I am a huge fan of Dr Betz. I am wondering whether he offered the full ITB release or a mini ITB release whereby you might need another one after lengthening is done?
i love your posts, thank you for the reply.
A lot of Betz patients are incredibly happy and very successful.
However, many tend to go to Goitikas for ITB release/full release. This is a trend for many, many people on here.
A full ITB release shouldn't really cause that level of disability. IMO and for the first week you aren't going to be lengthening and you can slow the rate for the first 1-3 weeks to avoid the severe stifness that can occur, and combine it with stretching.
Quote from: RealLostSoul on December 23, 2022, 11:45:47 AMI stated this before but I will say it again. Let me give you an example. My mate ozboy had a “radical” itband release while I just had the “soft” one. At 8cm he had slight wide legs and tight TFL, I have zero wise legs and very loose TFL. How come? I did vigorously stretch my ITband and TFL.
People think you can just ignore the abductor part (=Itband+tfl) of your legs but that’s not true. I was very scared about it band related issues before but I found out it’s actually one of the loosest things even at above 8cm.
I am glad I got the soft release and wouldn’t have want a different technique (it’s just a different technique of releasing).
Do this stretch (btw you can only do this if you can weightbear) and you will be perfect. I do it 45-60 min a day. (3-4 sessions. Twice of which I do while brushing my teeth)
https://imgur.com/a/eCvxk8Y
I've gone through others who vigorously stretched:
Leonazul
Sir stretch a lot
RB
And about eight other femoral lengthening diaries.
I've watched and read from paley, Goitikas et L
Their unanimous verdict is that they had wide legs even 3-4cm.despite stretching, that is was a massive hindrance, that they all had quick recoveries and their major issues caused by ITB significantly reduced post ITB release.
The aforementioned surgeons perform it on all patients or most lengthening their femurs.
There's no feasible way I would perform this without a proper ITB release.
Listen guys you have a point.
Rather than me just posting accounts of peoples stories and expert views ,I need to do focus on quality and not just quantity.
I'm going to stop pressing this issue in the way I am.
Instead, I'm going to consult with several of the top surgeons, orthopedic surgeon friends I have, and compile and maybe get detailed interviews of a ten or more femorL lengthening patients , and perhaps just put all of this research into one thread.
I'll be getting a full ITB release prior. The evidence is unanimous in my eyes, but to benefit the rest of users here, il focus on one highly researched quality thread.
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