SO I've booked my air ticket and my visa is being prepared. I will do 6-7 cm lengthening with Dr Barinov in Volgograd.
Its my time to give back to this forum..
I have a few questions:
a) Would Dr Barinov advise release surgery since I am doing 6-7cm to avoid ballerina feet?
b) Where can I buy footholders?
c) I heard of a condition whereby footholders are used too much experienced by a forummer but apparently it turned out to be some muscle issue, not related to the footholder. So over-use of footholders is OK?
d) I am flying to Russia and will reach Moscow on 6 December, 11.20 PM. Then, I intend to take a train to Volgograd. How much will this cost approximately? And where can I get the schedules and fees?
I've been playing Bon Jovi's Its my life, so many times. Its really an inspirational piece! And I will ask Dr Barinov to play it during surgery 
Thanks!!
Dr Barinov (Volgograd, Russia) Limb Lengthening (Incomplete)
Quote from: old forum please on August 15, 2014, 06:21:50 PMSO I've booked my air ticket and my visa is being prepared. I will do 6-7 cm lengthening with Dr Barinov in Volgograd.
Its my time to give back to this forum..
I have a few questions:
a) Would Dr Barinov advise release surgery since I am doing 6-7cm to avoid ballerina feet?
b) Where can I buy footholders?
c) I heard of a condition whereby footholders are used too much experienced by a forummer but apparently it turned out to be some muscle issue, not related to the footholder. So over-use of footholders is OK?
d) I am flying to Russia and will reach Moscow on 6 December, 11.20 PM. Then, I intend to take a train to Volgograd. How much will this cost approximately? And where can I get the schedules and fees?
I've been playing Bon Jovi's Its my life, so many times. Its really an inspirational piece! And I will ask Dr Barinov to play it during surgery
Thanks!!
a) He won't advise it because it is not needed if you do enough PT.
b+c) I don't know where you can buy those, but they are not needed and as you said they can cause problems because you have permanent pressure on your muscles which can cause damage to them. Doing 10-20 min stretching per day is enough.
d) Can't help you with this.
Good luck!
Dont you usually get picked up at the airport by the person who helps you with the visa?
Quote from: Please on August 15, 2014, 06:21:50 PMSO I've booked my air ticket and my visa is being prepared. I will do 6-7 cm lengthening with Dr Barinov in Volgograd.
Its my time to give back to this forum..
I have a few questions:
a) Would Dr Barinov advise release surgery since I am doing 6-7cm to avoid ballerina feet?
b) Where can I buy footholders?
c) I heard of a condition whereby footholders are used too much experienced by a forummer but apparently it turned out to be some muscle issue, not related to the footholder. So over-use of footholders is OK?
d) I am flying to Russia and will reach Moscow on 6 December, 11.20 PM. Then, I intend to take a train to Volgograd. How much will this cost approximately? And where can I get the schedules and fees?
I've been playing Bon Jovi's Its my life, so many times. Its really an inspirational piece! And I will ask Dr Barinov to play it during surgery
Thanks!!
Good luck on your LL and thanks for sharing!
Shouldn't you ask the clinic for all these questions?
I have decided to lengthen my FEMURS instead of TIBIA because if I lengthen my tibia by 6-7 cm I will have the same length of femur and tibia which is awkward.
My question is:
1) can externals lengthen femur by 6-7 cm?
2) what is the pros and cons of tibia vs femur? I heard femur is more painful due to more muscles? Is it more risky?
3) What is the butt problem that femur patients get and how to avoid it or correct it?
4) Does Dr Barinov and Bagirov (one in Moscow and the other in Volgograd) do EXTERNAL femur lengthening?
Both doctors in Russia have not replied me yet.
Quote from: ItsMyLife on August 30, 2014, 03:19:28 PMI have decided to lengthen my FEMURS instead of TIBIA because if I lengthen my tibia by 6-7 cm I will have the same length of femur and tibia which is awkward.
My question is:
1) can externals lengthen femur by 6-7 cm?
2) what is the pros and cons of tibia vs femur? I heard femur is more painful due to more muscles? Is it more risky?
3) What is the butt problem that femur patients get and how to avoid it or correct it?
4) Does Dr Barinov and Bagirov (one in Moscow and the other in Volgograd) do EXTERNAL femur lengthening?
Both doctors in Russia have not replied me yet.
Don't do external femurs. That's an horrible idea.
exclide is doing external femurs and seems to be doing okay, but he's doing it with Ilizarovs rather than monorails. The people I've met who did external femurs (Jungle and Mummy) and complained of excruciating pain were both lengthening with monorails.
The Beijing Institute says 5cm is their usual limit on lengthening femurs externally, and if the patient reaches 5cm and is doing really well, they allow you to go beyond 5cm. I don't know about other doctors' policies on external femurs.
In the end, femurs and tibiae are probably about the same. Tibia gives you high knees, femur gives you low knees. Duck ass (from doing femurs) and ballerina foot (from doing tibiae) are the result of having tendons that haven't stretched out enough to match the new length of your bones. They'll both go away with walking eventually, but some people do physical therapy to make recovery go even faster.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on August 30, 2014, 04:31:58 PMexclide is doing external femurs and seems to be doing okay, but he's doing it with Ilizarovs rather than monorails. The people I've met who did external femurs (Jungle and Mummy) and complained of excruciating pain were both lengthening with monorails.
The Beijing Institute says 5cm is their usual limit on lengthening femurs externally, and if the patient reaches 5cm and is doing really well, they allow you to go beyond 5cm. I don't know about other doctors' policies on external femurs.
In the end, femurs and tibiae are probably about the same. Tibia gives you high knees, femur gives you low knees. Duck ass (from doing femurs) and ballerina foot (from doing tibiae) are the result of having tendons that haven't stretched out enough to match the new length of your bones. They'll both go away with walking eventually, but some people do physical therapy to make recovery go even faster.
It' interesting that Dr.Kocaoglu in Istanbul reckons that LON in femurs is easier than LON in tibias. Maybe it's the surgery that's easier because only the femur needs to be fixated while both the tibias and fibula needs to be fixated on the lower leg. But in terms patient experience, I guess it will be much more painful to have the fixator on the thighs. With regards to the monorails, I remember Disobedient mention that the monorails on her tibias were much more painful than the monorails on her femurs.
THX all for ur comments.
How can I prevent Duck Ass if I do femurs? Does PT help? Also, should I avoid training up my thigh muscles since I am doing the surgery in Dec? Any stretches to help pre-surgery??
Why did both docs not reply? Do they even do femur externals? (Illizarov)
I might consider the St Petersburg doctor now... Does he routinely do femurs?
Dr. Barinov does do external femurs well. However, he is known for poor communication via email with prospective patients. If he hasn't responded, try again. That way he'll know you're serious.
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