Saint Petersburg - External Tibias - Dr. Solomin

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does dr. solomin have a 6cm limit, it is implied in his FAQ.

what is your ratio anyway, i take it if you go above 5cm your tibia becomes longer than your femur?

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Good luck with your journey. I am planning to do surgery on my tibia as well with dr.Kulesh sometimes next year. Eager to see you recovering fully. Best of luck and please keep up the diary. 

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Hey man!

How is going lengthening ? Any complications  or maybe everything is going smooth? Keep up!

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Looking at your frames are there two breaks in the bone or is the bottom wire just there for stability?

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Quote from: microman on September 27, 2015, 01:39:28 PMdoes dr. solomin have a 6cm limit, it is implied in his FAQ.

what is your ratio anyway, i take it if you go above 5cm your tibia becomes longer than your femur?

No, he doesn't have a 6cm limit, but he seems to generally discourage lengthening past 6cm.

To be honest, I did not measure my tibia to femur ratio prior to surgery, mostly because my tibias are quite short in comparison to my femurs to start with and I've been wearing 8cm lifts for about close to a decade without any problems. I know some people may consider this careless, but at the end of the day, proportions are not so important to me as height gained.

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Quote from: Samuimw on September 27, 2015, 08:19:34 AMHello badwolf , good luck with your journey. I'm also from Asia, my starting height was 164 and have been lengthening for two months now , I have reached 4.8 cm my target is 8cm. No problems so far only very little ballerina.

That's awesome! How much have you lengthened now? I've been really wary of ballerina foot, as, having worn lifts for over 10 years, I know that my Achilles tendon isn't as flexible as most people. I've been stretching 3 hours daily and been walking about an hour a day as well and so far have been able to avoid it.

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Quote from: orangina33 on September 27, 2015, 03:50:31 PMGood luck with your journey. I am planning to do surgery on my tibia as well with dr.Kulesh sometimes next year. Eager to see you recovering fully. Best of luck and please keep up the diary.

Thanks for the well wishes:) Are you planning on undergoing surgery directly with Dr. Kulesh or Dr. Solomin as well? Matters around when next year, but maybe I'll still be around!

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Quote from: doomsday on October 13, 2015, 09:32:56 PMHey man!

How is going lengthening ? Any complications  or maybe everything is going smooth? Keep up!

Hey! Sorry for the lack of update. I've been juggling full-time work, stretching, and walking everyday and it's been keeping me pretty busy. No complications so far except slight misalignment of my right tibia which Dr. Kulesh and Dr. Solomin have assured me can be corrected post lengthening. I'll upload my x-rays soon. I'm at 3cm at that moment and stretching a lot to avoid ballerina foot.

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Quote from: Morgenst. on October 24, 2015, 06:27:21 PMLooking at your frames are there two breaks in the bone or is the bottom wire just there for stability?

No, there's only one break in each bone. The bottom wires, along with all the other wires and rods are there for support.

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Good luck, badwolf.

Try do everything against the ballerina. It is worse than any pain.