Dr Pili external Tibia with HEF method (hopefuly 6cm) 2019

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Quote from: Infinity on August 21, 2019, 10:50:14 PMgenerally recommended is to not lengthen more than 15% of the bone length, specially in tibia.
True.
This is why most people lengthen 5-6 cm, which is usually around 15% of the bone length.
7 cm looks like the maximum, which not all people can reach safely. You just have to go for it and hope for the best.
I'm hoping for 7 cm, but will be satisfied with 6. Less than that will feel bad for sure.

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Just a quick update.

I just reached 5cm and by the time i will meet Dr Pili again i will be 5,6 and i will stop the lenghtening phase. There is one of the small wires that go trough the tibia and the fibula just below the knew that recently is burning a lot, this one for some reason never healed and is always bleeding a bit and ejecting some serum everyday since 3 months; instead since 3 days ago the leg where i have the ballerina foot hurts where they break the fibula a lot every time i weight bear on it, so i couldn’t do my exercises but everyday is hurting less.

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Thanks for the update.
Did Dr. Pili told you to stop or did you decide based on the pain you currently feel?

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Quote from: Nameless on September 03, 2019, 08:13:53 PMThanks for the update.
Did Dr. Pili told you to stop or did you decide based on the pain you currently feel?

The lengthening has been painless for a while, i only have this one been that been really hurting for some days but today is already much better and i have ballerina only on my left foot. I’m stopping because of some reasons:

 i was already really short before the LL (163cm) and the 15% of by tibias is slighty over 5cm

From what i read everywhere and especially the diaries, 5 cm seems like a balance between safety and gains and i’m pretty happy about my height now

Even if this is a one shot thing to do, i’m already tired to be on frames, at worst with 5cm i will be on frames for 10 months and at best 7/6 months, which is a lot

I want to avoid doing ATL

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Wise move, listening to your mind and body always pays out.

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Quote from: Rei on September 03, 2019, 11:21:53 PMThe lengthening has been painless for a while, i only have this one been that been really hurting for some days but today is already much better and i have ballerina only on my left foot. I’m stopping because of some reasons:

 i was already really short before the LL (163cm) and the 15% of by tibias is slighty over 5cm

From what i read everywhere and especially the diaries, 5 cm seems like a balance between safety and gains and i’m pretty happy about my height now

Even if this is a one shot thing to do, i’m already tired to be on frames, at worst with 5cm i will be on frames for 10 months and at best 7/6 months, which is a lot

I want to avoid doing ATL
Good mindset. I think you will be fine. Better be safe than sorry.

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what is the amount you want to lengthen ur tibias and what have doctors told you it can be achieved?

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So i have some bad news i guess.

Today i met Dr Pili and for some reasons he dosn’t understand my right leg is shorter than a whole cm compared to my leg and he said it never happened before.
I never stopped the lenghting i just slowed it down for a month to 2 turns everyday, we took a full X-Ray of my legs and is clear from my pelvis that something is off.
Dr Pili said from the normal X-Rays that i will post tomorrow that it dosn’t look like i pre-consolidated, even tho he said my bone regeneration is above average, he even actually touch my leg and said that is soft, bow he told me to turn my left leg for two times each day for 8 days and the right one for 3 times for 20 days and we will meet again and at worst we will have to shorten one leg and settle for 4cm.

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Latest X-Rays that i took yesterday, do you think i got a premature consolidation on my right leg? Sorry for the crappy quality

https://imgur.com/a/Bj5DgPV

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ur consolidation on the right is definetely much better than the left but im not sure if thts enough to be stated as premature consolidation. Still the main resisting force would be muscles not the bone while distracting.