STRYDING to 3 INCHES with Dr. Mahboubian - Support is appreciated

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Wow I thought it was me only! that's so weird because I had my surgery 2 weeks before you Bone and I also started having pains out of nowhere in my right leg by the femur, knee and a bit of my upper shin early July! now my right leg feels much better and back to feeling strong how it was up until late June and the pain shifted to my left leg now, similar pain but it feels like the IT band more and also the knee but the outer side of the knee also where the IT band connects. it's weird but maybe something your body adjusts 1 year post op? lol

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Funny guys, you all just described in more detail what I am feeling. It is so random, but off and on last week and this week.

EZ put it right, "Nothing you can do about it, until it goes away" lol - It was so bothersome last night my mind started thinking about the Ol' tramadol lol, but no way, I grabbed an extra strength Tylenol and the pain "eased" in about an hour or so.

I will keep you guys updated, i picked back up on boxing this week, and it seemed to have help the issue, almost as if activity directed my brain away from the pain.

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yeah man same here, been on the extra strength Tylenols since early this month.

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One of the mental challenges is staying up with your personal PT.

Once you can walk, you feel well enough to just return to normal, but fact is you are not even close to normal, you realize this when you are in activities that required flextion , bending, explosiveness, etc.

ESPECIALLY, with these COVID times that have people stuck at home.

So all you LLers, and PARENTS caring for your younger LLers, keep up with PT as if you were still lengthening, SOOOO IMPORTANT, if you want to return back to normal. 

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Quote from: BoneStretching on February 08, 2020, 08:33:43 PMHello All:

Just an update, as I approach the 6 month mark.

No pain, walking around, gait is just slightly off, as i push through some subtle tightness in the legs, but I can walk fine.

God bless

What do people mean when they say "tightness", can you describe that feeling ? is it like muscle soreness,  how your muscles would feel the next day after a good weightlifting session ?

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As an update team - the pain in the left leg subsided about 3 weeks later. Interesting for sure.

Back to normal.. just gotta keep stretching and strengthin folks...

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Cyborg, just tight, like a cramp that doesn't necessarily hurt.

Also, your range of motion is way sub par if you don't stay on this. For example, most people can sit on feet, or close to it (while on your knees), after this, that becomes a challenge, you have to literally stretch for 6 months straight to get this back.

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I'm glad that everything turned out to be nice for you. I wish you the best.

I have a question to make, would you rather having a second surgery to appear even taller? Would you risk it?

Best Regards

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Good question, I am so happy with what I have now, that it is not a priority for me. I hear the tibs are an easier process than the femurs (lol I would imagine it is), so i do not rule it out.  With that said we will see how I feel in about 6 months from now. lol I do think sometimes, imagine going all the way up to 5'6 or 7 lol (from 5'1 one year ago) - quite a growth spurt lol

If I went in and the Doc said I couldn't do it though, I would not even flinch, just being where I am now with 3 more inches, has made me feel "whole", if that makes sense.

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congrats on all your hard work bone stretching!