LL - the right decision?

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Quote from: Tallexpectations on December 18, 2015, 05:47:54 PMYou need more time

How much should I take in account?

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Quote from: Deads on December 20, 2015, 07:45:57 PMYeah true.. How much extra time would you have given yourself if you could go back and do it again?

Were you just doing light weights? How hard were you pushing yourself?

My lifting had nothing to do with the break. Any lifting was pretty much done when the rods were still in.

I'd say you can work out once your rods are ready for removal but they are still in, then after they are taken out be SUPER conservative unless you want to hear *snap* *crackle* *pop* in your leg. Since that happened to my left leg without even the stress of weight lifting.

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I know that Russian doctors which invented LL said that 5 cm is the safe limit for that, over 5-6 cm a person can experience problems with muscles and tendons, but it depends only from you physical abilities. My advice is to have a consultation with a good surgeon (Guichet seems a good choice) and to listen to his opinion about you and the possibility for you to gain 8 cm in a single surgery.

Remember: only a professional doctor which sees you in person can give to you a serious answer about your personal LL.

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I totally understand! Thank you, guys! Do you think is it possible - and I know this would probably be the best outcome by far - to walk normally after 4 months of the surgery/"regain" your gait (considering a gain of 7 - 8 cm in the femurs) ?

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Quote from: Madmax_01 on December 25, 2015, 06:51:22 PMI totally understand! Thank you, guys! Do you think is it possible - and I know this would probably be the best outcome by far - to walk normally after 4 months of the surgery/"regain" your gait (considering a gain of 7 - 8 cm in the femurs) ?

It's possible if you look at shyshy's diary.  his recovery is the best I've ever read about for anyone who has done LL and prob should not be the expectation

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Quote from: goldenegg on December 25, 2015, 08:32:23 PMIt's possible if you look at shyshy's diary.  his recovery is the best I've ever read about for anyone who has done LL and prob should not be the expectation

You are right, he had an amazing recovery. What really got my attention is that he prepared 7 months, and gained 40 % strenght on his legs and 30 ° on the SLR. I wish there would be something about his femur:tibia ratio.

The only thing which kind of bothers me is that you cannot find out what your healing rate might be. I am sure there is a gene that could be sequenced, that kind of determines bone healing. If you could test something like that, it would help to predict ones recovery.

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you mean 130 degrees?

and what does "40% strength" mean?

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Quote from: SAD on December 26, 2015, 06:35:26 AMyou mean 130 degrees?

and what does "40% strength" mean?

40% increase

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Yes, 40 % increase of strenght.

yes, 130 degrees.

By the way: What do you guys think is more important - Inseam/height-ratio or femur/tibia ratio. I just measured mine, and I am kind of worried that LL won't look that good on me.

72:162 inseam/height => 44 %
39:33 femur/tibia => 54,1 % : 45,9 %

=> 8 cm increase => (8 cm might be the absolute max.)

INSEAM: 80:170 => 47 %

FEMUR/TIBIA: 47:33 => 58,75 % : 41,25% => which is also over the famous 56:44 rule

PS: If someone knows a reliable thread on how to measure your own badboys properly, I would be very thankful 

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huh....you and I have the exact same proportions mate.

Anyways, yes I consider 8 cm to be my max for proportion sake; which is nice since I'm going to go to 5'7 with just 8. As for the method, I'm thinking 4 + 4 CM on both Tibia and femurs.