The reality of Lengthening the achilles tendon!

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Quote from: saltedchocolate on July 15, 2024, 10:55:31 PMi dont know when it starts to lengthen or stretch but by theory we know that , once a person passes 5 cm , it starts to get significantly tighter, and you have to realize this, once u start getting tight, U NEED TO STOP LENGTHENING.
It doesn't take more than 3-5 days to give you permanent damage
Not exactly.
Even if it gets tight during LL it will become much better when you finish and start walking a lot. Most LLers will have some equinus during tibia LL but also the vast majority of them will have zero or a minor one (less than 2cm) the first months after LL and probably zero 1-2 years after.
Also if you start to have major equinus at 6cm for instance  you can always reverse lemgthening and go back to 5.5cm when the equinus will me minimal.

Things are not that damgerous with equinus as there are many solutions if you have a good doctor and most LLers can reach 6.5cm in tibias without major issues, at least with ballerina foot. The only unacceptable way to treat equinus is atl, anything else will have way better results with no consequences.

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Quote from: AnotherLLer on July 14, 2024, 11:43:09 PMThat's why 3.5 or 4 cm is max in one lengthening for tibia. Above 4 cm is not worth the gamble getting irreversible achilles tendon issues.

Paley does up to 5 - are there any cases of Achilles issues in his tibia patients?

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Quote from: BeginAgain on July 16, 2024, 02:01:21 PMPaley does up to 5 - are there any cases of Achilles issues in his tibia patients?
its different for everyone, some of paley's patients also get 5.5 or 6 even.
Its just that , on average the sweet spot seems to be 5, before your achilles tendon starts really tightening up and preventing dorsiflexion