Dr. Giotikas - external tibia/Stryde - Diary 2018/2019

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now I see it, too. They just changed the wording

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The last two days I felt better than the last weeks. The pain in my legs while walking has decreased and I'm able to get up and walk faster than before. I talked to Dr. Giotikas per videocall, he is pleased with my X-Rays and encouraged me to keep stretching everyday. He suggested me to try to do some steps without the walker. Right now I can't imagine that but since the pain has decreased, maybe it will be possible someday. I feel very good mentally.

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When you do stryde with him, does he perform IT band release on you?

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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on January 28, 2019, 01:00:28 PMWhen you do stryde with him, does he perform IT band release on you?

not sure yet. No he didn't perform IT band release on me.

Some days I feel very good with no pain and where I have no trouble walking a lot with my walker. The next day walking feels very difficult again and I'm very slow, also because of pain. Yesterday was one of the days where my body felt almost too tired and too weak to walk at all because I hadn't have much sleep the night before.

I was lucky that I had only two infections in Athens so far which (its pain) were gone with antibiotics the next day. I might have another one as I feel pain at one of the pins when I walk. It's not near the knee or ankle luckily. If it doesn't get better I will contact Dr. Giotikas.

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There is no reason to perform IT band release if you are doing tibia. IT band is for femurs only.

In tibias, the risk is achilles tendom lengthening, but Dr. Giotikas does not perform it. At least with tsf, with stryde I don't know.

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Didn't you think it would be better doing quadrilateral than doing tibias and after that femurs? Did you discuss it with dr. Giotikas?

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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on February 06, 2019, 11:21:43 AMDidn't you think it would be better doing quadrilateral than doing tibias and after that femurs? Did you discuss it with dr. Giotikas?

If Stryde would have been available a few months ago I would have signed up for quadrilateral. But it wasn't. But now I'm happy that I only did tibias only first. It's hard enough already.

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Quote from: Great321 on February 06, 2019, 07:02:20 PMIf Stryde would have been available a few months ago I would have signed up for quadrilateral. But it wasn't. But now I'm happy that I only did tibias only first. It's hard enough already.
But you could do one leg first and than the other. And it's possible quadriletaeral with TSF on tibias.

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Since today (after almost 4 months) I know that my digestion problems were due to Cloristridium germs (diarrhea) that can be a side effect from Antibiotics. Or maybe I got infected by somebody else. I don't know for certain. I'm in the hospital were I get medication. Hopefully it helps. Maybe that is the reason why my bone growth is so slow ...?

I was also told that I don't have a pin infection. Some good news at least.

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when do you plan to LL your femurs?