especially since it is easier and less risky. On the other hand, I wonder if stretching could make me grow over 1 year like 1cm or 2 cm (I'm not at all flexible). for example if you reach 1m71 and you are 8 cm or 9 cm that would allow you to reach 5'11. Which would avoid complications above 8cm and also in terms of proportions
Quote from: TheDream on September 17, 2023, 01:13:24 PMYou should avoid squatting more than body weight after doing femur lengthening afaik
This is cap. Where are you getting this misinformation from?
Quote from: Omar on September 17, 2023, 02:07:46 PMespecially since it is easier and less risky. On the other hand, I wonder if stretching could make me grow over 1 year like 1cm or 2 cm (I'm not at all flexible). for example if you reach 1m71 and you are 8 cm or 9 cm that would allow you to reach 5'11. Which would avoid complications above 8cm and also in terms of proportions
No you aren’t going to grow from doing any stretching. Just not possible.
I think that yes, but it's not about growing but more about straightening your body as much as possible and exploiting its latent size to the maximum. Being very inflexible, I'm thinking of trying to see what happens and in 1 year I'll keep you informed.
Nothing wrong with stretching. It’s a good thing to do. But don’t expect to get taller from it. Your skeleton is your skeleton. The only things that would be holding you back from standing straight are things like scoliosis or lordosis.
Quote from: GrowGrow123 on September 17, 2023, 06:44:09 PMQuote from: TheDream on September 17, 2023, 01:13:24 PMYou should avoid squatting more than body weight after doing femur lengthening afaik
This is cap. Where are you getting this misinformation from?
From SirStretchAlots post a few months back:
Quote from: SirStretchAlot on June 05, 2023, 01:03:45 PMHi all, I just saw a sports physiotherapist and my knee pain is almost entirely fixed now.
1) Turns out that my quads were too tight, which made it pull on my knee cap. This impacted knee traction, which ultimately caused the pain when bending. Discomfort while sitting was a dead giveaway. Joints rarely causes pain when they're not being used or inflammed. Muscle tightness was obvious in hindsight. Do stretch your quads until your heel touches your glutes in a lunge.
2) I was informed that given my elongated femur, my center of gravity has shifted forward significantly during squats. This means that my knee will be stressed much more than a regular person when squatting. He recommended that I should never squat beyond my body weight (68kg~). Normal people can usually squat until 1.5x their body weight (100kg in my case) if they had normal t/f ratio.
Yeah that's cap. Normal people can squat far more than 1.5X their body weight with a normal Tibia to Femur ratio. That's a pretty weak squat. Any decently fit person can do 2-3X their body weight without long-term issues.
There's no doubt that squatting after elongating your femur will be more difficult. You'll need more muscle to squat as much as you did before due to having less leverage. But it's certainly not a medical limit as that PT made it seem.
Like I said earlier, there are examples of people who have lengthened their femurs by 8+ cm, who have recovered well, and are able to lift monstrous amounts still.
I feel like having super artificially long femurs and repping 2-3 plate squats would just annihilate your knees. I already have to use knee sleeves for high bar / medium stance squats because of knee tension. Low bar not the case but screw low bar.
I have a hard time believing you are not just fat at that height. I am (or rather I was) your height, and felt fat at <80kg with some decent lifts. This weight is a bad sign, during LL surgery especially. I have a problem keeping my appetite in check during recovery, thats for sure. Also weight makes everything harder when recovering. Other than that, you are good to go. As for the quad surgery, Id probably go with either femur/tibias first, and then see how I stand with my new height, so to speak. Get yourself some nice set of dumbbells at the place where you are staying. Upperbody workout does wonders for recovery.
Also I dont know where you are from, but consider that you have few nice options available across the globe.
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