Femurs & Tibias with Dr Paley

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Quote from: Michael01 on November 07, 2019, 06:03:20 AMCan you describe for us how is your pt session? Does it change every session or it's more the same stretches?

It’s pretty much same thing

Most important / main stretch is you stand on the slant board one leg at a time
First bend your knee pushing it forward u feel a stretch in your achilles, 3 minutes each leg
Then straight down trying to touch your heel to the board on the sland, while keeping a straight posture, 3 mins each leg
Total 12 min stretch time. Then the rest of PT is random unimportant   tbh

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Quote from: MyEvolution on November 07, 2019, 09:43:45 PMIt’s pretty much same thing

Most important / main stretch is you stand on the slant board one leg at a time
First bend your knee pushing it forward u feel a stretch in your achilles, 3 minutes each leg
Then straight down trying to touch your heel to the board on the sland, while keeping a straight posture, 3 mins each leg
Total 12 min stretch time. Then the rest of PT is random unimportant   tbh

I imagine something like this.

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Quote from: MyEvolution on November 07, 2019, 09:43:45 PMIt’s pretty much same thing

Most important / main stretch is you stand on the slant board one leg at a time
First bend your knee pushing it forward u feel a stretch in your achilles, 3 minutes each leg
Then straight down trying to touch your heel to the board on the sland, while keeping a straight posture, 3 mins each leg
Total 12 min stretch time. Then the rest of PT is random unimportant   tbh

I just confirmed that the 7.6cm tibia guy was told to do the same amount of long hours stretching even with Stryde at Donghoon hosp, he will be doing Stryde femur
Also precice patients they do the same long hours stretching on bed, I guess living in the hospital is very boring so people tend to dedicate themselves to stretching more hours
7 hours average if aiming 8cm.  Less hours if aiming less cm.  NOT counting breaks
I guess there BF is managed well that’s why precice patients at inpatient ward usually don’t use splints, with good dorsiflexion it seems no need of it there  but provably if there is slight BF better to use splints
 You got very strong will, you’ll make it to 8cm I hope.  Good luck
My Japanese friends feel grateful to your diary.  Thanks a lot
Wish you have some time for video

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Quote from: TemakiSushi on November 06, 2019, 10:58:23 PMHe said other patients who aimed for less than 6cm were doing less hours of stretching than him
Doing over 7cm seems really tough
Besides he plans to do femurs aiming 8cm next year, he had reasons to go through the toughest rehabilitations

hi TemakiSushi, from what I see in the forum, it seems people who plan do both femur and tibia lengthening tends to do femur first, did you know why your friend chose to do tibia first?

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Oh his case it’s because Donghoon will have Stryde end of this year
The last year they didn’t have it yet
The reason why we tend to do tibias is Because most Japanese have short bent tibias
For us tibia surgery is more important than femurs

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Quote from: TemakiSushi on November 09, 2019, 01:23:13 AMOh his case it’s because Donghoon will have Stryde end of this year
The last year they didn’t have it yet
The reason why we tend to do tibias is Because most Japanese have short bent tibias
For us tibia surgery is more important than femurs
hi, TemakiSushi, thanks for the reply. That makes perfect sense. I was thinking that it might also have the benefit to make it easier to achieve the 7~8cm lengthening goal for tibia if done first. But that is just my idea, I have not read anything in the forum that support this idea.

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Quote from: Michael01 on November 07, 2019, 10:30:04 PM
I imagine something like this.

Ya that’s litterally the exact stretch!!

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Quote from: TemakiSushi on November 09, 2019, 01:23:13 AMOh his case it’s because Donghoon will have Stryde end of this year
The last year they didn’t have it yet
The reason why we tend to do tibias is Because most Japanese have short bent tibias
For us tibia surgery is more important than femurs

Is the stretch he did like the video or did he litterally just stand on the board for hours? I’m going to ask my PT guy what he thinks of this method you are talking about!

Appreciate the insight i really wanna hit 8cm ballerina free

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OYG did quadrilateral and did tibia first, 3weeks after tibias, did femurs at Paley
I don’t know the reasons why tibia first in his case

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Quote from: MyEvolution on November 09, 2019, 05:44:31 AMIs the stretch he did like the video or did he litterally just stand on the board for hours? I’m going to ask my PT guy what he thinks of this method you are talking about!

Appreciate the insight i really wanna hit 8cm ballerina free
Continuous Standing calf stretch with wedge is for Achilles
He said it was extreamly painful screaming and crying sometimes, but continued stretching and after like 30min, suddenly endorphins come out in the brain and cease the pain, so he could continue stretching longer period and once calves start to shake, it was time to have a break.  Repeated this several times a day
For upper part like back of knee, he used leg press machine and sand bag weights over his knees and straighten legs.  Also for a long period sitting in this position

But precice patients, they use rubber bands to stretch calves on the bed and they were told to be very careful not to push too much so that the precice nail wouldn’t break when doing the same continuous long hours stretching

Physical therapists were checking the forms of stretches everyday except for weekends
Also they give massage

I guess moving legs like in the video wouldn’t induce endorphins
Need more continuous pressure or pain for brain to induce endorphins