Femurs & Tibias with Dr Paley

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Quote from: BoneStretching on November 13, 2019, 10:01:12 PMI think you would have to stretch for like a year for it to make a real difference on overall outcomes.
Yes that’s right.  Even after lengthening period is over, Donghoon patients are ordered to continue stretching as much as possible for faster and better recovery.
Especially with more than 6cm tibia lengthening, the amount of rehab is just enormous, most really don’t have guts to go though the hard works
BUT those who could do these daily hard works, they finish lengthening without contractures and have very good recovery.  Now 11 months  post op, I heard 7.6cm tibia guy can do deep squat and light jogging without any joint pains.  Walking gait is normal so far

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Quote from: MyEvolution on November 13, 2019, 12:35:18 PMIf I had to do LL again, i think i would have done tibias first since femurs is a garunteed 8cm and tibias is all over the place
Hi, MyEvolution. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I was wondering what Dr. Paley's take on doing tibias first to maximize the tibia lengthening. Dr. D (from Las Vegas) seems to suggest that the sequence doesn't make much difference if doing both tibias and femurs.

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Update:
Despite all the bad news I just got complimented today for how great my walk is by a PT. I’m pretty much walking like barely anything happened. I will post a video update of my walk for you guys soon i’ts pretty impressive ngl

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Keep it ip. hope you will hit 8 cm. How long are you doing slanted board stretches everyday?

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Quote from: hello321 on November 15, 2019, 02:20:47 AMKeep it ip. hope you will hit 8 cm. How long are you doing slanted board stretches everyday?

5 minutes per leg, 3 rounds, total of 30mins/ session
I do that every hour

GOOD NEWS:
My pt just tested my dorsiflexion

My right leg has made signifanct improvement
With low effort he got my food to 15 degrees, compared to last time he used max effort to get me to 10 degrees!

My left foot small improvement
With max effort he got me to 10 degrees, compared to last time max effort i got only 7 degrees. Small imrpovement but my theory is that when you become tight ur foot locks up and gets stiff and exponentially gets tighter so with exponential hard work it slowly improved and gets out of that super locked up tight range. As your foot moves out and into normal, exponential work will show a significant improvement as your foot isnt as locked up anymore

My prediction moving forward is my left foot will move into normal range while my right leg will move into the flexible ahead of the curve range. I have a feeling in my heart that I wll hit 7cm BUT we will see

I’ll let you guys know what happens monday!!
Thanks for all the support means alot

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TODAY’S THE BIG DAY
either my dr says i’m loose enough to keep going
Or he stops me

I’ll lyk what he says but i feel i have improved

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GOOD NEWS:
I passed!!! The doctor said I have significantly improved in flexibility he can easily get me to neutral so i can keep going!! That also means that I have figured out how to go from
Super tight—> more flexible so
LETS KEEP THE TRAIN GOING BABY WE GOING FOR 7cm

He now wants me to lengthen 3x on odd days and 2x on even days
For example, tomorrow the 19th, an odd number, i will lengthen 3x

Thank you all for your prayer LETS GOOO

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sheeesh congrats broski! you got that, hard work pays off ! lessgetit

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Could you share your insights about getting from super right to loose?

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Quote from: hello321 on November 19, 2019, 03:14:00 AMCould you share your insights about getting from super right to loose?

1. Actually going to PT. Since october 18th i’ve went to PT maybe 3 times in a whole month. Pt is really important
2. No more flying. Due to all the flights, i was always very swollen my foot was massive couldnt even see my ankles
3. Ever hour I stretch for 30 minutes. I stand on the slant board, 5 minutes each leg for 3 rounds
When i’m done i reset my alarm clock for 1 hour and stretch then. This really has helped
4. I brought my splints into PT & they fixed it for me so that it is appropriotely tight enough. I wear them a lot more

Hopefully this routine will get me as close to 8cm safetly as possible