Limb lengthening with Fitbone

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Quote from: helloworld on May 19, 2017, 02:29:42 PMAre you sure that patients post LL run slower? Dr. Monegal said I could run a little faster eventually as I have longer legs.

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Quote from: Body Builder on May 19, 2017, 07:32:49 PMThis is nonsense and I wonder how a doctor could say such a thing.

Even larger femurs with even shorter mean that the biomechanics of the foot are comoletely out.
Even a 2 segment lengthening to keep the proportions of the foot the same would make the running slower and more unstable because the stretching of soft tissues change their abilities and they are not as capabke as before lengthening.

So I am completely sure and all patients and doctors know that noone can be as capable as before LL.
Some patient reach close to 90% while others maybe less than 70% (I am not talking for extreme lengthenings or major complications).
Anything more than 80% is a very good outcome.

But be faster than before is a joke.
I wonder how Monegal said something like that.

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Quote from: Body Builder on May 19, 2017, 07:32:49 PMThis is nonsense and I wonder how a doctor could say such a thing.

By lengthening only one segment mean that the biomechanics of the foot are completely out.
Even a 2 segment lengthening to keep the proportions of the foot the same would make the running slower and more unstable because the stretching of soft tissues change their abilities and they are not as capabke as before lengthening.

So I am completely sure and all patients and doctors know that noone can be as capable as before LL. If you find someone who says that he runs faster, walk for more distances, is more stable etc after LL, then he is a liar. But I've never seen anyone to say that.
Some patient reach close to 90% while others maybe less than 70% (I am not talking for extreme lengthenings or major complications).
Anything more than 80% is a very good outcome.

But be faster than before is a joke.
I wonder how Monegal said something like that.

@LL south america: if someone is completely untrained before LL and work out a lot after LL maybe he will reach the 90% of pre LL condition.
But you compare someone who doesn't train before LL with someone (even the same person) who train a lot after LL. This is a nonsense comparison because we talk about the body's capabilities before and after LL which are worse after. So if you worked out the same before and after LL, before you would have been from 10 to 30% better.

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Quote from: onemorefoot on May 19, 2017, 07:37:34 PMMaybe he wanted to say that more length more distance, the longer the limb more distance in less time, but you are right he didnt think in the damage to the tissues.