Life after a full recovery

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That's a relief

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Quote from: Wannabegiant on January 28, 2014, 12:20:49 AMAlthough we havent seen any exact proof that a full recovery is possible, we havent seen anything conclusive that it wouldnt be possible either.

I agree with this point. I would add that the key to healthy recovery is doing lots of exercises before surgery (swimming is especially good) in order to increase flexibility of leg muscles. Because as others have mentioned many times, bone can be cut and lengthened and become as healthy as before, but that is not the case with soft tissues. Their flexibility plays a significant role in gaining back your ability to walk, play sports etc. Physiotherapy while recovering is another crucial part of limb lengthening. If physiotherapy is not done enough, leg pains can disturb patients for longer time, and movement ability may not be on the same level as pre-surgery.

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He did ll?

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My personal answer from having done the max of 8 CM on my femurs and personally meeting and staying in touch with many LL patients is that it varies heavily.

My recovery took a LONG time and I suffered a full fracture of my left leg which was an obvious set back. I know many people who had significantly shorter recovery timeframes.

Once you are out of the crippled phase, you just steadily and slowly inch towards normal functioning. One day your legs just will feel right and natural and eventually you won't even think about LL.

As for sports, personally I've got to advise against LL if you have serious sports interest. Although I might currently be biased since I need to get the irritating hardware out of my leg from my fracture, I can say with confidence that if I had been serious about sports, my running/ movements would be a good deal away from 100%. Its certainly worth asking around, and of course the less you lengthen the more likely a positive outcome is in terms of performance.

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I think many factors play into this. Some being Pre surgery athleticism and flexibility, which bone lengthening, what method, and most importantly imo at what rate. I might be the only professional MMA athlete and collegiate wrestler in this forum. Currently 3 cm into lengthening and chose to slow down from the start at 0.75 mm just so I can keep as much athleticism as I can. Pre OP work involved lots of stretching and plyo workouts. I aim to go for 7.5 to 8 cm femurs and confident I can be back or very close to my Pre OP level of athleticism. At the 3 cm mark I notice no difference or trouble in my walking gait and everything still feels very normal (this is with pool therapy and treadmill assisted).

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Quote from: Sweden on January 29, 2014, 11:25:43 AMYou won't recover fully.
You can do sports some days but never like before.

presumably under the assumption that modern medical technology doesn't exist?

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Quote from: sphenopetroclival on January 28, 2022, 03:44:23 PMpresumably under the assumption that modern medical technology doesn't exist?

Modern medical technology doesn't give doctors godlike powers.

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Quote from: sphenopetroclival on January 28, 2022, 03:44:23 PMpresumably under the assumption that modern medical technology doesn't exist?

Keep in mind that last we heard from Sweden, he was going to a national full-contact martial arts championship. I would personally consider that fully recovered.

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insane how everyone on limb lengthening forum wants to play competitive sports 

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on January 28, 2022, 07:50:30 PMKeep in mind that last we heard from Sweden, he was going to a national full-contact martial arts championship. I would personally consider that fully recovered.


You're delusional if you think you're going to get back to baseline.

Leg lengthening doesn't come free, you're sacrificing a degree of functionality for it, especially noticeable in athletic ability.