StrugglingHard - External Tibias - Dr. Sringari - 2013 - My Lengthening In India

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31/01/2014:

Reached hospital by around 7am. Frame removal surgery was finished by 11 am and they told I was shivering and shouting due to pain after surgery but I didnt realise anything.

I got very high BP( 160 before surgery, reaches 200 during or after immediate surgery as informed to me). Took medicine and my BP became normal by 9pm. Pain continued till next day only then no more pain.


I am really scared if I can get straight/normal foot before I fly back but Harry is confident that my foot will be normal before I go.

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08/02/2014:

Harry says my twisted foot will be fine soon . I have ballerina but my fear is abt twisted foot.
My callus is ok not so excellent, it would have been worse if I didnt go through stem cells. I am expecting my stem bone healer soon and hope to get my callus better soon.

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shocking pictures and shocking diary

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I applaud u for being courageously determined. Congrats.

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how much bellerina do you have? It is looking bad bellerina and twisted feet too. .i will take time dude to be normal

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Oh my god ... i m sorry to say that this is a very serious issue , actually i also had this issue on my left foot along with 2 other patients under Dr Sarin but my condition was way better then those other 2 that i know off .

i will explain to you since i had the same problem but my was way better then yours and i did my research and consulted other doctors ,,
there are only two possible causes to have this complication ;

1. Over stretching of your achilles tendon . it means since you might have lengthen too much , your achilles tendon couldn't resist the stretch which resulted in your heel turn inward . that's what the other doctor told me .

2. alignment of your bone is not correct . In your X-ray compare your right tibia to your left , it clearly shows that your right tibia is not straight which resulted in foot turn inward . And this is caused because of improper installment of frame or the IM nail by your doctor. try to align the both end of the cut of your tibia and compare to one another and you will know the difference .

i has consultation with another doctor and he said that my case is acceptable but i will need another surgery for correction in future .
well for me its been almost a year ... frankly i didn't do much exercise because it was really very hard and uncomfortable to make the foot straight because 100% pressure will be on a small portion of your foot just below fourth toe and pinky toe which made me give up many times . i guess i was scared and lazy . my left foot is much better then before but i still its not completely normal for which i will counsult another doctor next month (i was waiting for a long time for this).

try hard to make your foot straight and never give up , but what ever you do you will need another surgery to fix it which is by making your tibia straight . until then i don't think you will be able to walk normal . i know its hard to hear the harsh reality at this point of your LL journey but its the truth and i m sorry for that .

making your foot straight is much harder the removing a ballerina ... you are 100% right to be worried about twisted foot.



the 1st bone is perfectly aligned bone and its really very important to have a correct anatomical alignment of a leg bone to walk normal again and specially to prevent early arthritis , knee pain , twisted foot , X legged (genu valgum) and bow legged (genu varum).

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@Machine,

Thanks a lot for the invaluable info. I think my twisted foot is due to 1st reason but not 2nd one. I have seen my both tibia and it seems quite  straight to me. Right tibia starts bending just from ankle or a bit above the pin areas. I see my heels bending inwards due to inablitity to stretch Achilles any more.

I have been doing heavy exercise to make it straight, while I dont see much improvement in bending in last 4 days of excercise, I see bit softer ankle which was so tight before, which means I feel when I stand it may help in making it straight.

I am doing excercise like
- putting wax to soften and Harry putting pressure from ankle to make foot straight, when  I do this I see larger part of foot touching ground not only small part on left tip (near last finger).

- putting 20 kg of weight on foot from inner side of foot & inner heel, for 30 min to 1 hour

- cycling for 1 to 2 hours by tightening foot with foot lace and putting pressure on foot to turn so that larger part of foot press on cycle pedal

- Putting pressure to straighten and then wrap with crepe bandage and keep for few hours as long as I can tolerate.

It makes ankle softer & flexible a lot but the moment I stop these exercise, foot comes back to bending position again & softness/flexbility decrease slowly.


Wont these exercise and softening & more flexible ankle cure this problem when I start walking?

And how much time it takes to walk after surgical lengthening of Achilles? Any idea? What ur doctor says?

Do u have contact with other 2 guys who suffer like this and their foots ok now and how?

Dr. Sringari feels I may need a surgery to extend my achilles but Harry thinks it will be fine by physio. I am really worried a lot
I have booked my flight for 28th Feb and join work on 3rd March.

Present condition:

It is extremely very hard and uncomfortable to make the foot straight & keep on ground because 100% pressure is on a small portion of foot just below fourth toe and pinky toe. So I am not able to put even weight on my knee.


Thanks again.

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Sorry to hijack ur thread strugg but i have a q's for machine in regards to misaligned tibial bone.
- Does the symptom include pain in the joint? Sometimes i feel the bone rubbing each other in the joint causing discomfort. I believe this maybe caused by the IM nail. It does go away when my achilles are warmed up tho and it's always more painful in the morning. I had had knee pain in that leg, the other one is perfect, no pain what so ever. Thanks.