Femurs stryde with Giotikas (July 2020)

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on September 13, 2020, 01:59:46 PMSir, you should probably get a personal PT and actually rehab way more. You make think I am joking but if you don't fix these issues right now when you are still distracting then once you distract your goal it is over and you will take a long time to recover. Please sir. No longer will I be politically correct. You need to get your as* to PT asap. Not just "muh one stretch a day", that's nothing .This is super super concerning.

Doesn't Giotikas, have specific PT instructions if you're lengthening at home?  Also m7liam, I have to agree with everyone here.  Fixing the issue while distracting seems the most logical thing to do and will definitely speed up recovery time. Please take care now for a couple months and live the rest of the time after free of worries!

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Don't worry about wide legs , with internal method this is quite common if your adductors muscles are not enough strong and  IT  band is tight

After finishing lengthening 6 to 8 week your legs will become in Normal range
don't try to push your leg hard to make it normal range(avoid Force full abduction) this may cause Hyper loadrosis ( permanent back pain)

There are some excercise You can try ( but don't do forcefully)



1.Isometric adduction with knees bent (ball between both leg)

2.Concentric adduction exercises

3.Resisted exercises with elastic band for adductor muscles

4. Ilio - pesos stretching ( thomas stretch)

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Quote from: StrydeNailChallenge on September 13, 2020, 03:54:16 PMI started taking Gabapentin (two 300mg pills per day) prescribed by Dr. M. I am on day 2. I can't tell if it lowered the pain level. Online info and the experience of our CLL folks here show that it may take a week or two, before it starts suppressing the nerve pain.  Please talk to your Dr. about Gabapentin and see if you should start taking it now, so the remaining mm's to 8cm would be easier to achieve.


Thanks. I've been taking 75mg of Lyrica daily since Day 1.

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Quote from: more on September 14, 2020, 07:20:28 AMDon't worry about wide legs , with internal method this is quite common if your adductors muscles are not enough strong and  IT  band is tight

After finishing lengthening 6 to 8 week your legs will become in Normal range
don't try to push your leg hard to make it normal range(avoid Force full abduction) this may cause Hyper loadrosis ( permanent back pain)

There are some excercise You can try ( but don't do forcefully)



1.Isometric adduction with knees bent (ball between both leg)

2.Concentric adduction exercises

3.Resisted exercises with elastic band for adductor muscles

4. Ilio - pesos stretching ( thomas stretch)

Thanks, this is super helpful. Are there any other exercises you recommend as the ones you mention don't seem to be very forceful? I will try them out though.

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Hello , can you climb stairs up and down easily? Are you able now to walk fast?

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Quote from: igalok on September 15, 2020, 04:13:14 AMHello , can you climb stairs up and down easily? Are you able now to walk fast?

Yes I can climb stairs with no issues. Down is a bit harder but still not too big of a deal.

I haven't tried walking fast to be honest given I don't want to fall. But my walking is about the same as before.

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Hi.

Has Giotikas performed and itb release on you?
I've seen many femur patients (regardless of the nail) walking but noone with a so big gap between the knees. I hope it is nothing important but still it doesn't seem very normal to me, especially at too soon (2,5 cm).

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Quote from: Body Builder on September 15, 2020, 09:09:31 AMHi.

Has Giotikas performed and itb release on you?
I've seen many femur patients (regardless of the nail) walking but noone with a so big gap between the knees. I hope it is nothing important but still it doesn't seem very normal to me, especially at too soon (2,5 cm).
Giotikas is not that much SKILL  doctor . He is still in learning phase ( in my opinion)

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Quote from: m7liam on September 15, 2020, 03:45:30 AMThanks, this is super helpful. Are there any other exercises you recommend as the ones you mention don't seem to be very forceful? I will try them out though.
If you are interested my PT suggested me even to raise all the straight limb by 30-40cm doing meanwhile isometric contraction of the quad.
I have solved the bend knee and a light valgus coming back with the nail extension, it has been very useful because I’ve given my tissues some more time to grow and extend.

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Quote from: more on September 15, 2020, 10:26:00 AMGiotikas is not that much SKILL  doctor . He is still in learning phase ( in my opinion)

Don't be so unfair to Giotikas when @m7liam has already admitted that he practically abandoned physio after he left Athens! Giotikas is currently one of the most experienced LL doctors worldwide, practicing distraction osteogenesis since 2012 in two of the most serious hospitals in the world (Cambridge and Oxford). He is not just "anyone" in my opinion and this is proven by his instant success when he started his Athens clinic.

To be honest,  I am really surprised that @m7liam is doing so well despite his luck of comittment. Maybe this has to do with the quality of surgery and physio that he received whilst in Athens.