Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. Work has been consuming. I thought it's time for a big update considering it has been over 7 months.
1) I can now walk for about 20 minutes at a normal pace, twice a day without crutches.
2) My gait has improved significantly, in that I think it will be unnoticible within a month time.
3)
i) I still have duckass, or anterior pelvis tilt. Narrowing my legs makes the tilt more severe. My back is sore after long walks as it tries to curve backward, in an attempt to compensate for my hip tilting backwards.
ii) While BetzLandLiberator and DonBones have never had a problem with it, myself and LegendKiller suffer greatly from it. I think it is also somewhat correlated with knee pain while clicking.
iii) I have been doing many quad and hip flexor stretching exercises, but they have not been effective in combating my duckass. Emails to Betz/Danielle have been met with "just do the stretches on the package." At this point, I wonder if my pelvis will ever be put back into shape. Does anyone else have good recommendations for good stretches against anterior pelvis tilt / duckass?
Thanks!
Bilateral Femur Lengthening Dairy: May 2021 with Dr Betz and Betzbone
Do you think if you lengthened, say, 2cm less you would not have as severe duckass?
to fight duck ass, I think stretching hip flexors is important but even more so is to have strong glutes. Both gluteus medium and Maximus. When you contract them, they are the muscles that get your pelvis from anteriorly tilted to normal position. If your glutes are very strong, your gait will be straight without anterior tilt.
@thankscience
Lengthening less always helps. I think everyone will eventually stretch back in place, but the last 2cm, especially the last 0.5cm really complicated the healing process
@Roger1300
Yeah, I've seen many explainations online about it being short hip flexors and/or weak glutes. However, when I do contract my glutes, my TFL or the side of my pelvis, connected to my ITB is clearly blocking the hip-forward motion. The cause of the tilt is ITB for LLers, which is different for normal people who sit too much.
Did you contact Giotikas to see what he recommends for this issue? Hope your recovery is going well now!
Quote from: SirStretchAlot on December 11, 2021, 08:45:01 AMHey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. Work has been consuming. I thought it's time for a big update considering it has been over 7 months.
1) I can now walk for about 20 minutes at a normal pace, twice a day without crutches.
2) My gait has improved significantly, in that I think it will be unnoticible within a month time.
3)
i) I still have duckass, or anterior pelvis tilt. Narrowing my legs makes the tilt more severe. My back is sore after long walks as it tries to curve backward, in an attempt to compensate for my hip tilting backwards.
ii) While BetzLandLiberator and DonBones have never had a problem with it, myself and LegendKiller suffer greatly from it. I think it is also somewhat correlated with knee pain while clicking.
iii) I have been doing many quad and hip flexor stretching exercises, but they have not been effective in combating my duckass. Emails to Betz/Danielle have been met with "just do the stretches on the package." At this point, I wonder if my pelvis will ever be put back into shape. Does anyone else have good recommendations for good stretches against anterior pelvis tilt / duckass?
Thanks!
Hey man I just read this and since you mentioned my name I Wanted to share a few points on here. As you probably know I had pretty severe ITB and wide legs issues as well, even 5-6 months post finished lengthing. Betz simply ignored my issues and didn't help at all. I finally made my own choice and got my ITB released in November with another surgeon. It made a huge difference in my recovery and as of right now I'm back to walking normally without any wide legs or duckass. I want to make it crystal clear that without and ITB release now almost 1 year after LL surgery I would still be suffering with wide legs and duckass/Anterior pelvic tilt. My ITB simply failed to get accustomed to my lengthing process and I'm pretty sure that would NOT have changed significantly on its own. There's a reason why almost all surgeons do an release, especially with the lengthing amounts betz allows his patients to do. It blows my mind that he simply doesn't do it and then leaves his patients to their own devices. Maybe some of them are lucky and don't need it but at least he should offer it for patients like me and maybe you who do indeed need to get their ITB lengthened in order to not walk like an idiot for months and months on end. Not to mention all the joint and muscular issues that come from walking with wide legs and duckass for that long.
So IMO if you waited for months post lengthing and issues still prevail you should think about a release rather than wasting more time on stretches, of course stretching is super important but it won't cut it when it comes to these ITB issues. Watching myself being able to walk normally a few weeks post release was eye opening in how important It is for recovering your gait and making atequare progress like you should.
He apparently already had an ITB release during the surgery, so I'm not sure if he can do it again now?
I’m curious to know how squatting is with such a large increase to the femurs.
Quote from: thankscience on February 06, 2022, 12:13:05 PMI’m curious to know how squatting is with such a large increase to the femurs.
你不觉得他做的太多了吗？ 我只建议大腿6厘米最多
How are you going now 1 year later?
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