Quote from: OzBoy39 on April 23, 2023, 06:20:18 AMIf it helps try go watch the videos i made on page 2 or 3...
I had problems clicking with what the nurses call "conventional" technique with your legs spread on a pillow and you pushing the knee down. It never worked for me.
Then i worked onto he clicking myself and changed to a different technique which made clicking super easy. Check the videos and perhaps try for yourself.
Slowly....very slowly is the key to avoid pain.
Plus it's only the first week. It indeed is painful. But it gets way better.
Just tried your video. Managed to click my right leg by myself although that's always been the easier leg (still, first time I've clicked alone, so that's progress!).
Left leg still hit a wall of resistance and pain. 
Do you know if the Dr will provide stronger pain meds to get over this initial clicking period? Or if there's some backup plan in these cases where the clicking causes immense pain? At this point I'd be quite happy for them to just sedate me and click my left leg while I'm asleep...would that option be entertained? I guess the nurses that visit would be able to do the injection if so?
G-Nail on femurs in Greece on Aug24th. Let's do this!!!
Where is the pain? Hip and groin area? And also, is the pain occurring whilst trying to reach the clicking point or is it painful when it clicks?
If the first, try easing into the rotation very...very slowly. I mean... Really slooowllly.
Start twisting, and as soon as it starts hurting a little bit.... Hold it right there in that spot of initial pain for 20, 30seconds...as long as it takes for the pain to subside. Then push a little further and stop as soon as you feel pain again...repeat until it clicks.
In 90% Of cases this pain is due to the muscles fighting that movement... As if you were trying to do a split. If you're able to relax, the muscles will let go. For me... It was a matter of holding the leg for ages twisted at an angle where I felt a level of pain that I could tolerate...and then progressing when the pain goes down.
Also watch your femur and how it rotates. Sometimes I was just in a wrong angle and not really rotating the femur (imagine the nail into the bone and try to follow it's axis).
In any case, i did hear about some patient having to be sedated for some clicking session but i think it's quite an extreme case. Ask the doctor or the nurses. See what they think.
Please try the approach above. That is what did it for me. Slow...super slow, advance millimeters at a time...
Quote from: OzBoy39 on April 24, 2023, 10:11:32 AMWhere is the pain? Hip and groin area? And also, is the pain occurring whilst trying to reach the clicking point or is it painful when it clicks?
If the first, try easing into the rotation very...very slowly. I mean... Really slooowllly.
Start twisting, and as soon as it starts hurting a little bit.... Hold it right there in that spot of initial pain for 20, 30seconds...as long as it takes for the pain to subside. Then push a little further and stop as soon as you feel pain again...repeat until it clicks.
In 90% Of cases this pain is due to the muscles fighting that movement... As if you were trying to do a split. If you're able to relax, the muscles will let go. For me... It was a matter of holding the leg for ages twisted at an angle where I felt a level of pain that I could tolerate...and then progressing when the pain goes down.
Also watch your femur and how it rotates. Sometimes I was just in a wrong angle and not really rotating the femur (imagine the nail into the bone and try to follow it's axis).
In any case, i did hear about some patient having to be sedated for some clicking session but i think it's quite an extreme case. Ask the doctor or the nurses. See what they think.
Please try the approach above. That is what did it for me. Slow...super slow, advance millimeters at a time...
Thanks a ton. Just managed a click on the difficult leg by myself. Yeah, the pain was in the groin area - I did what you suggested and just went super super slow.
15 of those a day will definitely suck but at least I know its possible now! Feeling more optimistic now than before.
In a week or 2 this'll be super easy! For some reason as you get used to it and time passes your body seems to relax and allow to reach the clicking point so much easier.
Almost too easy. You'll see what I mean.
Anyway glad that worked. Good luck on the journey ahead
Quote from: OzBoy39 on April 25, 2023, 05:21:49 AMIn a week or 2 this'll be super easy! For some reason as you get used to it and time passes your body seems to relax and allow to reach the clicking point so much easier.
Almost too easy. You'll see what I mean.
Anyway glad that worked. Good luck on the journey ahead
Yeah done 2 days of 15 clicks now, it's way way easier than before.
You should get that new technique patented or something, lol. It's a lifesaver!
I should get a dollar for each click done in that way...
I'd be a millionaire in a few months... And taller lol!!!
Hey OzBoy, how are you holding up?
How much have you lengthened by now? And how are you feeling about this new height?
Any hiccups or other info you wanna share?
Hope all is good. Cheers
Hi Will,
Well as per many other diaries, I too have lost a bit of drive about updating the diary. Apologies for that.
I did lengthen about 8.2cm but I was done with the clicking around mid December last year. 172cm now. (Easily 175cm with shoes).
Fast forward 6 months to today and ...
I haven't recovered yet. I walk without crutches, but still with a limp, with difficulty, and if I walk too much, with pain.
I can't sit below 50cm without helping me with my hands, let alone squatting and I have the last little bit of duck ass lingering...which contributes to my walk hips saying..
I would say that compared to my "athletic" ability presurgery, i am at about 30%
The progress is constant but extremely slow. And it gets frustrating at times. You really gotta stay super patient.
Plus I'm not doing a great job stretching as I have to take care of 2 businesses and a kid.
However, my bones have joined and i hope in 4 weeks (next x-ray) i can see some good calcification going on. Progress for me has really started to pickup in the last few months where my bones have started joining. I'm not sure but i think that has a lot to do with the recovery.
The new height is super great. It makes all these struggles bearable. I feel good with myself. I meet with people who were taller than me and looked good... And now I am taller than them.
Not much else to be honest. It is a long ride that's for sure. For all the ones out there who haven't done it. Do not kid yourself. 3 months ain't gonna cut it. Some lucky people manage to do it in a very short time, but the majority of us need about 1 year to get back to a somewhat normal walking.
With this, until next x-ray (or until i manage my first body squat), keep grinding. I'm out!
Thank you for the detailed diary. I’m really happy for you! Makes me happy to see you enjoying your taller height 
Quote from: OzBoy39 on May 12, 2023, 11:54:32 AMNot much else to be honest. It is a long ride that's for sure. For all the ones out there who haven't done it. Do not kid yourself. 3 months ain't gonna cut it. Some lucky people manage to do it in a very short time, but the majority of us need about 1 year to get back to a somewhat normal walking.
With this, until next x-ray (or until i manage my first body squat), keep grinding. I'm out!
Thanks for the update man! What does your doctor think about your progress? Is he surprised? I know stretching is painful but it's important to keep doing it after lengthening as well (I just finished lengthening myself). I know easier said than done..are you at least doing some PT?
And I'm glad you mentioned 3 months ain't gonna cut it. I think way too many people here are in delusions about that. Even if you spend a lot of time on rehab and able to recover faster, it still takes time to recover. Hope your next x-rays are good!
One last thing. I saw you help p00293 earlier in the thread. I know you haven't spent much time here lately but I strongly suggest you spend 5 minutes to quickly skim through some of his posts. He's been a gigantic jerk, lashing out on anyone who would question anything he says, and driving away good people from this forum. He definitely doesn't deserve any help from us, he should spend his LL suffering alone.
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