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[onlywantafewcmmore]

What sort of complications have you suffered afterwards? Any complications that are not talked about?

[dexter1930]

to me it's definitely the SKIN, my skin can't keep up with the bone lengthening rate. it's causing a lot of problems like I can't flex my right knee and pinsite bleeding

[onlywantafewcmmore]

how much did you lengthen? does your skin feel very tight?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

I got exertional compartment syndrome in my tibialis anterior muscles.  I suspect that this is due to a change in biomechanics that caused the muscles to have to work much, much harder than they used to when I walk.  This is a syndrome that extreme athlets get, and I do not fit that description.  Just some light dumbell aerobics or yoga 30 minutes a day is all I do.

I also have tendonitis in my patellar ligaments.  I think this was caused by the splitting of the patellar ligaments to insert the intermedullary nails (standard procedure, no other way to get them in there), but it may have had some other cause or multiple causes.  My body has a very strong inflammatory response to all things, and I think this is why I have the problem.

[BelowTheMean]

After nearly seven months my shins are still numb. I think I might be finally seeing some signs of improvement though. My femurs also hurt to varying degrees when I walk and work out my legs. I really hope that it's because I haven't consolidated or because I still have the nails in.

[AimHigh]

After ~8cm femur lengthening 5 years ago the skin on both anterior tibia's is still easily irritated and gets very itchy due to nerve stretching I think. I also have Patella irritation(Superior) and I no longer have full ROM in my left knee (~135 degrees), and my right knee has become very noisy/grainy (Crepsitis).I have lost strength in both knees and far less stable when rising up from a squat.
I can no longer run for much over 50 metres, but can kinda "shuffle jog" for 5 min or so, tibial anterior swelling happens quickly, I think this is due to the altered Fem/Tibia proportions.
All in all this operation has been quite debilitating for me, I stay fit and strong with Gym and bicycle riding, I am ok as I am in my mid 50's, but my previous sports of MMA (reduced flexibility/speed, and high kicks are a joke now),  Squash/Racquet ball are distant memories.

[onlywantafewcmmore]

Seems most people suffer some sort of complication?

[5ft5]

So it seems like 8cm of LL, more often than not results in some permanent complications? Just 50m of running doesn't sound very nice for an Ironman prospective like me 

[5ft5]

After ~8cm femur lengthening 5 years ago the skin on both anterior tibia's is still easily irritated and gets very itchy due to nerve stretching I think. I also have Patella irritation(Superior) and I no longer have full ROM in my left knee (~135 degrees), and my right knee has become very noisy/grainy (Crepsitis).I have lost strength in both knees and far less stable when rising up from a squat.
I can no longer run for much over 50 metres, but can kinda "shuffle jog" for 5 min or so, tibial anterior swelling happens quickly, I think this is due to the altered Fem/Tibia proportions.
All in all this operation has been quite debilitating for me, I stay fit and strong with Gym and bicycle riding, I am ok as I am in my mid 50's, but my previous sports of MMA (reduced flexibility/speed, and high kicks are a joke now),  Squash/Racquet ball are distant memories.

I have knee and shin problems as a normal person (no LL yet) and have stopped on squats because of crepitus . Swelling and other problems are scary though.

[PerfectBody]

I have knee and shin problems as a normal person (no LL yet) and have stopped on squats because of crepitus . Swelling and other problems are scary though.

How much did you lengthen?

[Gman23]

To me it looks like the older you get the weaker, your legs get, at age 50 any normal person would loose their previous athletic abilities...

And it seems like, if you get the surgery done at a younger age the better the results are, and you heal better over time


From reading the other peoples feedback, complications etc, seems like every LL’er has/had some sort of problems, after.


Knee problem etc..

Or is it due to the lack of stretching, working out when you had done the surgery ...?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

To me it looks like the older you get the weaker, your legs get, at age 50 any normal person would loose their previous athletic abilities...

And it seems like, if you get the surgery done at a younger age the better the results are, and you heal better over time


From reading the other peoples feedback, complications etc, seems like every LL’er has/had some sort of problems, after.


Knee problem etc..

Or is it due to the lack of stretching, working out when you had done the surgery ...?

It's unavoidable.

Stretch the body out unnaturally and you'll get complications of some kind.  It's only to what degree that's in question.

[5ft5]

It's unavoidable.

Stretch the body out unnaturally and you'll get complications of some kind.  It's only to what degree that's in question.

What do you think about yoga positions though? I've seen extremely weird stretches in yoga but hardly any complications at least from what I've heard.

[Medium Drink Of Water]

What do you think about yoga positions though? I've seen extremely weird stretches in yoga but hardly any complications at least from what I've heard.

Surgically lengthening a fully-grown adult's legs goes way beyond what yoga poses can do.