Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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I lost my duck as when i started walking without crutches in around 3 weeks.

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Quote from: doomsday on February 19, 2017, 01:04:44 AMI lost my duck as when i started walking without crutches in around 3 weeks.

That's reassuring. 

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Hi Penguinn,

I hope you are doing fine.
I actually underwent limb lengthening with a doctor in New delhi. It's been 7.5 months since 1st surgery and 5 months since frame removal. I have equinus/ballerina in my right feet. It's not at all going away. I consulted other doctors too and they say I need to go Achilles Tendon lengthening surgery. But. ATL causes long term weakness and Dr.Paley told me not to go for it. He said he can fix the issue by using external fixator.
I wanted to consult Dr.Parihar and seek his opinion. Could you please let me know how I can reach out to Dr.Parihar directly ?
Can u please send me your email ID too talk to you directly if you don't mind ?

Thank you

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Paley says that ATL cases permanente weakness of the Achilles tendon and his profesor Catagni says that is a lie, who I believe to?

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I had duck ass. I cured it by sleeping with my legs elevated e.g. i put my legs on a pillow or two. 

I also did yoga stretches for ATP every day (YouTube them there's tons).

I cured it in about 3 months.

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Hi Penguinn, how is your recovery going?

Quote from: onemorefoot on February 19, 2017, 04:50:48 PMPaley says that ATL cases permanente weakness of the Achilles tendon and his profesor Catagni says that is a lie, who I believe to?

There are numerous sources confirming that ATL does indeed lessen elasticity meaning there is a substantial drop in power output. Logically, there is no way that lengthening the Achilles tendon would be as strong as before.

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Quote from: Penguinn on February 07, 2017, 06:44:05 AMDon't be like me. I'll be at least 6 months post op(March 20) before I walk unaided, which I'm ok with because of how well things have gone but you might not be. I'll post the X-Rays when I get them.

Hi Penguinn, If you had been religious with the walking, how long would it have been instead of the now estimated 6 months post-op? Would that duration be lesser for me since I'm doing only 5-5.5 cms?

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Quote from: 682 on March 02, 2017, 01:15:21 PMHi Penguinn, how is your recovery going?
Same ol' same ol'. No pain, just gotta walk for callus.

Quote from: Mtall on March 14, 2017, 09:04:35 AMHi Penguinn, If you had been religious with the walking, how long would it have been instead of the now estimated 6 months post-op? Would that duration be lesser for me since I'm doing only 5-5.5 cms?
It's gonna be more than 6 months post-op, and I have no idea but it would've definitely been sooner. I wasn't walking/weight bearing during lengthening too because they didn't want to risk pre-consolidation. At 2" the duration will definitely be lesser. In fact at age 21, doing 2" with Precice- your experience barring the first few weeks should be a breeze..but let's not jinx it.

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How much would Dr Parihar allow someone to lengthen their tibia with precise? I understand he allows 8 cm for femur but only allows max 6 cm for external tibia, so does that mean he only allows 6 cm internal tibia with precise?

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Internal tibia is a bad idea.