Yellowspike - Dr. Guichet, Internal Femurs, Late 2014

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Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 05, 2015, 05:39:21 PMAh. Any idea if this is any good for tibia lengtheners?

Good question. I don't think so, because I feel like I"m making more effort in my quads/hamstrings when I pedal to higher resistance. I do notice today that after biking for close to an hour yesterday, for the first time in a while, my left leg actually feels semi decent. The intense nerve pain seems to have been soothed by this. I also noticed this happening after walking for a while.

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Ugh...this horrible pain in my left leg's upper quad area (with certain movements) is killing me. I think it's soft tissue related, certainly feels like it. My right quad has similar pain, but not nearly as bad as my left. Funny how my right leg was my "evil" leg throughout 90% of the process, and then my legs just switched places around 2 weeks ago. It's all good...I'm not clicking anymore past the ~7cm I did...so I'll start to heal eventually.

I need to do something about this duckass too. I feel like it's robbing me of a bit of height. Too bad the stretches I know to fix it cause me pain. I'll just rely on walking a lot for now, and then stretch more intensely as the overall pain level (while not excruciating by any means) goes down.

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Sorry if I'm being daft, but how do I post pictures on here? I want to post pics of my duckass and see if people think it's robbing me of a bit of height (I think it is). I've never posted pis on here before, and I'm sure I'm going to feel like an idiot once someone explains it to me. Honest to God, I tried to do it on my own before asking lol

Dr. G saw the pics I want to post, and he said that I am most likely loosing a bit of height due to my current level of duckass.

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And here they are. Figured it out (raises the roof) 

Sorry for the sub-par quality. Have to maintain my privacy, and my only two mirrors aren't situated where I can get a close-up full body pic. In both pics, I'm standing as straight as I can.

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Yeah you probably lose a CM from that posture.

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Quote from: Uppland on March 09, 2015, 08:59:47 PMYeah you probably lose a CM from that posture.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. When I took x-rays last week, I could actually very much feel that my lower back wasn't even touching the table when I attempted to lie flat. I have a memory foam mattress, so I sleep comfortably and don't notice how bad this is until I'm on a flat surface. Assuming that my duckass is hiding even at least .5cm, it makes me feel better at stopping around 6.9/7cm. Though since it's apparently a bit less than 15 clicks per mm, many patients have gained more height when Dr. G goes to retrieve the nails, and I'm wondering if I actually got a bit more than 7cm in the end. My femurs certainly look long as friggin hell (though my overall proportions are fine) when I sit off the edge of a couch or sit while taking a bath/shower, lol

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Quote from: YellowSpike on March 09, 2015, 09:15:17 PMMy femurs certainly look long as friggin hell (though my overall proportions are fine) when I sit off the edge of a couch or sit while taking a bath/shower, lol

Thanks for sharing these pictures with us. Could you post a picture of your legs and torso, but without your head in the frame? Or have someone take a picture of you and crop or blur your head out? I would be very interested to see what your femurs now look like relative to your torso and tibiae.

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Quote from: Taller on March 09, 2015, 09:40:15 PMThanks for sharing these pictures with us. Could you post a picture of your legs and torso, but without your head in the frame? Or have someone take a picture of you and crop or blur your head out? I would be very interested to see what your femurs now look like relative to your torso and tibiae.

Yeah I will at some point. I could've taken the picture myself, but I recently had to have my bedroom rearranged due to some issues. Once I rearrange it back, I'll have full access to a full-length mirror.

Based on what you know of duckass, do you believe my current posture is hiding some height? I feel like it is, and Dr. G seems to think so too. Obviously not a huge amount, but maybe up to 1cm I'm thinking.

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Quote from: YellowSpike on March 09, 2015, 09:47:54 PMYeah I will at some point. I could've taken the picture myself, but I recently had to have my bedroom rearranged due to some issues. Once I rearrange it back, I'll have full access to a full-length mirror.

Based on what you know of duckass, do you believe my current posture is hiding some height? I feel like it is, and Dr. G seems to think so too. Obviously not a huge amount, but maybe up to 1cm I'm thinking.

Yea, you'll clearly gain a cm or so I think.

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Quote from: SAD on March 09, 2015, 09:55:05 PMYea, you'll clearly gain a cm or so I think.

I sure hope so, even .5cm would make me very happy!

Too bad most of the stretches/exercises to actively fix duckass (aside from just walking) are kinda hard for me to do at the moment. I'll just focus on walking and cycling and some other easy stretches.