Quote from: MirinHeight on February 09, 2018, 03:33:08 AMthats an amazing recovery bro!
Thanks man! I'm blessed in that sense. The others are recovering decently as well.
Quote from: ShortLivesMatter on February 09, 2018, 06:27:32 AMCongrats on recovering so quickly! Any tips on fixing your gait? I recently had LL done as well and am starting to walk and my gait is pretty bad, my hips sway alot. Is it just a matter of walking as much as possible, did you do any stretches to fix the hip sway?
Thanks, SLM. How's your recovery? I've found that walking a lot is the most useful, along with the regular stretching. I don't know what specific stretches will fix that. I'm just touching my toes to the fingers. I'm going to try the stretching on Androids video.
Quote from: Android on February 09, 2018, 07:55:09 AMAwesome update, glad you're recovering so well. Your friends are in for some confusing moments. Good luck on your interviews!
Not Puru, but I'd try these exercises.
Thanks Android! They'll be confused tomorrow. Thanks for the link as well. I'll try those.
Quote from: fivefive on February 10, 2018, 01:33:23 AMPuru, that post I quoted above was 2.5 months in. You were walking with crutches during lengthening, right? Just not up and down the stairs.
Correct. I started using crutches pretty late. I think it was during week 8.
Femoral Lengthening with Dr. Paley
What made you decide to do 8cm all at once? I heard it gets pretty painful after 5-6cm, like unbearably painful. Is that true? To hear that you're up and walking just a few months later is a big surprise, congratulations on the recovery!:)
Quote from: CaptainAmerica on February 10, 2018, 11:15:30 PMWhat made you decide to do 8cm all at once? I heard it gets pretty painful after 5-6cm, like unbearably painful. Is that true? To hear that you're up and walking just a few months later is a big surprise, congratulations on the recovery!:)
I stopped at 6.5 cm not 8 cm. My goal was about 6cm. Anything more was a bonus. It started getting really painful after 5cm.
This may be why my recovery is relatively fast.
Update:
Not too much of a change. My flexibility is still very low compared to DoingItForMe (My heels are nowhere close to my butt when I do a standing knee bend). I still can't touch the floor with my fingertips when I bend down with legs straight. I'm getting much better in this regard, but very slowly. By comparison, my bone healing was phenomenal. I'm getting an X-Ray on Wednesday. I'm going to send it to Dr. Paley and ask if I can start jogging now.
As far as strength goes, I'm doing very well. At a slow (2 mph) pace, I can walk 1.3 miles w.o getting tired. Today at the gym I biked for 20 minutes and walked for 10 minutes at 3 mph. That got me sweating (120 heart rate).
I've started lifting weights as well. My arm and shoulder strength is much higher than before LL due to using the walker/crutches. I'm not sure how much weight I can carry so I do all my weightlifting in 10/5 lb increments (ie if I want to bench 135 lbs, instead of putting 2 45 lb plates on each side I put 4 10 lb plates and 1 5 lb plate on each side). It looks ridiculous but oh well.
I'm working out heavily now to try to get to my pre LL level of fitness (8.5 minute mile nonstop, 6 minute mile in 1 minute increments when doing HIIT, run 12 mph for at least 30 seconds, run 3 miles in under 30 minutes, squat 160 ish, deadlift 160 ish, and do 90 jump squats in 3 sets).
I met up with some of my old friends. They all said that I looked a lot skinnier. This is despite going from a situation where they were all taller than me to now where only one of them is 2" taller than me. They didn't think my gait was off despite us walking around the bar area for a long time (I didnt keep track of how much I walked but I didn't feel tired at all). I was walking/climbing stairs at the same pace as they were.
Still unemployed :/ Thankfully I have plenty of runway.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. My scars are slowly fading away. Yay !
Quote from: Purushrottam on February 19, 2018, 02:27:09 AMUpdate:
Not too much of a change. My flexibility is still very low compared to DoingItForMe (My heels are nowhere close to my butt when I do a standing knee bend). I still can't touch the floor with my fingertips when I bend down with legs straight. I'm getting much better in this regard, but very slowly. By comparison, my bone healing was phenomenal. I'm getting an X-Ray on Wednesday. I'm going to send it to Dr. Paley and ask if I can start jogging now.
As far as strength goes, I'm doing very well. At a slow (2 mph) pace, I can walk 1.3 miles w.o getting tired. Today at the gym I biked for 20 minutes and walked for 10 minutes at 3 mph. That got me sweating (120 heart rate).
I've started lifting weights as well. My arm and shoulder strength is much higher than before LL due to using the walker/crutches. I'm not sure how much weight I can carry so I do all my weightlifting in 10/5 lb increments (ie if I want to bench 135 lbs, instead of putting 2 45 lb plates on each side I put 4 10 lb plates and 1 5 lb plate on each side). It looks ridiculous but oh well.
I'm working out heavily now to try to get to my pre LL level of fitness (8.5 minute mile nonstop, 6 minute mile in 1 minute increments when doing HIIT, run 12 mph for at least 30 seconds, run 3 miles in under 30 minutes, squat 160 ish, deadlift 160 ish, and do 90 jump squats in 3 sets).
I met up with some of my old friends. They all said that I looked a lot skinnier. This is despite going from a situation where they were all taller than me to now where only one of them is 2" taller than me. They didn't think my gait was off despite us walking around the bar area for a long time (I didnt keep track of how much I walked but I didn't feel tired at all). I was walking/climbing stairs at the same pace as they were.
Still unemployed :/ Thankfully I have plenty of runway.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. My scars are slowly fading away. Yay !
Great to hear about the bone healing.
Do you feel pain anywhere when going down/upstairs at your friends' pace?
Cheers, Puru.
Quote from: myloginacct on February 21, 2018, 07:37:33 PMGreat to hear about the bone healing.
Do you feel pain anywhere when going down/upstairs at your friends' pace?
Cheers, Puru.
Thanks! I don't feel any pain going up/down the stairs. It is a bit awkward though. My walking however, is completely painless and normal (for about a mile).
I was planning on getting an X Ray today to see if I could go jogging. However I was sick today so I didn't go. I have interviews for the rest of the week so I won't get my next X rays until next week.
Just emailed Paley my latest X-Rays (3 months post lengthening). I can job/squat/deadlift/play sports now.
Congrats Puru, a new chapter has begun!
Good job and well done for your fast consolidation.
The hard part is now gone.
Congratulations Puru. Very happy to hear of your progress to this new stage. Enjoy it !
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