So happy to keep reading of your progress Puruahrottam!! Gives me hope. That's an awesome recovery.
Any lingering aches or pains? How are the knees?
I'm at 6cm now and my knees are killing me along with my tightness.
All the best!!
Quote from: LAGrowin on March 28, 2018, 06:34:29 AMSo happy to keep reading of your progress Puruahrottam!! Gives me hope. That's an awesome recovery.
Any lingering aches or pains? How are the knees?
I'm at 6cm now and my knees are killing me along with my tightness.
All the best!!
Thank you! Hope your recovery goes well as well. I'm sure it will!
No aches/pains. My pains went away less than a week after I stopped lengthening. Sitting in certain positions was a bit uncomfortable (due to low flexibility) but that went away really fast. Sometimes my upper femurs hurt after I jog for a long time (but I haven't jogged in a while so I dont' know).
My knees are totally fine. They feel the same as if they were prior to LL (just sans flexibility... I can't kneebend very far. Hoping to fix that soon). At 6 cm I was in a lot of tightness/pain. I had slowed down to .75 mm/day.
I was traveling last week in a city with lots of tunnels/stairs. My pedometer counted about 14k steps (6 miles I think) daily and I felt no soreless/aches and pains (just a bit tired.. same as if I had walked that much before LL).
Thank you Purushrottam. Counting the days now. So close.
Your recovery gives me so much hope that mine will be as smooth. I worry about the lingering pains and aches after consolidation. Seems your continued level of activity has really helped.
Happy to hear of the continuous process for you! Thank you for taking the time.
This is a great diary. I stopped lengthening myself a few months earlier than you, back in August, and it seems you’re pretty much on track to how I was when I was recovering. I went to 7.6cm though. I can do everything I could do pre-LL besides Sprint, though I haven’t tried it yet lol. Squats and leg presses in the gym aren’t as heavy as before yet, for obvious reasons. Good luck with the rest of your recovery, very happy for you!
Quote from: LAGrowin on March 29, 2018, 06:03:59 PMThank you Purushrottam. Counting the days now. So close.
Your recovery gives me so much hope that mine will be as smooth. I worry about the lingering pains and aches after consolidation. Seems your continued level of activity has really helped.
Happy to hear of the continuous process for you! Thank you for taking the time.
No problem! Thats awesome to hear. How much are you planning on lengthening? There were other patients in your age group. None of them seem to be having any lingering aches/pains. I can ask them to verify. They are recovering as well as I am (they lengthened 8 cm, 10 cm, and 7.1 cm).
Quote from: Brb6ftTall on March 29, 2018, 08:23:28 PMThis is a great diary. I stopped lengthening myself a few months earlier than you, back in August, and it seems you’re pretty much on track to how I was when I was recovering. I went to 7.6cm though. I can do everything I could do pre-LL besides Sprint, though I haven’t tried it yet lol. Squats and leg presses in the gym aren’t as heavy as before yet, for obvious reasons. Good luck with the rest of your recovery, very happy for you!
Thanks! Thats good to hear! When were you able to do squats unassisted? Was there any workout you did to improve your squats (other than doing squats..lol)? How much do you squat/leg press now vs pre LL?
Quote from: Purushrottam on March 30, 2018, 02:50:25 AMThanks! Thats good to hear! When were you able to do squats unassisted? Was there any workout you did to improve your squats (other than doing squats..lol)? How much do you squat/leg press now vs pre LL?
Nvm, got the ansnwer from Brb's diary.
Quote from: Purushrottam on March 30, 2018, 02:49:10 AMNo problem! Thats awesome to hear. How much are you planning on lengthening? There were other patients in your age group. None of them seem to be having any lingering aches/pains. I can ask them to verify. They are recovering as well as I am (they lengthened 8 cm, 10 cm, and 7.1 cm).
Thank you! Yes if you don't mind asking, that would be great!
I decided to stop at 7cm. I am beyond tight not and experiencing some tough pain. I know it's normal in the 5-6cm range.
That's some serious lengthening for them. Wow!
Quote from: LAGrowin on March 30, 2018, 05:17:02 AMThank you! Yes if you don't mind asking, that would be great!
I decided to stop at 7cm. I am beyond tight not and experiencing some tough pain. I know it's normal in the 5-6cm range.
That's some serious lengthening for them. Wow!
Yeah just heard back. They don't have any aches/pains. I should add that even though they were older (40s), their flexibility came back much earlier than mine did. It's because they stretched more. I had faster bone recovery.
Mini Update:
I just ran .27 miles in 2 minutes w.o stopping. That's 7:50 mile pace. I stopped because I was out of breath, not because of pain in my legs. I thought Iwas jogging slowly but I suppose the longer legs give you a slight speed bonus. That same pace felt like what 8:40 used to feel like pre LL. About to hit the gym for 2 hours.
Hey Puru,
Following in your footsteps, I had my surgery a few weeks ago. You might be a cm or two taller than I was, but I may stop at around 6.5 as well.
Did you have any swelling or tightness in your knees? These have been my problems, but I don't recall seeing that mentioned in any of the diaries.
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