Day 185 (Day 27 Post clicking)
Time for another update guys, and things are improving - but slowly. I still have duck ass (see attached photo), and I measured it to be 43,3 degrees. Normal duck ass is around 6-7 degrees, so this means I am 36,3 - 37,3 degrees away from being normal. If I am able to correct this with around 9 degrees a week, I will have gotten rid of my duck ass in four weeks. Is this realistic? Well, not easy to say yet. But I can say that I am stretching in total one and half hours a day, and around 40-45 minutes of this has the past few days been dedicated to working on duck ass. I also work on this with my physiotherapist three times a week. I am in other words putting a lot of work into it, but I also feel that with some progress now. It is easier for my body to handle even more work correcting my duck ass. Just a few weeks ago, most of the stretching with duck ass was really straining my lower back. But now with less duck ass, more of the work actually goes towards stretching the correct areas. 43,3 degrees of duck ass might seem bad, and it's not good - but just a two - three weeks ago I was at around 60-65 degrees. So it is certainly an improvement.
The hardest thing about having this much duck ass is walking, or the ability not to walk without crutches. Again, as my duck ass has improved I am able to walk a little more every day. I can now move a few steps around in my kitchen. Just a week ago, this was not possbile. I am therefore hoping I will be rid of duck ass and be able to walk without crutches in around 4-5 weeks. This means I would be able to walk two months post clicking. I still feel this may be a little too optimistic, but again - mot of my improvement has been in the last week or two. The first week or two I did not see much improvement in mobility - but I did see pain in knees etc getting less every day and also flexibility improving.
I took my second check-up X-rays a week ago, and according to Dr Becker and Dr Betz they are excellent. I tried measuring the gap with the tool on the website where the doctor uploaded them. But Dr Becker told me not to pay too much attention to the measurements, because the clicking list should be the most accurate. Buuuuuut... if there is any accuracy I've actually gained 0,4cm more than my calculations. We will have to see what my final height is when I can stand straight though.
I have now been on crutches for more than six months, and this process has taken a long time. Especially considering the fact that I do not stand at my proper height due to my duck ass is a real buzzkill. So if you are considering doing 10cm + just know that it may take longer than anticipated to recover. But the good news is that things are improving every day, but at slow rate.
I'll keep you guys posted on the progress!
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