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

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Quote from: Bagga on December 14, 2022, 02:46:55 AM
This is nothing compared to Femur Clicking of Gnail or Betz
Femur clicking is more difficult and you will be amazed how your legs rotate more than 90 degree..,,,lol

Did you do Betz femurs?  Ive heard people say its not bad and people say it was horrible.  Not sure what to believe. 


I have international cellular but I plan to just use wifi texting.  Hopefully the hospital has wifi??  If I call over wifi Im not sure how it shows up on caller ID to a caller in the US....so Im trying to avoid that.

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 03:10:20 AMDid you do Betz femurs?  Ive heard people say its not bad and people say it was horrible.  Not sure what to believe. 


I have international cellular but I plan to just use wifi texting.  Hopefully the hospital has wifi??  If I call over wifi Im not sure how it shows up on caller ID to a caller in the US....so Im trying to avoid that.

Beginning it‘s awful to click with femur I won‘t sugarcoat. First 2 cm felt like giving birth everyday with bad cramps and pain in the hip region and all that stuff for me. But it gets better with time. After 4cm it became mostly painfree and after 7cm I was able to click similar to like he showed in the video.
Yes clicking is much easier with tibia but at the end of the day I would say clicking was definitely one of the least important problems. Since 4cm it was no problem at all. I wouldn‘t worry too much about it man.

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Welp...this is going to suck.

Does the hospital have wifi?

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 03:10:20 AMDid you do Betz femurs?  Ive heard people say its not bad and people say it was horrible.  Not sure what to believe. 


I have international cellular but I plan to just use wifi texting.  Hopefully the hospital has wifi??  If I call over wifi Im not sure how it shows up on caller ID to a caller in the US....so Im trying to avoid that.
i did Gnail at Femur.
Not sure about Germany hospital. In Athens, there is Wifi in both hospital and my accommodation.

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Quote from: IceTrae38 on December 14, 2022, 02:58:16 AM
Is it more painful?
Yes it was at the beginning for Femur when you have inflammation phase.
Some patients are a lot of  clicking problems...need help from doctor and nurses.
It will become easy after few weeks.
However, post clicking for Femur will result have a lot of discomfort, muscle tightness and nerve numbness.
This is why we need a lot of stretching and massage for LL Femur.

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Quote from: Bagga on December 14, 2022, 04:07:23 AMYes it was at the beginning for Femur when you have inflammation phase.
Some patients are a lot of  clicking problems...need help from doctor and nurses.
It will become easy after few weeks.
However, post clicking for Femur will result have a lot of discomfort, muscle tightness and nerve numbness.
This is why we need a lot of stretching and massage for LL Femur.

Whats the most important muscle group to stretch before?  Im working hard on hamstrings right now.  Slightly worried because I already have tightness there.  Also did you have any hip/lower back pain from hamstrings and nerves tugging?

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 04:15:12 AMWhats the most important muscle group to stretch before?  Im working hard on hamstrings right now.  Slightly worried because I already have tightness there.  Also did you have any hip/lower back pain from hamstrings and nerves tugging?

I gotta the following after more than 5.5cm:

1. Hamstrings tightness and pain when doing stretching
2. kneecap slight pain
3. Numbness at right lower leg

Go easy with stretching, reduce no. of clicking and massage.

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Quote from: Bagga on December 14, 2022, 03:24:07 PMI gotta the following after more than 5.5cm:

1. Hamstrings tightness and pain when doing stretching
2. kneecap slight pain
3. Numbness at right lower leg

Go easy with stretching, reduce no. of clicking and massage.


Thanks for this Bagga.  One last question for you if you dont mind: what was your flexibility level going into LL?  Could you touch your toes or were you a touch your mid shins guy?

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Before LL:
Touch my toes without bending my legs
Can jog fast and sprint 100m within 14sec

After LL:
Touch only at lower shin, cannot touch the toes.
only slow jog or brisk walking, difficult to pick up speed and sprint.
cannot jump high

I dont know whether it is due to internal nail inside...hopefully once remove and everything back to normal.

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How much did you pay for entire surgery? I would like to get my femurs done there.