Hi all, just joined up to see if I can perhaps get a bit of advice on this whole thing.
Now your obviously going to want to know a bit about me etc and what I'm after..
Believe it or not I'm already 200cm tall so at 6ft7 I'm already banging my head on door frames..
Thing is though my inside leg measures barely 31in so I have rather short stubby legs for my height.. I put this down to developing anorexia at about 18/19 and I never had that last growth spurt.
I've always been on the large size and got bullied a lot as a kid for it and developed eating disorders.
Now I am 25 years old and loving my size and wouldn't complain wth being even taller just for the aesthetics if nothing else.
The main thing for me is that my legs are too short in proportion to my body and with my career it makes things like running difficult.. I've the size of a big guy with the legs of a short guy.. To top it off I also get knee pains as one of my legs is about 1" longer then the other.
The aim I think would be to stretch both legs so that they are an even length and at 34/35in inside leg.. About a normal length for a bloke..
Any information etc that people can give would be great. I'm sure a lot of you may think I'm being an idiot as I'm already tall but it's something that I think will benifits me.
My main concern however is recovery etc. I will need to be able to recover well enough to run and lift rather heavy weights one day.. Even if it's 12 months off I don't mind but it's not worth it if I'll never recover.
Cheers all
do you think you might have flat feet? maybe that's causing your knee problems. I don't see any limb lengthening doctor operating on a 6'7 patient lol... I'm guessing the people here have made you paranoid about proportions that no one really pays attention too... don't go through this and risk something worse than knee problems just because you think your legs are too short.
Quote from: Adam.bax on December 19, 2015, 05:36:38 PMHi all, just joined up to see if I can perhaps get a bit of advice on this whole thing.
Now your obviously going to want to know a bit about me etc and what I'm after..
Believe it or not I'm already 200cm tall so at 6ft7 I'm already banging my head on door frames..
Thing is though my inside leg measures barely 31in so I have rather short stubby legs for my height.. I put this down to developing anorexia at about 18/19 and I never had that last growth spurt.
I've always been on the large size and got bullied a lot as a kid for it and developed eating disorders.
Now I am 25 years old and loving my size and wouldn't complain wth being even taller just for the aesthetics if nothing else.
The main thing for me is that my legs are too short in proportion to my body and with my career it makes things like running difficult.. I've the size of a big guy with the legs of a short guy.. To top it off I also get knee pains as one of my legs is about 1" longer then the other.
The aim I think would be to stretch both legs so that they are an even length and at 34/35in inside leg.. About a normal length for a bloke..
Any information etc that people can give would be great. I'm sure a lot of you may think I'm being an idiot as I'm already tall but it's something that I think will benifits me.
My main concern however is recovery etc. I will need to be able to recover well enough to run and lift rather heavy weights one day.. Even if it's 12 months off I don't mind but it's not worth it if I'll never recover.
Cheers all
You may never recover 100% when it comes to things like running... So if you're required to run, especially for your livelihood, then I wouldn't risk it.... Do you really want to be 4-5 inches taller??
What's your job?
Just wear a shoe with an extra inch lift in it..... You'll have a lot more issues to deal with then just a sore knee if you go through with this.. What you're proposing (for your goals) makes this surgery not worth it for you.
Like others have said, LL will most likely make your running worse not better. If I were you I'd get that discrepancy fixed and nothing else. Michael Phelps has a long torso and short legs too. Some people are just built that way. I doubt it's from anorexia stunting your growth unless you were near death from it.
Well I wasn't quite near death but at 200cm I was 65kg so that's pretty damn light really..
The discrepancy in my legs is the main issue for me.. Being so tall anyway a small change in my leg goes through my whole posterior chain and effects my back and shoulders as well as my knee..
I do find the short legs an issue at times with a shorter stride length.
My job is in the British army so it's physically demanding.. Also I don't have flat feet as that's something that gets checked when you join up.
I'm seriously considering it as it maybe done with the NHS since my doctor suggested it first.
Currently having physio and pediatry to see if they can find any other options etc.
Obviously an operation would make me the best part of 7ft tall and that comes with its own fair share of issues too but it's just trying to weigh up the options.
I maybe going into security soon anyway so a big stature and not running might be on the cards. Anything to sort out the knee pain that has already halted an athletic career
First off, I'm having a hard visualizing what your body type looks like because it just seems weird to me (I'm used to thinking about long legged-ness). I just wonder if it's so palpable that someone has called you out on it?
Second, my first recommendation is to think about the life you want. I think simply doing 5 cm on a segment in your legs could help your frame out a bit and that wouldn't destroy your athleticism (too much that is).
Wow. That sucks. I know because my story is pretty similar. I developed an eating disorder at 15-16 because I wanted to be a high level track and cross country runner, but am naturally very broad shouldered and heavily built. I was always very tall for my age until then, and I stopped at 5'10, which isn't short, but I have very short legs like you. My leg inseam is 29 inches. My father (the shortest of his brothers) is 6'2 and has an inseam of 33-34 inches.
Yeah, people will say that eating disorders don't cause the stunting of leg growth, but I've talked to other people with similar stories to ours and more than a few have proportionally short legs. There may be something to this.
But, like others have said, surgical lengthening may permanently limit your ability to run long distances. MDOW says he can sprint properly, but doesn't have the same endurance as before. Greekster, who went from 5'8 to 6'3 says he cannot run at all anymore. It's a tradeoff you need to be willing to make. The good news is that if one of your legs is a full inch longer than the other, that qualifies medically as a leg length discrepancy, and you are likely to get a procedure that covers just fixing the discrepancy covered by health insurance/NIH. If you want to get taller, though, you will probably have to pay it out of pocket.
I'll have a look and see if I can upload a picture to show you guys..
I definitely the eating disorder has something to with this. By the age of 13 I was about 6ft4 and 14 stone so as you can imagine I really stood out of the crowd.. By year 10/11 at school (14/15-16) I'd took it upon myself to not eat anything at all until I got home from school at 3:30 and is only then have my tea. So 1000kcal a day tops at a time when my body was growing at its most.. Looking back it's stupid but as a "fat child" you can see why I did it.
I do definitely believe they are disperportionatly short.. Average uk male is 5ft8 32in Inseem.. I am 6ft7 31in inseam so to me that suggest my body length is a full foot longer then average.. To me that seems a lot.
Has anyone who's had the operation got experiences on recovery etc?
Quote from: Adam.bax on December 19, 2015, 08:52:10 PMI'll have a look and see if I can upload a picture to show you guys..
I definitely the eating disorder has something to with this. By the age of 13 I was about 6ft4 and 14 stone so as you can imagine I really stood out of the crowd.. By year 10/11 at school (14/15-16) I'd took it upon myself to not eat anything at all until I got home from school at 3:30 and is only then have my tea. So 1000kcal a day tops at a time when my body was growing at its most.. Looking back it's stupid but as a "fat child" you can see why I did it.
I do definitely believe they are disperportionatly short.. Average uk male is 5ft8 32in Inseem.. I am 6ft7 31in inseam so to me that suggest my body length is a full foot longer then average.. To me that seems a lot.
Has anyone who's had the operation got experiences on recovery etc?
Are you measuring to the floor when you measure your inseam or to your ankle?
I'm 5"6 with a 30" inseam (to the floor).
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