And then for those it worked on, it increased recovery by up to around 30%. So if I'm one of the lucky ones where the machine works on and I get the max growth rate, then I might be able to walk again in 2 months. But knowing how unlucky I've been most of my life, I'd guess 3 months is more likely. I'll be happy with 3 months recovery time. Some people have five months recovery time.