Quote from: Blackhawk on September 24, 2014, 04:15:39 AMAwesome video OBG!!!
Do you run as fast as you did before the surgery?
Not even close...
OBG you are in excellent shape not just for a guy in his 40s but in general.
Do you have any particular supplements you take?
You got the fit and tonned look going for you (no homo). Congrats. Your running look perfectly normal. How much running ability do you estimate to be from pre op 100% ?
Quote from: theuprising on September 24, 2014, 10:17:12 AMOBG you are in excellent shape not just for a guy in his 40s but in general.
Do you have any particular supplements you take?
nope. nothing. never taken anything.
Quote from: Carter on September 24, 2014, 11:00:42 AMYou got the fit and tonned look going for you (no homo). Congrats. Your running look perfectly normal. How much running ability do you estimate to be from pre op 100% ?
75-80%.
The hardest part is stopping abruptly in the middle of sprinting.
wow , thank you man! those videos are very helpfull!
Hi OBG, I hope things are going well for you. We met at the hospital in Neunkirchen in mid October. I had my nails removed just before you did, and the day before we had briefly talked about going to visit Peter Woll in Warden. Anyway, I was wondering how your experience has been since having the nails removed? For myself, the wounds from the nail removal are mostly healed and I removed the sutures two days ago, but as far as walking is concerned, my right leg seems to be talking longer to get back to normal i.e. maximum knee flexion is about 115 degrees whereas for the left leg I can flex the knee until my heel hits my butt. On the one hand, this is not entirely surprising since during the LL period, my right leg was always stiffer and more problematic than my left leg. Also, its been less than 2 weeks since the nails were removed so perhaps I'm being overly optimistic about how long it takes for both legs to regain the flexibility they had prior to having the nails removed. I'd say right now my left leg flexibility is about 90% back to pre-surgery levels but my right leg is about 50%. How would you rate your flexibility on both legs so far?
Quote from: OldieButGoldie on February 13, 2014, 09:17:50 PMI assume many of you do not know my diary on the old forum. Therefore I will make a little documentary of my LL by posting some videos.
My surgery was on may 7 in 2013. I lengthened around 6cm (before 173cm, now 179cm).
This is my first LL video, taken 2 months and 10 days after surgery.
Absolutely beautiful. I'm definitely doing internals with either Dr. Betz or Dr. Guichet.
Hope you are fine any update please
Update
summary: op on 7 of may 2013, internal femurs. Age at time of op: 45 years. Starting height: a good 173cm. Lengthened around 5,7cm. Now around 179cm. Lengthening was done around 50 days after op (end of june/beginning of july 2013). Threw away crutches one week after lengthening. Walked very much, was very active. Good bone growth.
Went skiing and snowboarding in january 2014 (around 6 months after lengthening). Was able to run ok in march 2014. Ran pretty good in may 2014 (one year after op).
Running videos are in my diary.
Had nail removal in october 2014 (1 year and 5 months after op). Can do any sport I want to. Explosiveness is reduced. Your level in any kind of sport that involves running and quick explosive movements will be reduced after LL. In any other sport you should get back to almost 100% if you work hard.
Had a hard time after nail removal. Removal is another very serious surgery, underestimated by many. Again, you will feel like hit by a truck . Takes a few weeks to recover from that. But after theses weeks, things get better continously. First i felt the missing support of the nails. Now I am happy they are out.
My right IT-band is still causing problems , but it seems to be getting better. I am sure that the problem with my right IT-band is caused by and an old accident of mine with serious injuries in my right knee, so lengthening was not a good idea for my right leg.
Some general thoughts about LL: It is hard for me to accept that I really did this crazy thing. That I was not able to accept myself the way I was. And that the whole world knows it because I was open about it.
My point of view: LL is not for people who are emotionally unstable. The rollercoaster that you will have to go through is gonna be more than tough so you have to be very tough emotionally.
Conclusion: LL is for people who are very stable and already quite happy with their life. But then: why would you wanna do LL if you are already quite happy with your life??
Conclusion: Nobody should do LL. Just my opinion.
Cheers
OBG
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