LL with Dr. Becker (successor of Betz) - Instagram Documentary

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Quote from: hippo60 on October 25, 2022, 05:18:01 PMDid you meet people who have done 10cm on tibia? How's their recovery?


Haven’t met anyone yet. I’ve seen before and after pics and a long tibia looks really good.

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Yeah man you make a good point. Maybe the Betz nail has a specific design and mechanism that no other “clicking nail” has. I know he has patents and Becker said he will continue to use Betz nail.

Either way, I still believe it comes down to one’s own personal situation. Some people will work hard, stretch many hours, and really focus on the lengthening while others might be less motivated to do so which would limit the physicalities of the max CM possible.



Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 25, 2022, 05:51:07 PMNow I am really curious about the LL doctors who limit 5-6 on tibias cm, I'm curious what they think of people doing 7+ cm on tibias with clicking tibia nails + walking after 1 month. And vice versa, I wonder what Guichet and Becker think of precise patients usually doing 5-6 cm limits. What I don't understand is in Athens why they offer a clicking femur nail but not a weight bearing clicking tibia nail

I hope cyborg4life asks Dr. Paley or Dr. Giotikas or Dr. Becker etc about this in a future interview

Actually you know what, let's PM cyborg4life to ask if he can interview Dr. Becker, I'm gonna do that right now, I feel like he would do it if enough of us PM him

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=7753

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 24, 2022, 09:32:06 PM
- up to 12cm although most tibia guys do only 10cm


So right these numbers.. idk should we as a forum discuss this?

How do you @ someone in this forum, uh lets see, where are our fearless leaders? 

@mediumdrinkofwater

@cyborg4life

idk should I not be trying to raise a discussion about 10cm tibias? Or more generally 6.5-10 cm tibias , some kind of discussion about that

It kinda feels like the elephant in the room, I kinda feel like we should talk about it

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We should but not in his personal diary.


Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 25, 2022, 11:42:48 PMSo right these numbers.. idk should we as a forum discuss this?

How do you @ someone in this forum, uh lets see, where are our fearless leaders? 

@mediumdrinkofwater

@cyborg4life

idk should I not be trying to raise a discussion about 10cm tibias? Or more generally 6.5-10 cm tibias , some kind of discussion about that

It kinda feels like the elephant in the room, I kinda feel like we should talk about it

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Yeah 10cm Tibia seems a bit much. Curious to see how it goes

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And to be fair, only statements / facts from other members who’ve actually lengthened at least 8cm on tibias should be allowed to comment. Otherwise everything else is just noise.

I’ll continue to share my journey and post pics / videos on the IG stories and highlight reels. Make sure you guys are following so you see the updates in real time.

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 25, 2022, 10:33:30 PM
Haven’t met anyone yet. I’ve seen before and after pics and a long tibia looks really good.

Maybe you should before you go that far? I respect your motivation and the amount of work you put in obviously matters, but there are other factors to think about. I remember reading in this forum about multiple people who suffer complications and mentioned they should've stopped earlier, and also a top Dr. mentioning in a recent Cyborg4Life interview that he told a patient to stop lengthening but he kept going against his advice and it ended up in complications.

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Well this is why I chose Becker & the Betz nail in the first place - mobility, the tech, and the max potential CM. He did tell me that I should stop at 10cm on tibia, so I will definitely do that.

And yeah bro, follow the IG. I’m posting tons of content and will continue to do so throughout the whole process.

https://instagram.com/maxheight35

Quote from: hippo60 on October 26, 2022, 12:57:07 PMMaybe you should before you go that far? I respect your motivation and the amount of work you put in obviously matters, but there are other factors to think about. I remember reading in this forum about multiple people who suffer complications and mentioned they should've stopped earlier, and also a top Dr. mentioning in a recent Cyborg4Life interview that he told a patient to stop lengthening but he kept going against his advice and it ended up in complications.

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Quote from: maxheight35 on October 26, 2022, 03:20:26 PMWell this is why I chose Becker & the Betz nail in the first place - mobility, the tech, and the max potential CM. He did tell me that I should stop at 10cm on tibia, so I will definitely do that.

And yeah bro, follow the IG. I’m posting tons of content and will continue to do so throughout the whole process.

https://instagram.com/maxheight35

Yeah man I'm following you! Maybe Becker can introduce you to other patients who have done 10cm? Or maybe someone doing it right now? Would love his input. I have a feeling the 5cm limit isn't a tech limit (mobility might be part but willing to bet it's not the main reason).

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Congrats on getting the surgery and nice to see that Dr Becker is your primary contact! He's awesome!

I did the surgery back in January and spoke a little with Dr Betz and have had some communication with him, but my primary contact has been with Dr Becker. He's fast to respond and seems to care a lot about his patients.

Did you have surgery in Freiburg at Praxisklinik 2000? Hospital was okay, but the food was awful!

Curious to see how you fare doing 10cm on tibias. I did 11,5cm on femurs and was done clicking four months ago, but because of my issues with duck ass I'm still not 100% of the crutches. Duck ass is close to being resolved (I'll do an update on my diary soon), but because I still have some -walking over distances more than a few 100 meters is very tiring on my lower back. My duck ass started at 7cm, so I'm curious to know if you will experience something similar doing tibias instead of femurs.

10cm is life changing, how much are you planing on doing on femurs? I stared at 165cm, so I was a litte taller than you are now and I did more length. I ended up at 177cm (or close enough to 5'10 that I can say I'm 5'10) and I no longer feel small. It is such a weird, awesome, great and strange feeling not feeling small anymore. Sure plenty of people are taller than me, but most people I meet (including both genders) are actually shorter than me. I went from being shorter than most people to being taller than most people, can't put that feeling enough into words.

Either way good luck and hope you don't experience duck ass as severe as I did. It is a lengthy process and you will get trough it in the end. Even though my duck ass has been a pain in the ass and the reason I still can't walk normally, I do see the light at end of the tunnel and I have no regrets. In the end, it is totally worth it!