Sweden, do you ever kick on pads or anything hard when you practice? Is your bone hard enough to handle that? You still have the rod in, right?
Quote from: theuprising on April 26, 2014, 12:45:27 AMDude his hands can barely reach his pockets.
That wouldn't make sense unless he lengthened his torso. His hands should still reach his pockets regardless of how much he lengthened. I think he looks fine though.
Quote from: shawty on April 26, 2014, 03:43:25 PMSweden, do you ever kick on pads or anything hard when you practice? Is your bone hard enough to handle that? You still have the rod in, right?
My bones are fully consolidated, with the rods in. The rods make the bones stronger my doctor said.
I kick with full force on the pads.
The osteotomy was right below the knees so it wouldn't affect it since I kick with my feet.
Quote from: Sweden on April 26, 2014, 04:23:40 PMMy bones are fully consolidated, with the rods in. The rods make the bones stronger my doctor said.
I kick with full force on the pads.
The osteotomy was right below the knees so it wouldn't affect it since I kick with my feet.
Are you going to take the rods out eventually.
Quote from: Sweden on April 26, 2014, 04:23:40 PMMy bones are fully consolidated, with the rods in. The rods make the bones stronger my doctor said.
I kick with full force on the pads.
The osteotomy was right below the knees so it wouldn't affect it since I kick with my feet.
Hi sweden
how long it takes to fully consolidated? Did You took any supplements???
Quote from: shawty on April 26, 2014, 03:45:22 PMThat wouldn't make sense unless he lengthened his torso. His hands should still reach his pockets regardless of how much he lengthened. I think he looks fine though.
I never stated they wouldn't. It looks like they don't as now his humeral bones in his arm look tiny.
Sweden looks fine at his current proportions that is what fine looks like. Looking like a t-rex isn't.
Quote from: Blackhawk on April 26, 2014, 04:39:24 PMAre you going to take the rods out eventually.
Still undecided. Probably no.
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My legs were at 90-95% fully consolidated last year in December - last x-ray.
My diet program is in my diary.
Try to eat lots of coconut oil and chia seeds.
And of course everything else.
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Today I'm sore as hell. Everything aches, knees, feet, ankles, locking screws.
that guy in the video looks normal. I thinks he looks probably the same as he did before surgery, he looks like a guy with small arms but nothing freaky, some people have small arms, small legs, small torso, etc, but as long as it is within proportions it is not notiable to the common eye. Great video of that guy! who is it??? I missed it!
Hey Sweden,
When you say that "you can't do taekwondo like before" what exactly do you mean? I'm not a professional athlete like you are but just an amateur practitioner of Karate, TKD, and Kickboxing, and it would somehow bother me if in the future after CLL I couldn't do any of that. From an anatomical and kinesiological point of view what seems to be the problem? Is it just lack of flexibility, or nerve damage in your legs, or is it hard for you to get used to your new center of gravity? Is it going beyond 5cm or lengthening too fast? I would appreciate your answer. Thank you.
Leo
This is difficult for me to answer but I'll try.
A very qualified question.
I don't have the explosiveness in my muscles any more. When I'm warmed up I barely feel the aches in my ankles I almost always have.
The balance point is higher up and it's difficult to compensate that.
I have like no grace in my movements. It's not smooth anymore.
It feels like I'm made of stone now and my movements are blunt like some kind of one eyed ogre 
I hope it will come back.
The Taekwondo Federation just started a new competition class. 40 years+ 
I would be very happy to be able to compete in that class. 
I'll try to do some movements in my new video.
And then I'll find a good video of how I used to move.
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