How much should I go for [5'9]

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How tall are your parents?

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Quote from: myloginacc on May 05, 2019, 01:56:18 AMHow tall are your parents?

6’3 and 5’7

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Feel so sad for you.
I'm 5'11 at evening having 5'6 and 5'0 parents. My 14 yo brother is 5'7.5 already.

In your case something really went wrong. I would expect u to grow 6'2 at least.

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Quote from: 177cmm on May 05, 2019, 05:02:38 PMFeel so sad for you.
I'm 5'11 at evening having 5'6 and 5'0 parents. My 14 yo brother is 5'7.5 already.

In your case something really went wrong. I would expect u to grow 6'2 at least.
it's unbelievable, it really makes me sad whenever I see my family towering over me.

Quote from: Knik on May 04, 2019, 02:28:16 PM
He uses monorails I wouldn’t recommand externals
But there is no diaries about internal method with him so I’m curious if he is good
from this study

http://oaji.net/articles/2017/1874-1533622982.pdf

it says,
"Average duration of application was 8.8months in patients of Ilizarov compared to 8.3months in rail
fixator group. Lengthening achieved in 2 patients of compression distraction was of the average 2.33cm average gain in 3 patients in Ilizarov group compared to 2.5 cm in Rail fixator group. Only 1 patient required split skin grafting as secondary procedure in Rail fixator group compared to 2 patients in Ilizarov group"

"Only 1 patient required split skin grafting as secondary procedure in Rail fixator group compared to 2 patients in Ilizarov group. Further 1 patient in latter group (Ilizarov) required bone grafting."

"According to ASAMI criteria for bone results we had 8 excellent, 5 good, 0 fair and 2 poor results in Ilizarov group, and 9 excellent, 4 good, 1 fair and 1 poor results in Rail fixator group."

I'm not sure if should I get to 2,3 inch lengthening first on the tibia and then asses if I should go for another 2 inches on the femur a few years later.

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Sorry if I come off as rude, but 5'9 isn't short?

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Quote from: shortasiandude on June 09, 2019, 12:28:50 AMSorry if I come off as rude, but 5'9 isn't short?

It is shorter than average, I think

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Quote from: Apoplectic on May 03, 2019, 08:43:18 PMPeople typically regain back 80-90% of their athelitiscm from what I've read , but I'm guessing if you do two surgeries then it will be less. But good nutrition etc does seem to help a lot.

Also for internal methods in every case it causes varying levels of permanent knee pain but going to a good doctor and not getting greedy with how much you lengthen will definitely reduce the chances of it being really bad.

Which doctor do you plan on going with?



The knee pain is definitely not permanent for everyone... you need understand that everyone is built differently.. !!!

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Quote from: PANDA:BEAR.. on June 09, 2019, 02:49:48 PMThe knee pain is definitely not permanent for everyone... you need understand that everyone is built differently.. !!!

Yes I understand,but your stretching your body from it's natural capacity- you'll never fully recover from this surgery . It's the same as how the body isn't able to fully repair from a minor cut, there's almost always scarring no matter how unnoticeable.

But yeah you're correct most people only experience very minor knee pain after the surgery from what I've seen from studies and some say they've recovered completely but it's best to keep in mind you will most likely lose some atheltisiscm from this surgery.

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Don't go beyond 6cm if you do tibial lengthening. For femurs, 8cm seems to be the accepted maximum for internal methods.

With just one surgery, nobody will look at you and think your proportions are weird, so of all things to be worried about with this surgery, proportions after one segment are the least of the potential problems.

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Quote from: shortasiandude on June 09, 2019, 12:28:50 AMSorry if I come off as rude, but 5'9 isn't short?


Average height for men in montenegro is 186cm which is aprx 6’1. They are some of the tallest people on the planet. Being 5’9 in montenegro is like being 5’5 in the US.

You have to understand different perspectives, 5’9 is very tall in places like Indonesia and short in countries like the Netherlands where the average height is 6ft or more for men.

Average height for Women in these countries are about his height or maybe one inch less so it’s completely understandable where he’s from