Dr Alex Monegal (Barcelona, Spain) Clinica Diagonal

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Dear Uppland

Yes harmstring stretching and abdominal muscles excercising might be good to prevent Back pain.
It can Also help to make a proper allignment study as well as a podologist static and dynamic study. In some cases foot splints Migth be needed and extremely helpful.

About lengthening a 179 guy...This Is a tricky question.
Probably i would say no straight away but I might see x rays to se either If there is an axial deviation OR tibia/femur misproportion That should be corrected. In such case LL and allignment migth be considered.

Regards

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Thanks doctor but I'm not sure I understand completely, are you meaning to say there is some medical reason a 179CM man shouldn't lengthen, will my body handle it differently than a shorter person?

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i can answer this question, since it's obvious

cosmetic ll is not necessary, and is much  riskier than other cosmetic procedures, and recovery is much more difficult..

most surgeons would not lengthen a 179 cm man because the risk to award ratio is way too high.. a man that's 164  has a lot more to gain from the surgery...

there are people that are 180 cm and above that feel the need to lengthen, but objectively, they likely have a mental disorder... a man that's 164 cm has issues that can objectively be attributed to his height.... 

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I see, hopefully I can convince the doctor of my choosing to take me on, or I might decide against the whole thing. Who knows?

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Quote from: crimsontide on May 01, 2015, 06:26:57 PM
 they likely have a mental disorder...

Nothing new here, you have to be mental to go thru ll anyway!

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uppland, youre 179???

ive had the surgery and it was worth it...  my ankle issues seem to have goine away,which was my biggest worry... my left leg can be corrected, its just bone... the ankle thugh were really bothering me, and seemed to be soft tissue related.... they feel almost 95% now

but i was under 170 cm when this started and am still under 179. i can say for sure id never consider doing this again... wouldnt be worth it for me even at 175-176

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Yes I'm not that short honestly, still below the average where I live though. I'd like to gain 6-7CM if I can. Obviously most people my height never consider this but I'm a special case.

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Quote from: Uppland on May 01, 2015, 07:46:36 PMYes I'm not that short honestly, still below the average where I live though. I'd like to gain 6-7CM if I can. Obviously most people my height never consider this but I'm a special case.
I can relate to Uppland, being surrounded by very tall people gives you the impression of being short even though you are quit average

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Hm, I do think is little unfair to callout a 179cm guy, what I know about Uppland is that he posted a tread long time ago, and he mention that his father was around 187-189.
Just that is a hard thing to live and deal with.
Also as I think a lot of people on this forum is from the states, there the average height is around 176~ while in Sweden its 181~ (not exactly but give 1+or 1-).
That's means that Upplands 179 cm is yours around 173-4.

Also one more thing to note, people all the world has a bad look at cosmetic surgery, nose,breast,hair,ear,lips, and tell them about LL, I do think 99% would stay away from you/me.

And also mostly alot of all here is feeding our self with good propaganda to feel better, really the idea of breaking your healthy legs for some cm, Its a big NO for many.. But for me it's, and also for the majority on this forum also.

And no one is really a candidate , but rather we are all a special case as mention above.

There for we are all driving us self to do this surgery who everyone who is objective would call stupid and crazy,but  with a lot to lose,and alot to get, we are doing it.

/V

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no one's calling him out, but your height analogy doesnt work

179 is not equivalent to 173, anywhere... it just does not work that way

you also arent  taking into considerstion other factors

america is much more diverse than the nordic countries.. if you just single out white males, and further restrict this to new york city, trust me... the avg white male in nyc is quite tall...

uppland is free to get the surgery, not going to bash him.. I just  feel the need to give him an opinion , and since i  had the surgery, i think it can be valuable to him... the cons outweigh the pros imo