How long is the "pain phase"?

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So from the inactivity. Makes sense.

Thanks Bigfaker.

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Quote from: Bigfaker on July 05, 2016, 12:12:01 AM
when I accidentally set my newly-broken leg on the floor, 4th day post-osteotomy, it was surely a 9.5 for a few seconds. Had I to endure minutes of that, I would have jumped out the window...you know, a 99 on the BPM. 

I might sound silly, but I really want to know.....How many seconds? It sounded pretty scary!

And, so if I avoid lengthening above 4.7 or 4.9 cms, can I avoid the horrific pain you spoke about?

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I can't tell you exactly. Remember this happened over 31 months ago. The pain came in a big jolt then lasted maybe 15-20 seconds. The adrenaline rush protected me after that. If you are not familiar with the body/brain connection in perceiving pain, look up how analgesics work.

None of my fellow patients mentioned anything similar happening to them. It was just a freakish thing. Maybe it was the angle of the step down or perhaps the pressure caused the opposing ends of the fractured tibia to rub together. A couple weeks later (on New Year's Eve), I fell off a chair in the guest house and felt no pain from that at all.

Quote from: mtall on July 06, 2016, 04:57:16 AMAnd, so if I avoid lengthening above 4.7 or 4.9 cms, can I avoid the horrific pain you spoke about?

This was on the day I was getting discharged after frame installation. I hadn't even started lengthening, so it doesn't matter how much I would lengthen months later. But I have to reiterate, it was probably just a freak incident. Just be VERY careful when you step onto the floor before you start distracting!

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As everyone here has already said, the worst of the pain is experienced right after the surgery for a period of about two weeks. It's not an overwhelming pain, just a strong aching pain that's similar to post workout soreness. On a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 5/10. Throughout the lengthening process you will feel other types of pain but again it's not overwhelming although it is still painful and very irritating. Lengthening pain doing externals is mostly nerve pain which I would describe as similar to the pain you feel when experiencing cramps, only in your legs. It's impossible to ignore and sucks all of your focus on to it, but again it's manageable and with painkillers will go away. That type of pain usually only happens if you lengthen without stopping for 2 weeks but goes away after about two days of no lengthening. Overall you will experience different kinds of pain throughout the entire process but it's not as crazy as you might imagine it to be.