LL with Dr. Salameh 2014

Hello friends

I have lengthened more than 9 cm with Dr. Salameh 2014 in Frankfurt.  Will post X-Rays later, hope to get removed the Fixator soon. Walking is quite good now, can walk with barefeet after stretching.

Greetings Morpheus

christ 9cm!

that's really risky man, hope it works out.

did salemeh not suggest to you to stop at 7cm!

Hello friends

I have done new X-Rays, 15 month after the initial operation. What do you think?
Starting height was 1.73, now about 1.82 cm. Walking (unaided) is better, although still a little mechanic and hip swaying. Can do several kilometres a day. Physio said, hip swaying is because of muscle weakness. 

Greetings Morpheus34

wow you were 173, interesting, but yeah 182 is pretty huge gain, let's hope it all works out.

Looking good from what I can tell.  Nice-looking regenerate (especially in the fibula) and proper alignment.

 

Wow, that top screw is almost at the joint on the last x-ray!

bump how is it going now??

Hey Friends

After New-Xrays, Dr. Salameh and Dr. Schmidt gave me ok for removal of the fixator. Fixator removal will be on 2 th of November in Königstein. Countdown is running!

Some good tips:

- Taking glucosamine is really good, if you have knee/ankle/muscle problems (pain).

- Exercices with body weight are usually more effective than stretching exercices without body weight for ballerina (f.e. pull the feet back).

- Passive/isometric stretching is the key for ballerina Treatment. Night splint is good.


I will do an update after removal.

Greetings Morpheus

Finally it's done, yesterday the fixators were taken off in the hospital of Königstein Dr. Schmidt has done the operation. Operation went good, I could instantly walk unaided after the operation (after resting a bit in the wakening room). It's a very good feeling to be fixator-free, especially after such a long time in fixators. But the amount of lengthening 9cm was also quite big and I had a lot of ballerina.
Legs are feeling very light without the fixators. Dr. Schmidt told me, that left foot flexibility has to improve further (dorsiflexion), there is still a deficiency, we have to look how/if it develops without the fixators.

Greetings Morpheus

That has to be one of the most phenomenal recoveries recorded, seeing as how you did 9cms.