Is coming back to 100% a myth?

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Quote from: brondo on October 07, 2020, 06:22:29 PMGotcha, thanks. Are you going to try to go the full length when/if you get LL or are you trying to maintain your athleticism as well and play it conservatively?

i plan to go tibias because
my tibs are a little shorter and
i think long tibs look much better

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Quote from: anaverageperson on October 07, 2020, 06:10:04 PMThis is a really great video. Very clearly demonstrates the importance of ratios above all else in the squat.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the implication here seems to be that (assuming recovery is good and flexibility is not compromised following CLL), someone could actually get a deeper squat by lengthening tibias, all other things held equal. And yeah, lengthening femurs only, generally speaking, will be detrimental to back squat depth.

@brondo, this video might be useful to you. This person was on C4L's channel and lengthened femurs 2in (~5cm) and was back in the gym doing light leg presses, not full weight bearing, after 1.5 months. We're all pretty much guinea pigs here, but proportion/biomechanics/complications issues aside, if flexibility is fine I don't see any reason why someone wouldn't be able to go back to full athletic performance 2 years post op especially if they work hard. Then again I'm just another crazy optimistic person who actually looks forward to this surgery so a lot of it is probably wishful thinking  .

Thanks for the link anaverageperson. I actually listened to both of Alfonso's interviews. He actually decided to go another half inch, it's on Limbplastx's institute's instagram page. I think there are a lot of people who do CLL who only value the height and aren't really interested in pushing themselves athletically which is kind of disappointing to me. I am hoping to see more evidence of what can be done athletically post LL surgery, there doesn't seem to be a lot of footage or content of that stuff online, even going through peoples diaries on this site. You're probably right that this current batch of Stryde CLL patients are fortunately/unfortunately are going to be guinea pigs to see what works and what doesn't. I would love to see someone with collegiate level athleticism do CLL and see if they can come back to that level. I remember Dr. Debiparshad saying that he operated on someone who was a Division 1 athlete. I wonder if that person is here in the forums.

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If you want amazing recovery diaries

ShyShy
OldieButGoldie
Sweden (he got x-legs tho but assuming surgeon was competent he woulda been amazing recovery)

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Quote from: ghkid2019 on October 07, 2020, 08:31:38 PMIf you want amazing recovery diaries

ShyShy
OldieButGoldie
Sweden (he got x-legs tho but assuming surgeon was competent he woulda been amazing recovery)

Thanks. Do you know what causes x-legs and if a good surgeon is able to avoid it or is it out of their control?

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Quote from: brondo on October 07, 2020, 08:34:40 PMThanks. Do you know what causes x-legs and if a good surgeon is able to avoid it or is it out of their control?

Use of blocking screws to ensure perfect fit of nail usually reduces the severity of any x-legs or bowlegs. All good surgeons do this. Also the higher the bone break the higher the chance of x leg or bow.

It's definitely avoidable, usually. Sometimes you may get a slight x leg that you barely can notice. And femur lengthening less chance of these issues than tibia legnthening.

In the worse case you do get x legs, you can always get a correction down the line in life. So no worries. Most good surgeon will use blocking screw and avoid this. And with femur even less chance.

If u have hexapod external for tibia you can guarantee perfect alignment with doctor computer  generated commands to align bone 360 degrees. Obviously just a nail alone is limited in how much you can do.

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Thanks