I have a quetsion plaese, Now I am in the external deveice, and I am going to start lenthing in few days. I can walk with the walker, dose lenthing will make walking harder ? please tell me your experince about this point.
I am doing femur as well.
Heyy, Long time no update. Thank u all for the lovely and motivating comments.
I still do my physios sincerely. Muscle tightness and tensions are nearly all gone. Yesterday went shopping for about 2hours and still no pain. I try to walk more every day to allow more blood flow. I feel like a normal person just lacking the ability to bend the knees to their normal range and not being able to sleep on my sides. I'll be meeting dr Sarbjit to do my xrays of 1.5 months post lenghtening.
@Alex: I couldn't walk with walker coz I was afraid to put too much weight on my legs. I tried crutches also but elbow crutches are just perfect to use. Just need a lil practice. How much can u bend ur knees? Knee bending range loses with lengthening. But u have to walk whether u can bend them or not, putting about only 20_30% on ur legs.
Quote from: bluebarbie on June 02, 2015, 05:46:14 AM
@Alex: I couldn't walk with walker coz I was afraid to put too much weight on my legs. I tried crutches also but elbow crutches are just perfect to use. Just need a lil practice. How much can u bend ur knees? Knee bending range loses with lengthening. But u have to walk whether u can bend them or not, putting about only 20_30% on ur legs.
I can bend one around 75, and the second just 45. I just started lengthening so I am afraid of range loses with lengthening as you said.
why you say put only 20 - 30 % on legs ? by the way, I am doing with ilzarov, not side deveice as yours, but mine is not full rings ilzarov, it's the same as this
http://www.orthopediconlineshop.com/Illizarov/ILIZAROV-Italian-Femoral-Arches
Quote from: alex on June 02, 2015, 06:02:03 AMI can bend one around 75, and the second just 45. I just started lengthening so I am afraid of range loses with lengthening as you said.
why you say put only 20 - 30 % on legs ? by the way, I am doing with ilzarov, not side deveice as yours, but mine is not full rings ilzarov, it's the same as this
http://www.orthopediconlineshop.com/Illizarov/ILIZAROV-Italian-Femoral-Arches
Oh.. I don't know about ur fixator. What does ur doc say? Partial or full weight bearing? If it's partial weight bear I suggest u shouldn't put too much weight on it or pins will bend causing loss of gained length.
About knee bending, I read that u are only doing about 4 cms? Is it? So knee bending shouldn't be a big concern for u. I did 8cms and left with around 35 degrees. But if u want fast recovery u should keep ur range at highest. Tip: Every time u try to bend u should give them some time. Like try to pull to bend urself with the best u can and hold for about 20 secs each bend. After u reach ur limit like say 65' ask someone to push further as u bend for about only 5 to 10' or more but within tolerated range, not further and hold for 10 to 20 secs too. Do that for as many times as u can tolerate and also bend urself to get the latest range. When u do that focus on relaxing ur quadriceps yet pulling ur hamstrings as the bending goes. Give both knees an hour or so for the whole bending session and u'll see what I mean by it.
Quote from: bluebarbie on June 02, 2015, 08:13:49 AMOh.. I don't know about ur fixator. What does ur doc say? Partial or full weight bearing? If it's partial weight bear I suggest u shouldn't put too much weight on it or pins will bend causing loss of gained length.
About knee bending, I read that u are only doing about 4 cms? Is it? So knee bending shouldn't be a big concern for u. I did 8cms and left with around 35 degrees. But if u want fast recovery u should keep ur range at highest. Tip: Every time u try to bend u should give them some time. Like try to pull to bend urself with the best u can and hold for about 20 secs each bend. After u reach ur limit like say 65' ask someone to push further as u bend for about only 5 to 10' or more but within tolerated range, not further and hold for 10 to 20 secs too. Do that for as many times as u can tolerate and also bend urself to get the latest range. When u do that focus on relaxing ur quadriceps yet pulling ur hamstrings as the bending goes. Give both knees an hour or so for the whole bending session and u'll see what I mean by it.
Thanks alot for your advices : ))
before you start length, how much you were able to bend ?
Quote from: alex on June 02, 2015, 04:18:17 PMThanks alot for your advices : ))
before you start length, how much you were able to bend ?
Around 80'
When are you going to remove the external device, did the doctor decide ?
by the way, during lenthing period, there were a lot of pain and sleepless nights ?
I planned to remove them at the end of this month. But may extend one more month in them.
U can find everything I went through during lengthening in my diary or my blog.
https://bluebarbiedoll.wordpress.com
Quote from: bluebarbie on June 06, 2015, 03:53:05 AMI planned to remove them at the end of this month. But may extend one more month in them.
U can find everything I went through during lengthening in my diary or my blog.
https://bluebarbiedoll.wordpress.com
I read it, it's provided me good info and bad news as well 
as you are talking about pins pain while lenthing
Please look here, and tell me, is that duckass ?
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2317.0
As u are doing only 4cms u don't have to worry about duckass. And it is a thing that goes away easily if u do ur stretchings well. Stretch ur hip flexers every day 2 to 3 times a day by lying on ur stomach and do back kicks. U can do them by standing, too. Remember to hold each kick for a while.
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