Has anyone got any positive stories of doing 6.5cm tibia

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Hi I'm planning on doing this surgery, and planning to do LON tibia with 6.5cm lengthening, is this too much or should i shoot down to 6cm? Any positive stories? Currently 5'8 would like to hit 5'11 to be a strong 5'10 and be done with surgery as my wingspan hits 5'10

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Any particular reason you’re planning on tibias instead of femurs?

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Quote from: TheDream on June 17, 2023, 12:05:47 AMAny particular reason you’re planning on tibias instead of femurs?

I've changed my mind because I'm going with Parihar for his experience and cost, and he doesn't do LON femurs, so I'm going to do tibia.

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Donghoon lee patient 7.2cm LON tibias

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it denpends on your body. nobody can tell you whether you can do it or not, but the longer your tibia, more likely you can lengthen more. working hard on PT must

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I did 7.5 cm on tibias and I am fine.
Maybe I would have been better doing 1-1.5cm less but maybe not. For me getting even 1.5cm more from my initial height which was not good was important and I felt good even after 6.5 cm so I pushed for more.
And now I feel right with my choice.

These nowadays "safe limits" of 5cm for tibias are plain bs and most doctors who insist on them are to push their patients to give double or triple the money to do internal femurs which is a much more invasive and risky procedure compared to external tibias.
And in no way 8cm on femurs are easier or safer than 6.5cm on tibias. The biomechanics will have the same differences after so there is no reason for 8cm on femurs to be safer than 6.5cm on tibias.
Of course some people may not handle this lengthening on tibias due to equinus problem but that you will see it only during kengthening. Most people can handle 6-6.5cm on tibias without any major equinus issue.

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Quote from: Body Builder on June 17, 2023, 01:25:28 PMI did 7.5 cm on tibias and I am fine.
Maybe I would have been better doing 1-1.5cm less but maybe not. For me getting even 1.5cm more from my initial height which was not good was important and I felt good even after 6.5 cm so I pushed for more.
And now I feel right with mt choice.

These nowadays "safe limits" of 5cm for tibias are plain bs and most doctors who insist on them are to oush their patients to give double or triple the money to do internal femurs which is a much more invasive and risky procedure compared to external tibias.
And in no way 8cm on femurs are easier or safer than 6.5cm on tibias. The biomechanics will have the same differences after so there is no reason for 8cm on femurs to be safer than 6.5cm on tibias.
Of course some people may not handle this lengthening on tibias due to equinus problem but that you will see it only during kengthening. Most people can handle 6-6.5cm on tibias without any major equinus issue.

You forget to mention you did both achilles lengthening and afterwards Achilles shortening

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Quote from: informationispower on June 17, 2023, 01:29:34 PMYou forget to mention you did both achilles lengthening and afterwards Achilles shortening

The reason I did achilles shortening was that I didn't really needed achilles lengthening to begin and was just a major fault from the moron doctor I had back then.
If I walked for some months my equinus would have been fixed without even the need to do this crap surgery and then to fix it again with a shortening to the initial tendon's length.

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Quote from: Body Builder on June 17, 2023, 01:25:28 PMinternal femurs which is a much more invasive and risky procedure compared to external tibias.

Uh??

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Quote from: informationispower on June 17, 2023, 01:29:34 PMYou forget to mention you did both achilles lengthening and afterwards Achilles shortening

I have almost the exact same experience and opinion as Body Builder.  I did not get any Achilles surgery.  Fortunately for me, my doctor did know better.