Soreness, tightness below the calf area after tibia lengthening

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022, 1:57 am

Anyone else who did tibia lengthening have this issue where the area below the calf, above the back of the foot is tight/sore after tibia lengthening?

Whenever I run or do stairs, I can feel how tight it is there.

Not sure which part it is that is making it feel sore/tight, but looking at a google image it could be the soleus muscle or achilles tendon?

Found the picture here.

https://www.nolasportsmedicine.com/blog/calf-strains-symptoms-and-management

Just wondering if anyone else feel this? Or am I weird.

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022, 4:50 am

How much did you lengthen? When did you start walking without aid?

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022, 5:00 am

Quote from: Wanderlust on June 11, 2022, 01:57:44 AM

Are you referring to calcaneus area? Where you experience sore/tight?

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022, 8:41 am

Quote from: motoboarder on June 11, 2022, 04:50:47 AM

How much did you lengthen? When did you start walking without aid?

My original username is marathonrunner. I got locked out of my account. I actually have quite a few posts under that account.

I lengthened over 5.5cm. I dont know the exact amount.

Walking without aid.. I'm not sure but I went through a lot of complications. Can't really remember but maybe sometime between 1-2 years.

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022, 8:46 am

Quote from: ilovescience on June 11, 2022, 05:00:13 AM

Are you referring to calcaneus area? Where you experience sore/tight?

Its the area right below the calf. Its in the region of the achilles tendon area.

From the picture on this website:

https://www.fitforlifephysicaltherapy.com/achilles-tendonitis

Its where the soleus line intersects with the picture of the leg. Its around that area. Below the calf muscle area.

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Posted on Jun 19, 2022, 3:27 pm

Probably the Achilles tendon. Professor Xia had a proprietary spring-loaded heel attachment on the bottom of his Ilizarovs with customizable tension to stretch the Achilles. Achilles release surgery is also quite common for tibia LL patients. Even a couple of Xia patients had to get it done because the heel attachment didn't do enough.

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Posted on Jun 20, 2022, 12:27 am

Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on June 19, 2022, 03:27:19 PM

Oh that is interesting. It's been getting better. I'm guessing its because I didn't stretch enough during lengthening. And I'm running trails around these hills which are pretty steep and rocky so it requires more flexibility than running flat roads.

Welp, guess just gotta keep at it.

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Medium Drink Of Water

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Posted on Jun 21, 2022, 4:12 am

Yeah, if you went to a doctor about this the first thing they'd say is to walk and stretch a lot and see if it resolves on its own.

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