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Will I be able to regain all my athletic ability with 6cm femur?

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Flyhigh23
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Posted on Oct 30, 2023, 9:14 pm
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I’m 175cm and wanna get to 185-186cm so I’m planning to do 6cm femur which will take me to 181cm, I then will wait for a year and get 5cm on my tibia. My dream is to become a heavyweight boxer so I can’t afford to lose my athleticism, I’ve read that as long as you don’t go above 6cm for the femur and above 5cm for the tibia you can gain almost all your athletic ability back, how true is this? I could do two separate surgeries or I could do the quadrilateral surgery. I did think about doing just 8cm in the femur and calling to a day but then read about how people who did that could only achieve 60-70 percent of their athletic ability.
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Posted on Oct 30, 2023, 9:42 pm
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You will have a hard time if you wanna become a boxer, i reckon you dont need legs that much but you will be stiff as fu.. for a long time if you want to do quad buddy. Focus on your physio, pick a good doctor and count with not being to do anything top-level sport for 3 years, before you get rid of the rods in your bones and fully heal. If you would do both surgeries in 1 year, you might get the rods out earlier. I finally found a video of a guy who did 20cm squatting on yt i will be posting it now.
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TheDream
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Posted on Oct 30, 2023, 11:43 pm
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You wont regain full athleticism. This is just a fact and anyone telling you otherwise, stear clear of them. You can regain enough for daily functioning which is enough for most people. Think of it as the more you lengthen the more daily function you risk losing.

You should not delude yourself to think you can become an athlete after LL. You can live a good normal life after LL if everything goes well but it takes years of recovery and retraining.
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Bob Vallens
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Posted on Oct 30, 2023, 11:58 pm
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Quote from: TheDream on October 30, 2023, 11:43:26 PMYou wont regain full athleticism. This is just a fact and anyone telling you otherwise, stear clear of them. You can regain enough for daily functioning which is enough for most people. Think of it as the more you lengthen the more daily function you risk losing.

You should not delude yourself to think you can become an athlete after LL. You can live a good normal life after LL if everything goes well but it takes years of recovery and retraining.

@thedream How much of your athleticism do you think you lost after your procedure? How long has it been?  What did you have done and how hard do you train?
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sxxa
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 12:34 am
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Basically what "TheDream" user said. Don't fool yourself into believing you will be an elite athlete after LL. This surgery changes your bio mechanics, it takes a deep impact in your overall body and YOU WILL LOSE ATHLETICISM that's a fact. It can be 5%, it can be 10%, it can be 20% it's impossible to know. But what I know is you won't be the same ever. If you are considering a professional career on sports LL is not for you.

Remember what is this about: You are purposelly breaking your bones, drilling yor legs, and risking your health for height increase. It's a deal with a cost... and the cost is you won't be 100% again..
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Bob Vallens
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 1:00 am
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Quote from: sxxa on October 31, 2023, 12:34:20 AMBasically what "TheDream" user said. Don't fool yourself into believing you will be an elite athlete after LL. This surgery changes your bio mechanics, it takes a deep impact in your overall body and YOU WILL LOSE ATHLETICISM that's a fact. It can be 5%, it can be 10%, it can be 20% it's impossible to know. But what I know is you won't be the same ever. If you are considering a professional career on sports LL is not for you.

Remember what is this about: You are purposelly breaking your bones, drilling yor legs, and risking your health for height increase. It's a deal with a cost... and the cost is you won't be 100% again..

 @sxxa  How much of your athleticism do you think you lost after your procedure? How long has it been?  What did you have done and how hard do you train?
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Bob Vallens
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 1:10 am
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Seems there are alot of opinions, on this topic but not actual experience.

Obviously if you are a competitive sprinter or looking to go pro in sport, this is a silly proposition.

If you just want to play 5 a side or tennis or recreational hoops, you will be fine, assuming you have no complications. 

From reading diaries and watching the testimonies on YT, it seems you will need to rehab hard and train hard, but in 18mos to 2 years from surgery (assuming you are <30), you should be completely recovered.

Running a marathon might take longer though.

Donghoon Lee has done a study on this and also has profile videos of well recovered athletic patients.

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sxxa
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 1:16 am
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Quote from: Bob Vallens on October 31, 2023, 01:00:09 AM @sxxa  How much of your athleticism do you think you lost after your procedure? How long has it been?  What did you have done and how hard do you train?

It depends on a lot of factors; your surgeon, the method used, the recovery phase, training, adaptation. But even though doing everything right, with a top surgeon and having an excellent recovery YOU WILL NOT BE AT 100% AGAIN. It may vary from person to person but overall the fact is you lose atlethicism. If you are an elite athlete you won't be able the compete at the same level ever again. If you are just a healthy person who do sports as a hobbie you will see decreased your atlethicism in general but you can recover up to 90% to 95%. 
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Bob Vallens
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 1:18 am
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You havent done the procedure, correct?

what you are saying is 100% false.

you should re word it: "you may only recover 95% based on my youtube watching"

Dr Lee:

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sxxa
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Posted on Oct 31, 2023, 1:22 am
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Quote from: Bob Vallens on October 31, 2023, 01:10:59 AMSeems there are alot of opinions, on this topic but not actual experience.

Obviously if you are a competitive sprinter or looking to go pro in sport, this is a silly proposition.

If you just want to play 5 a side or tennis or recreational hoops, you will be fine, assuming you have no complications. 

From reading diaries and watching the testimonies on YT, it seems you will need to rehab hard and train hard, but in 18mos to 2 years from surgery (assuming you are <30), you should be completely recovered.

Running a marathon might take longer though.

Donghoon Lee has done a study on this and also has profile videos of well recovered athletic patients.

The OP specifacilly stated he want to go fully pro after LL. In fact this is what this thread is about. We all can agree as I mentioned in my last reply, that yes, you can fully recover and do sports again, but profesionally? Never again.
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