Dream_catcher: Dr. Guichet internal femur - summer 2016

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Hey dream catcher! Sorry to read you're in some kind of trouble. But just keep in mind that only the first weeks will be the worst. Clicking is a pain in the ass also because of the still healing wounds after your just recent operation it will definitely get better soon.

Although I'm a Betz patient I wanted you to ask how you click? He showed us a completely different way that was so damn painful all the time. Holding your leg in the air and touring your lower leg to the side to click. That was so bad!

I figured a very easy method out for me (I know others used this too), so maybe I can ease that one for you?!

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Not gonna lie that Nail of his needs upgrading. Part of the reason I consider the percice to be the more superior of all the internal nails.

Keep going dream_catcher. Like Jesse said, the first weeks are the worst. After that everything becomes much better!

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Quote from: Jessie Believer on July 02, 2016, 02:58:27 AMHey dream catcher! Sorry to read you're in some kind of trouble. But just keep in mind that only the first weeks will be the worst. Clicking is a pain in the ass also because of the still healing wounds after your just recent operation it will definitely get better soon.

Although I'm a Betz patient I wanted you to ask how you click? He showed us a completely different way that was so damn painful all the time. Holding your leg in the air and touring your lower leg to the side to click. That was so bad!

I figured a very easy method out for me (I know others used this too), so maybe I can ease that one for you?!
I open up my legs wide and put one foot on a place higher than my body, and then use one hand to turn the elevated knee. When my legs are relaxed, this more or less works for me. The problem arises when my leg somehow contracts unconsciously when I try to click.

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Well, you might wanna try this (hope my description works):

Example clicking the left leg:

Sit on the edge of a normal height couch with your left butt side hanging over (not sitting on he couch). So the left side will "fall" down a little bit. With the betz nail this position is already rotating the nail to some point.

Now if you want to click you still need to turn your left leg inwards, keeping your left foot stable on the floor.

The click came so easy with that one.

Other method was to sit on a chair. now lean your upper body very far to the left pressing your butt into the chair. then turn your left leg inwards.

Hope this helps somehow

JB

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Quote from: Alu on July 02, 2016, 03:40:09 AMNot gonna lie that Nail of his needs upgrading. Part of the reason I consider the percice to be the more superior of all the internal nails.

Keep going dream_catcher. Like Jesse said, the first weeks are the worst. After that everything becomes much better!

I like the full weight bearing compared to precice, but otherwise yeah, it needs updated. Clicking honestly look like hell on earth to do.

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The next morning Dr. Guichet tried to call me, but I missed it. So he left a message asking me to come to his office in an hour. I rushed to his office and without even asking how I couldn't click he let me lie down on a sofa, and then brought a small table and some cusions besides the sofa. Having prepared this, he instructed me to open up my legs wide and put one foot on the small table, and then turn my knee to click. Wow, it was so easy to click by myself in this way! I just need to find the right position to click.His confidence in the nail really impressed me and since then I always look into what I might have done wrong in clicking rather than worry about the nail, if I can't click.

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Quote from: dream_catcher on July 03, 2016, 05:26:27 PMThe next morning Dr. Guichet tried to call me, but I missed it. So he left a message asking me to come to his office in an hour. I rushed to his office and without even asking how I couldn't click he let me lie down on a sofa, and then brought a small table and some cusions besides the sofa. Having prepared this, he instructed me to open up my legs wide and put one foot on the small table, and then turn my knee to click. Wow, it was so easy to click by myself in this way! I just need to find the right position to click.His confidence in the nail really impressed me and since then I always look into what I might have done wrong in clicking rather than worry about the nail, if I can't click.

Every time you get worried about something, it's been turning out alright in the end. That seems like a good place to be!   

Keep moving forward bro.

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Quote from: CCMidwest on July 03, 2016, 05:20:24 PMI like the full weight bearing compared to precice, but otherwise yeah, it needs updated. Clicking honestly look like hell on earth to do.
Same here. I think full weight bearing is way more important, thouh I wish the nails to have radio-controlled automatic ratcheting. You still click, but click a button instead and let the machinery do the real work.

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Dr G stated before that with hyper fast track some of his patients are able to reach 44 mm in 1 month. 
Now that you are half a month post surgery,
Where would you say you are at? Is it possible to hit 44 mm in 1 month?

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Hey Dream_catcher, hope things are good. How are you?