Slightly worried

Hi everyone, I am in the middle of lengthening my femurs using LON method here in Turkey. I am slightly worried regarding the amount of pain in the knees and the xrays. I will attach my latest xrays which were taken about a week ago (2.5 cm at the time), right now I am about 2.8 cm and having lots of knee pains and I am unable to completely extend my legs. I have been told this was due to hamstrings being tight but it doesn't feel like a muscle issue, its physically impossible to extend all the way without knee pain. I am also having lots of pain in the knees while walking.As you can see in the x-ray of the right leg there seems to be a slight misalighnemnt and its obvious that its due to poor technique during surgery. there is also a slight misalignment in the left leg but it's much less. Doctors says its normal and will straighten out as I lengthen but I can not see how that will happen as the bottom bone is bonded by the screws and it will be physically impossible to align. I am almost in panic mode, but I don't know what to do. Doctor is saying everything looks normal but truthfully I don't know how much I can trust him because he is relatively young and doesn't have much experience in LL. I am thinking to schedule an online consultation with Dr. Dimitrios Giotikas but the soonest is Feb 22 which is 10 days from now, BTW I am currently in Turkey for the lengthening process and plan to stay here until I can walk normal again. if anyone has any experience with this please share what you think and I would really appreciate it.

Xrays:
Right : https://imgur.com/a/8JpU2jU
Left: https://imgur.com/a/yMIUTki

Try this exercise:
Lie one the back.
Put something big and round (huge towel) below your leg at the bending spot, and press down on it non-stop for 5 mins until the area becomes really hot and exhausted.
If that made it easier to fully extend the leg afterwards, then it was a muscle issue, and lack of actual hard exercise.
A bone issue would not disappear after muscle exercises.

I tried doing this (this is also part of pt) it actually increases knee pain but its bearable. I did it for few minutes it did improve stretching a bit, but I still can stretch all the way, about 10 degrees off from complete extension. have you looked at the xrays? what do you think ?

Quote from: Captainfreddy13 on February 11, 2022, 10:37:57 PMI tried doing this (this is also part of pt) it actually increases knee pain but its bearable. I did it for few minutes it did improve stretching a bit, but I still can stretch all the way, about 10 degrees off from complete extension. have you looked at the xrays? what do you think ?

The knee pain doesn't get worse? Just fine?

It’s common to have knee pain especially during femur lengthening, since hamstrings, quads, IT bands, gluteus muscles will all be tight and weak which is the most common cause for knee pain among younger people.

I can handle the pain if I am sure my bones are fine and the surgery was done correctly. Right now my biggest concern is the surgeon's lack of experience and the fact that my right leg does not look completely aligned like the left.

the knee pain fluctuates throughout the day it's worse at night. and also it gets a lot worse during physical therapy.

Quote from: Captainfreddy13 on February 12, 2022, 04:10:43 AMI can handle the pain if I am sure my bones are fine and the surgery was done correctly. Right now my biggest concern is the surgeon's lack of experience and the fact that my right leg does not look completely aligned like the left.

Looking at your xrays I think your bones shouldn’t be the reason you can’t fully extend your knees. I agree with your doctor your muscles are probably too tight and you may want to consider slowing down and see if it helps with the knee pain.

Quote from: SuchLL on February 12, 2022, 04:38:14 AMLooking at your xrays I think your bones shouldn’t be the reason you can’t fully extend your knees. I agree with your doctor your muscles are probably too tight and you may want to consider slowing down and see if it helps with the knee pain.

Agree with all points, especially slowing down. The angle doesn't look too off to create any pains.

Your x-ray looks fine so far. If the pain is too much to bear I'd suggest slowing down a bit, as others have suggested.