The right callus is stronger than the left and thats maybe why you feel more pain when you lengthen right foot.
That said, these calluses are far from preconsolidation so I wonder why doctors don't let patients to lengthen at a slower rate than 1mm after 3-4cms to have an easier and safer lengthening and a faster consolidation.
Your right femur is angular which not good at all , if you post whole femur x-ray will be seen clearly,
Hi @m7liam, nice x-rays and a very good consolidation, congrats!
Keep it going till you are all done.
Hi all, I did x-rays yesterday. Turns out my left leg is at 5.5cm and my right at 6.5cm when I expected both to be 7.0cm.
Looks like I have been very lazy with my lengthening technique in the last 2 weeks and the machine hasn't been connecting properly.
A 10 day setback but I guess it is what it is. Partly explains why my left leg was feeling completely fine lol.
Quote from: m7liam on October 02, 2020, 03:16:50 PMHi all, I did x-rays yesterday. Turns out my left leg is at 5.5cm and my right at 6.5cm when I expected both to be 7.0cm.
Looks like I have been very lazy with my lengthening technique in the last 2 weeks and the machine hasn't been connecting properly.
A 10 day setback but I guess it is what it is. Partly explains why my left leg was feeling completely fine lol.
Oh no! Sorry to hear. Hope things get better for you. Keep us posted on your results. Not a big setback. How is everything else otherwise
Can't figure out how this could happen? Does the machine sometimes malfunction?
I hope you will be ok
Hi m7liam,
Do you know which ERC device you are using? I believe the ERC1 is the most accurate device, but it doesn't automatically stop like the ERC4 (the purple one) does when the magnet doesn't align properly (I think, I'm not sure).
How u know it's not preconsolidation. Did doctor take x-ray on spot, then lengthen a whole 1cm, then take another x-ray to see if it moved that any, then reverse back 1cm obviously
I had similar problem with Erc1. Post an RX pic if you like. If it's already consolidated you have to go back with the other one. Using the device is very important the height of the thigh, for the rest it is a strong magnet.
I’m using the old ERC machine, it’s black in colour, this one definitely doesn’t detect if it touches the magnet.
Doctor said based on my bone callus, it’s not preconsolidation.
2 weeks of not lengthening actually makes sense since I changed hotels 2 weeks ago and the power plug is a bit further away. So I don’t press down when I lengthen the leg. Also I’ve been just using one hand and playing the phone while lengthening.
The left right discrepancy might be due to the power plug being on my right side and so the cord is tightened when I move to left side.
Who knows I guess.
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