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

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Quote from: EndGame on November 23, 2022, 04:07:10 PMThat is not what is referred to by a runaway nail. It's not all at once goes to max 12cm. Rather it's when occasional unwanted clicks occur, and keep occurring, and eventually add up to a significant problematic amount of undesired lengthening. I have no idea if it has happened with Betzbone or not. It definitely has happened on other nails. Happened to Unicorn and she was using gnail with Guichet.

An occasional Click is possible but very rare. With time every patient get to know which movements can trigger a click, so it will be in your hands to take care in your daily movements. Nothing to worry about.

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Quote from: Bagga on November 23, 2022, 05:12:17 AMok..how many clicks per day? how many days so far?
i know 1 click = 0.052mm
11clicks for 21 days = 12mm only + surgery gap (o.5cm) = 1.7cm


It’s been 33 clicking days. A few days I did a lot more clicks (12-15) because I was stressing about how long it would take for me to reach the goal of 10cm. (Don’t do this lol) After properly calculating everything..

Here’s the exact stats so far:

5mm initial gap + 386 clicks (20.12mm) = 25.12mm = 2.512cm

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Be careful cos i know - once u r around 4cm, ballerina foot may occur.
This will affect your walking gait and lengthening.
Do slow down the lengthening after 3cm to avoid it, also for your muscles and nerve can catch up.

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Quote from: Bagga on November 24, 2022, 02:56:01 AMBe careful cos i know - once u r around 4cm, ballerina foot may occur.
This will affect your walking gait and lengthening.
Do slow down the lengthening after 3cm to avoid it, also for your muscles and nerve can catch up.


Good advice. Thanks for that. I’ll keep you posted 🫡

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Betz institute used to have nice Youtube videos and a thorough website on everything. But now it looks like things are changing (new doctor, new location) but none of those resources are up-to-date. Do you know if Becker is working on this?

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Quote from: ten on November 25, 2022, 05:47:39 AMBetz institute used to have nice Youtube videos and a thorough website on everything. But now it looks like things are changing (new doctor, new location) but none of those resources are up-to-date. Do you know if Becker is working on this?


Yes, when I was there he was actually filming a ton of content with professional cameraman, and patients who had the surgery. Early next year he’ll be dropping some fresh videos and doing the social media stuff.

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You were able to walk with no crutches after 32 days ? For real ?

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Hey, have you talked to Dr. Becker about the alignment of your legs? I know that this is a  tricky thing about limb lengthening, which is not perfected by every doctor. Would be awesome if you can share his take on this subject.


Many commercial doctors can’t preserve the alignment of their patients which can cause issues down the line.

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Yes please post full length xrays if possible.

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Which hospital exactly was your surgery in?