Thanks for the update HobbitMan! Very interesting about the knee immobilizer and def something I’m planning on early rather than later. You sound like you’re still doing well - good job. Happy you got over 2 cm so far already; that must feel pretty damn awesome! Stay strong brutha 💪
Quote from: HobbitMan on July 05, 2021, 06:28:01 AMInteresting update! Did all three lengthenings today with no pain. My secret was to put my legs into my knee immobilizers for an hour after each. When I took them out, my hamstrings must have caught up to everything else, and the pain is nonexistent. I don’t feel any pain while I’m in the immobilizers either. Even the night one was painless. As long as this keeps up I don’t think I’ll have to slow down. My weaker leg seems to have also gotten better from this method.
I’m glad Dr D told me to get knee immobilizers early. They’re not fun but they definitely work. I’d almost recommend them to people regardless if they have tight hamstrings, Dr D usually tells people to get them at the 5-6cm mark but I started wearing them at 2cm.
Didn't read about knee immobilizers anywhere. I'll put this in the check list.
Yeah knee immobilizers are really underrated and nobody here talks about them. I always wear them loose so my knees are not totally straight but they force me to keep them within 160-180 degrees bend for the time I’m wearing them, which stretches the hamstrings. This is important at night because it’s a free light 8 hour hamstring/quad/glute stretch if you use them. It’s easy to revert to bending knees because it feels slightly better, but laying flat is really beneficial.
I also am back to a regular 2 hour a day stretching and PT schedule. It’s really necessary and I feel great coming back from my noon sessions. I’m driving myself now and it feels really nice to get stretched for an hour. My range of motion is currently virtually identical to before surgery at this point which bodes really well. First inch down and no issues at all yet. The next inch will be fairly easy too. After 2inches this diary will get a lot more interesting.
@Hobbitman: I slowed down my lengthening at around 4 CM to 0.75 a day, literally all my lengthening pain (which was present with every night distraction) disappeared.
Quote from: 6CMFemurs on July 07, 2021, 07:49:33 PM@Hobbitman: I slowed down my lengthening at around 4 CM to 0.75 a day, literally all my lengthening pain (which was present with every night distraction) disappeared.
I’ll see if that’s an option once I get further! Right now the knee immobilizers and the return to physical therapy have fixed the issue and the only time I feel super tight is when I wake up. When I wake up I quickly cram a morphine, an Oxy, and a Valium and then sit in bed for 30 minutes listening to music to wait for the pain to pass. Then for the rest of the day I feel great, even after lengthening. Sometimes in the evening I can get tight if I lay around too much. But generally the return to PT as well as the knee immoblizers have been a panacea
Quote from: HobbitMan on July 08, 2021, 12:09:08 AMI’ll see if that’s an option once I get further! Right now the knee immobilizers and the return to physical therapy have fixed the issue and the only time I feel super tight is when I wake up. When I wake up I quickly cram a morphine, an Oxy, and a Valium and then sit in bed for 30 minutes listening to music to wait for the pain to pass. Then for the rest of the day I feel great, even after lengthening. Sometimes in the evening I can get tight if I lay around too much. But generally the return to PT as well as the knee immoblizers have been a panacea
Hey HobbitMan - congrats on 2cm+ so far!! I'm also lengthening with Precice and one thing that helped with the tightness when I was doing 1mm everyday was soaking in the tub with really hot water for like an hour every morning. I'd take an Oxy, get in the water, and then sit there, and also do some stretches like bending my knees to get stretch the quads, straightening my legs and pushing them against the tub to stretch hamstrings, etc. I found it really helpful - something else to consider as you push through!
I might try that! I’m worried about getting in and out of the tub but maybe I can attempt it verrrry slowly tomorrow.
Quote from: ab608 on July 09, 2021, 12:04:56 AMHey HobbitMan - congrats on 2cm+ so far!! I'm also lengthening with Precice and one thing that helped with the tightness when I was doing 1mm everyday was soaking in the tub with really hot water for like an hour every morning. I'd take an Oxy, get in the water, and then sit there, and also do some stretches like bending my knees to get stretch the quads, straightening my legs and pushing them against the tub to stretch hamstrings, etc. I found it really helpful - something else to consider as you push through!
Very early on I was using hot water with a handheld sprayer in shower. It is a magic eraser for muscle pain, as long as there is no swelling hot water relieves the pain right away and relieves tightness
Quote from: Activatedxx on July 09, 2021, 05:17:35 AMVery early on I was using hot water with a handheld sprayer in shower. It is a magic eraser for muscle pain, as long as there is no swelling hot water relieves the pain right away and relieves tightness
Took your advice, and it works so god damn well! After 10 minutes of hot water all pain was gone. It really is magical. Thanks for sharing this advice man!
I measured over 5’10” at night on the wall today! And I measured nearly 179cm when I woke up! My morning height was always just over 176cm and I’m less than 3cm in so it’s also as though I’m currently gaining more than the ERC says I am. I wonder if it’s because laying all the time has been better for my spine…
Either way, I’m officially over 5’10 now. It feels great and contrary to what others have said, 1 inch difference is very visible. You do feel taller and the people I’m around right now look shorter than before. I have a feeling that once I reach 8cm my height neurosis will be completely gone.
Im upping my stretching to 2 hours a day to improve my range of motion which is still identical to before surgery. Im spending 1 hour just on hamstrings. This doesn’t include my 5 hours a week of physical therapy. The more I stretch the less I notice any muscle issues.
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