Femurs w/ Stryde - Dr. Mahboubian, Nov 2019

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Yea man, the mornings were "Hell" for me...

Settled down around month 2.  Mind you I pushed to the full 8cm, so no need to worry.

Build that routine that gets you going thats key.

Re: Quads thats great news. My advice is continue to stretch them as IF they were still tight. when you hit the 2 inch mark, this is when everything begins to really tighten up, and you are like "DAYUM, what in sam hill wilson  is happenin here!"... So keep stretching them like heck, you will be thankful, and you will dodge the APT if you do.

Keep going you good.

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@BoneStretching - do you mean to say that after two months of lengthening the morning knee issues settled down? That’s encouraging!

Yeah I’m goin to stretch as much as possible. Sending you a PM now

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Yea, you will be over all the initial surgical pain, and dealing with new pain due tightness and weakness, which is more manageable in my opinion.

But stretch those quads like heck, you will need them in once you hit the 2 inch mark.

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@Js I'm just a little bit of ahead of you, I hit 3cm yesterday. Like yourself my quads are flexible, I stretched them like crazy before the surgery. My hamstrings don't feel too bad yet but I'd say they'll soon tighten up. The biggest prob for me by far is the sides of my legs, I'm guessing this is due to the IT bands being cut, they're crazy tight and really affect how I walk.

@Bonestretching So at around 2 months the legs are healed from the surgical trauma? Man I hope you're right, it would be great just to be able to focus on regular stretching without feeling random stabbing pains in my hips or legs with the slightest wrong movement.

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Yea guys, once you hit that 8 week mark, the surgical pains will wear down, but then you will be dealing with tight legs, and weak new muscle, and perhaps residual pain from surgery (but MUCH MUCH lighter). Its a different kind of pain as I mentioned.

My advice team:
 
1. Stretch those quads like a @#$@ (even if they are loose now). This will save you from pelvic tilt, which is a MUG.
2. Stretch those Hammys, keep it going strong,
3. AND walk, and incrementally begin to do strength training. Even if they are baby squats, etc etc (PT should help you with this). Reason being, you are growing new muscle, so if you can strengthen the current AND NEW muscles now, your recovery will be MUCH MUCH quicker.

God speed guys.. all you face now is 100% NORMAL KEEP GOING STRONG.

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Guys, my knees have started to get tight. Any advice?

I’m stretching about 3 times a day, mainly my quads, hams and adductors.