Stryde update: " ....right after surgery you can start weight bearing....."

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See http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=5507.0 for background..

Stryde update: " ....right after surgery you can start weight bearing....."

A couple questions for those who did LL with precise 2/Generic IM nail... Can you see yourself walking unaided 3 weeks after your surgery? What was your mobility after 3 weeks? Would this really mean a huge difference?

Thanks to Stadiometer, Esq for the original post

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Yes, I think I would've been able to walk unaided 3 weeks post-op if my nails were full weight bearing. With the Stryde you would theoretically be able to weight bear immediately after surgery, but your muscles feel very weak for the first few weeks. The incisions for the placements of the screws and the insertion point go through the muscle I believe, so that's what makes it very difficult to move right after surgery. For the first few days I could barely move my legs on my own, I had to use my hands and lift my legs up to move them. However the feeling and motor skills return quickly.

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Thank you short2tall. A friend of mine had a nose/eye-job done a few years ago and I remember he was bedridden for a week. That's why I couldn't imagine, with or without weight-bearing, there's a lot of "walking" to be done the first week

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Quote from: Honore on May 27, 2018, 07:15:35 PMA couple questions for those who did LL with precise 2/Generic IM nail... Can you see yourself walking unaided 3 weeks after your surgery? What was your mobility after 3 weeks? Would this really mean a huge difference?

With the Precise 2.2, my legs felt like dead weight for at least a couple weeks after.  I would have to lift them up with my hands to get them into cars, .etc.

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Quote from: Honore on May 27, 2018, 07:15:35 PMA couple questions for those who did LL with precise 2/Generic IM nail... Can you see yourself walking unaided 3 weeks after your surgery? What was your mobility after 3 weeks? Would this really mean a huge difference?

The Precice 2 is NOT full weight bearing. You will use a walker and then crutches
Don't even think about walking unaided in 3 weeks. Most people take about 6 months to start their awkward unaided infant walk
That said I don't regret going with this nail because of some capabilities it had and while doing LL, I had become a complete monk and disassociated myself from everyone else. I had no major purpose for walking unaided in the early months other than boosting bone growth.

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@FormerKidd.. thanks, that's what I figured will happen the first weeks

@Penguinn: thanks, I was referring to stryde when talking about weight-bearing. But you proof my point. If stryde is fully weight-bearing from day 1(or after 3 weeks), but the first weeks(or even months) you can hardly move...what IS the added value of weight-bearing?

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Quote from: Honore on May 28, 2018, 05:17:01 PM

...what IS the added value of weight-bearing?

Extra 5000 USD for people who sell it

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Quote from: Honore on May 28, 2018, 05:17:01 PM@FormerKidd.. thanks, that's what I figured will happen the first weeks

@Penguinn: thanks, I was referring to stryde when talking about weight-bearing. But you proof my point. If stryde is fully weight-bearing from day 1(or after 3 weeks), but the first weeks(or even months) you can hardly move...what IS the added value of weight-bearing?

The added value is that it is weight bearing. Precice 2 is not. You will not have to spend 3 months in a wheelchair, you will be able to walk as soon as you've recovered from the initial surgery.

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Quote from: short2tall on May 28, 2018, 07:58:30 PMThe added value is that it is weight bearing. Precice 2 is not. You will not have to spend 3 months in a wheelchair, you will be able to walk as soon as you've recovered from the initial surgery.

Basically if your initial surgery isn't too invasive you should get the stryde otherwise your just wasting money since you wouldn't be able to walk anyway for a few months?

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That is true.