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Going from 6" to 6'3-6'4" with quadrilateral lenghtening

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Posted on Nov 1, 2022, 11:42 pm
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No it is not, when you do them at once the risk you get fat embolism is so big, that you might fkin die man. The rods push fat into your bloofstream no longer than 2 weeks post op.
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Posted on Nov 2, 2022, 4:07 pm
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I did 7 cm.  It does correct, but it just takes forever.  I haven't gone to the gym since I did cll.  5cm, you'll be just fine.  Honestly, 8 is ok...but the healing and rebuilding of the tissues just takes a long time.
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Posted on Nov 2, 2022, 10:25 pm
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Quote from: AllinStryde on November 02, 2022, 04:07:56 PMI did 7 cm.  It does correct, but it just takes forever.  I haven't gone to the gym since I did cll.  5cm, you'll be just fine.  Honestly, 8 is ok...but the healing and rebuilding of the tissues just takes a long time.

The recovery depends to a large part on what your initial "uncorrected" height was prior to the lengthening. In the end, it all comes down to how much lengthening is done percentagewise of the original "uncorrected" length of the bone. If the lengthening is kept under 20 % of the original height, the lengthening can be regarded as safe. Lengthening way under 20 % will most likely preserve most, if not all, of the athletic ability.
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Posted on Nov 2, 2022, 10:47 pm
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Quote from: slowed & reverb on November 01, 2022, 11:42:27 PMNo it is not, when you do them at once the risk you get fat embolism is so big, that you might fkin die man. The rods push fat into your bloofstream no longer than 2 weeks post op.

Note taken. An easy way to avoid this would be to keep the lengthening of the two different segments apart from each other with a couple of weeks. As I am planning on lengthening my femurs with STRYDE or Precise nail while going with the LON-method for my tibias, I will only have rods in my femurs. But doing the second surgery two or three weeks later will probably in any way minimize any possible complications related to the risk of getting fat embolism.
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Posted on Nov 2, 2022, 10:50 pm
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Quote from: Sky is the Limit on November 02, 2022, 10:25:49 PMThe recovery depends to a large part on what your initial "uncorrected" height was prior to the lengthening. In the end, it all comes down to how much lengthening is done percentagewise of the original "uncorrected" length of the bone. If the lengthening is kept under 20 % of the original height, the lengthening can be regarded as safe. Lengthening way under 20 % will most likely preserve most, if not all, of the athletic ability.

You are aware that a 6' guy has maybe like a 6-10cm longer femur than a 5'4 guy right? The height difference is distributed across the entire body (ankle height, tibias, femurs, pelvis, spine, neck and skull)  not just the leg bones. That means that you can "safely" lengthen like between 0.5-1cm more.

I have spoken with a guy who did 6cm on tibs and went from 164 to 170 and he said that he had the knee height of people who are like 188-190
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Posted on Nov 2, 2022, 11:40 pm
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That is a good decision I am planning to do tibias first and after 2 weeks femurs as tibial lengthening and healing takes longer time so i will finish the lengthening basically almost at the same time. Anyways good luck man, choose your surgeon wisely.
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Posted on Nov 3, 2022, 11:52 pm
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Quote from: informationispower on November 02, 2022, 10:50:36 PMYou are aware that a 6' guy has maybe like a 6-10cm longer femur than a 5'4 guy right? The height difference is distributed across the entire body (ankle height, tibias, femurs, pelvis, spine, neck and skull)  not just the leg bones. That means that you can "safely" lengthen like between 0.5-1cm more.

I have spoken with a guy who did 6cm on tibs and went from 164 to 170 and he said that he had the knee height of people who are like 188-190

I am well aware that the height difference is distributed across the entire body. However, people differ much from each other when it comes to proportions. The range for what is considered to be normal may also vary quite a lot. Since the lengthenings I am planning to do is way under 20 % of my initial bone length (it's actually closer to 10 %), I think the lengthening in itself is, from an overall perspective and in the sense of preserving as much of the athletic ability as possible, quite safe to undergo.
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Posted on Nov 4, 2022, 12:04 am
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Quote from: Bcole on November 01, 2022, 01:18:57 AMI kind of have the same plan but I’m only doing 6cm at 5’9 rather than 10cm at 6’. I would say do 6 as well max lol. But it’s up to you. Precice for femur is smart imo, and if you have hair on your legs it can make tibia scarring not as obvious so it’s worth the 20,000 savings. If you’re doing sports at 6’ I don’t really think the surgery is that worth it, you’re obviously tall already. 6cm would get you in perfect male height range, no idea why you would do 10cm.

Why would I be satisfied lengthening only 6 (cm?), when I can easily go with a total of 10 cm? Once I am at it, i.e. in the lengthening phase, why not get as much out of it as possible (of course taking into account the safety limits)?
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Posted on Nov 4, 2022, 11:19 am
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what is your wingspan? if its near to 189 you might go for the 10cms easily. For example my wingspan is 185cm, cause my legs stopped growing too early, thats why i can afford to go with 11cms and have wingspan 4cm shorter
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Posted on Nov 5, 2022, 7:00 pm
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Quote from: slowed & reverb on November 04, 2022, 11:19:49 AMwhat is your wingspan? if its near to 189 you might go for the 10cms easily. For example my wingspan is 185cm, cause my legs stopped growing too early, thats why i can afford to go with 11cms and have wingspan 4cm shorter

My wingspan is relatively the same as my height. However, I don't see this fact as an obstacle to do the lengthening of 10 cm. I still have plenty of room to go for a quadrilateral lengthening of 10 cm with a starting height of 6-6.05", so a few cm in difference between leg-length and arm-length won't matter much.
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