Dr. Giotikas - external tibia/Stryde - Diary 2018/2019

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Hi , So when exactly will you star Stryde on your femurs ??
& did you see any patients with giotikas doing stryde ??

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My X-rays from the 3rd of May. Today I'll talk to Dr. Giotikas about them. I have lengthend 6mm the past month, so for sure there is not as much development than it hopefully would have been without the lengthening.

RIGHT FRONT TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/FHB2C9S

RIGHT SIDE TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/BL48I5r

LEFT FRONT TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/GHFvUF3

LEFT SIDE TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/IkAdFL3





Quote from: Kenda on April 30, 2019, 12:34:20 PMHi , So when exactly will you star Stryde on your femurs ??
& did you see any patients with giotikas doing stryde ??

I don't know yet. No by the time I was there, Stryde wasn't available yet.

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Quote from: Great321 on May 09, 2019, 01:00:25 PMMy X-rays from the 3rd of May. Today I'll talk to Dr. Giotikas about them. I have lengthend 6mm the past month, so for sure there is not as much development than it hopefully would have been without the lengthening.

RIGHT FRONT TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/FHB2C9S

RIGHT SIDE TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/BL48I5r

LEFT FRONT TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/GHFvUF3

LEFT SIDE TIBIA & FIBULA: https://imgur.com/IkAdFL3





I don't know yet. No by the time I was there, Stryde wasn't available yet.

How was the quality of physical therapy in Greece?  I would like to stay in the apartment as well as you.  However, the level of physical therapy will be lower compared to rehabilitation centers.  What caused you to stop extending?  Is that even a little related to giotikas or the lack of physical therapy?

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Quote from: james2334 on May 09, 2019, 01:07:32 PMHow was the quality of physical therapy in Greece?  I would like to stay in the apartment as well as you.  However, the level of physical therapy will be lower compared to rehabilitation centers.  What caused you to stop extending?  Is that even a little related to giotikas or the lack of physical therapy?

There are different PTs. You might have 2-3 differents ones. In my case one of them did a lot of strengthening of the muscles, the other one did more of stretching. I'm not a professional so I can't say anything about the quality. I guess that those PTs who take care of us already had some experience with other patients. So you won't be their first case. I think the only difference between apartment and rehab centre is the amount of PT per week you get and the cost but no difference in quality per session.

I stopped lengthening in Athens because I had those bad muscle problems (caused by the bed mattress) and my right heel was more away from the ground than the left one. And I didn't want to worsen it. But now the muscle pain is long gone and my right achilles tendon got better with stretching.

For the future I try to be in the sun for a longer time. Maybe the natural Vitamin D source will help better with the regeneration. So far there wasn't much sunshine out there and until April the sun's angle in the sky wasn't right anyway to get enough sun for Vitamin D (I read somewhere)

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Is my impression, or the giotikas newspapers are not having good bone regeneration?

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Great321, do you take any meds, supplements or injections to accelerate the consolidation?

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Quote from: zlRadamanthys on May 09, 2019, 01:53:20 PMIs my impression, or the giotikas newspapers are not having good bone regeneration?

zakika had good bone regeneration

Quote from: sylar94 on May 09, 2019, 02:05:10 PMGreat321, do you take any meds, supplements or injections to accelerate the consolidation?

Only supplements: Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, collagen   
And for preventing infections: Selen, Vitamin C

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Quote from: Great321 on May 09, 2019, 03:54:19 PMzakika had good bone regeneration


Certainly Zakika was staying at the rehabilitation center.  Is there anyone else who has recovered from staying in the apartment?

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Quote from: james2334 on May 09, 2019, 04:12:58 PMCertainly Zakika was staying at the rehabilitation center.  Is there anyone else who has recovered from staying in the apartment?

No he was staying in an apartment, too. He took a lot of supplements from the very beginning though.

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Quote from: Great321 on May 09, 2019, 04:27:22 PMNo he was staying in an apartment, too. He took a lot of supplements from the very beginning though.

Thank you for telling me Great 321!  I also want to take supplements at an early stage.  I hope you will recover well!