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Bander72
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Posted on Jan 26, 2017, 7:05 am
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Quote from: 0184946 on January 25, 2017, 07:28:02 PM
lionel messi did LL and his one of the richest soccer players  so

lol he depends on his legs for his career he would not do anything to diminish his athletic abilities.
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The Kaiser
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Posted on Jan 27, 2017, 12:39 am
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Quote from: 0184946 on January 25, 2017, 07:28:02 PM
lionel messi did LL and his one of the richest soccer players  so

Can we block him? lol just a joke, Anyways you're totally wrong.
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lldude
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Posted on Sep 26, 2017, 12:59 pm
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He took growth hormones as a child
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ramaka
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Posted on Oct 1, 2017, 3:16 am
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Quote from: Smallguy on February 01, 2014, 02:04:36 AM
Thanks for the advice. However, I'm quite happy with the single life where I can just concentrate on myself and not others.

"When you say things like like maintaining your balance
I don't understand why ?
Is that to do with muscle strength or just getting used to the extra height "

- it has to do with muscle strength and ankle strength. And because your legs are longer than you used to, you also have to deal with maintaining of a pair of lanky long legs which have been weakened through several surgeries and stretching of the muscle.

However, I lengthened a whole 8cm. If you just seek 4cm, then your result should be different.

What about someone who is doing 5.5 cm tibs and 5.5 cm on femurs to gain 11 cm would they have problems considering that they only did like 5.5 on on separate parts of the legs
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Sweden
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Posted on Dec 5, 2017, 2:21 am
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Still no videos.

Guess I have to make them then. :)
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lldude
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Posted on Dec 12, 2017, 11:35 am
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Quote from: Sweden on December 05, 2017, 02:21:23 AM
Still no videos.

Guess I have to make them then. :)

Please do; I need the encouragement  ;)
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Hamiltonzac
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Posted on Jan 5, 2018, 3:13 pm
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Hi to everyone on the forum :)
I am due for my surgery this year and I will be sure to upload as much content as possible. Hopefully it will be a good experience but even if it's bad I won't hide anything.
Is this thing about losing sxx drive true? That would be an issue for sure  :D
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midnightninja
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Posted on Jan 8, 2018, 12:02 pm
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I really encourage you to not go for 12cm and focus on 6 cm on femurs instead.
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Hamiltonzac
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Posted on Jan 8, 2018, 8:57 pm
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I'm breaking my legs for this surgery. Might aswell gain a decent amount. Besides, I fully understand that 6cm is obviously easier but if I didn't then again gaining nothing and not doing the surgery is also safer.
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Posted on Jan 8, 2018, 9:22 pm
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Quote from: Hamiltonzac on January 05, 2018, 03:13:18 PM
Hi to everyone on the forum :)
I am due for my surgery this year and I will be sure to upload as much content as possible. Hopefully it will be a good experience but even if it's bad I won't hide anything.
Is this thing about losing sxx drive true? That would be an issue for sure  :D

No, I did 6,4 cm on tibias I'm f u c k i n g h o r n i e r than ever.
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Hamiltonzac
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Posted on Jan 8, 2018, 10:19 pm
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That's a relief :D
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heightconsultant
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Posted on Dec 1, 2018, 7:03 pm
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Quote from: Wannabegiant on January 28, 2014, 12:20:49 AM
Although 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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Chinese
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Posted on May 29, 2019, 3:23 pm
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He did ll?
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programdude
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Posted on Sep 15, 2019, 9:15 am
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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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pharmacology
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Posted on Jan 12, 2022, 5:05 am
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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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sphenopetroclival
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Posted on Jan 28, 2022, 3:44 pm
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Quote from: Sweden on January 29, 2014, 11:25:43 AM
You 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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Medium Drink Of Water
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Posted on Jan 28, 2022, 5:47 pm
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Quote from: sphenopetroclival on January 28, 2022, 03:44:23 PM
presumably under the assumption that modern medical technology doesn't exist?

Modern medical technology doesn't give doctors godlike powers.
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ReadRothbard
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Posted on Jan 28, 2022, 7:50 pm
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Quote from: sphenopetroclival on January 28, 2022, 03:44:23 PM
presumably 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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Posted on Jan 18, 2023, 3:16 am
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insane how everyone on limb lengthening forum wants to play competitive sports  :D
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LONFemurs2021
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Posted on Jan 18, 2023, 4:57 am
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Quote from: ReadRothbard on January 28, 2022, 07:50:30 PM
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.


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.
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