Stand Taller diary - The first day of the rest of my life (Betz Bone 14.01.2022)

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Thanks for the update and sharing the video!

It'll be interesting to see you walking with clothes on as well, in particular how your femur-tibia proportions looks like. I'm sure it'll look a lot better. Would also appreciate if you can answer my questions from my previous post

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Quote from: informationispower on May 03, 2023, 06:14:43 PMAs a proportion fanatic, I find the proportions off (fems to tibs) but I must admit that it is not nearly as bad as I thought it would look. The walking is still pretty off though and it os bevause of the IT bands which shows by your knee positions

Was waiting for somebody to comment about that... first off, I was wearing my boxers really high and also my socks very high making my femurs look extra long and my tibias extra short. Secondly, video was taken with a wide angle lens at a low angle - exaggerating this further.

Here is a photo of me with clothes with a normal lens at a normal angle. My friend is 187cm tall.

https://freeimage.host/i/HScZ86N

Here you can see that my knee breaks a little lower than my friend (break in pants), and though my sweater is higher - that is more because I am wearing a small and have folded it at the bottom and friend hasn't. I see what you are seeing regarding the video, but with clothes and normal lenses my porportions looks fine. Are they perfect? No. Are they good enough? Sure. Do I really care? Nope.

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Quote from: hippo60 on April 25, 2023, 05:33:01 PMThanks for the detailed response! It's definitely a long road but it's great to see you're still very motivated and keeping at it. Really happy to hear about your progress

Would you say it's mostly walking and stretching so far? Or have you done some strength training as well?
And do you still communicate with Becker?

Can't wait to see the pictures / videos


In my daily routine it is mostly walking and stretching and some strength, but not much - no weights. I haven't spoken to him in probably a month or so, I don't need to send any more x-rays for another year or so. So rest is up to me when it comes to stretching and walking. If I have nay questions he is quick to respond, but at this point I have been recovering for so long I just have to let time pass.

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Quote from: Stand taller on May 03, 2023, 06:58:59 PMWas waiting for somebody to comment about that... first off, I was wearing my boxers really high and also my socks very high making my femurs look extra long and my tibias extra short. Secondly, video was taken with a wide angle lens at a low angle - exaggerating this further.

Here is a photo of me with clothes with a normal lens at a normal angle. My friend is 187cm tall.

https://freeimage.host/i/HScZ86N

Here you can see that my knee breaks a little lower than my friend (break in pants), and though my sweater is higher - that is more because I am wearing a small and have folded it at the bottom and friend hasn't. I see what you are seeing regarding the video, but with clothes and normal lenses my porportions looks fine. Are they perfect? No. Are they good enough? Sure. Do I really care? Nope.

I wasnt critisizing you. You did a very big amount and I said that I am a proportion fanatic. In fact, your legs to body ratio even in the vid looks good. With cloths you look normal proportionally but still you can see the effect of the IT bands

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Quote from: Stand taller on May 03, 2023, 07:05:36 PM
In my daily routine it is mostly walking and stretching and some strength, but not much - no weights. I haven't spoken to him in probably a month or so, I don't need to send any more x-rays for another year or so. So rest is up to me when it comes to stretching and walking. If I have nay questions he is quick to respond, but at this point I have been recovering for so long I just have to let time pass.

Got it! Why no weights for now? You don't want to build more muscle?

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Quote from: informationispower on May 03, 2023, 07:06:28 PMI wasnt critisizing you. You did a very big amount and I said that I am a proportion fanatic. In fact, your legs to body ratio even in the vid looks good. With cloths you look normal proportionally but still you can see the effect of the IT bands

Oh, no I wasn't taking it as critique I just want to be clear about how the video distorts what I really look like, hence me uploading that photo where you also think I look normal proportionally.

 "but still you can see the effect of the IT bands"

Not sure what you mean by this? Are you talking about how I stand wide with my legs?

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Quote from: hippo60 on May 03, 2023, 07:07:34 PMGot it! Why no weights for now? You don't want to build more muscle?

Yes I do, and probably should. But since I did weight bearing I didn't loose much muscle, if any. I weighted 58kgs before surgery, and at most I was 72kgs around Christmas. I am down to 67kgs now. Since I work 70-80 hour weeks I haven't time to both work, walk, stretch, do physio and go to the gym. But I am going to start running this or next week at the gym, and will probably start building muscle.

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Quote from: Stand taller on May 03, 2023, 07:24:48 PMOh, no I wasn't taking it as critique I just want to be clear about how the video distorts what I really look like, hence me uploading that photo where you also think I look normal proportionally.

 "but still you can see the effect of the IT bands"

Not sure what you mean by this? Are you talking about how I stand wide with my legs?
Yes. They are wide and not straight

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Hey Stand Taller !
Congrats for your surgery ! Hope everything is ok. I would like to know what was your proportions before and after surgery please.
- height
- arm to body ratio
- tibia/femur ratio
- leg to body ratio

Thanks you so much. I am thinking of doing LL with betzinstitute.

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Congrats again ST!

Do you think it was worth it lengthening that much in the end if you’re still not back to normal?