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[Taciturn]

I've been wondering about this for a while now. Now, this might not engage most users here, but if you're interested in bodybuilding, this will be important to you. What happens to the muscle belly shape after lenghening? Say, I lengthened my humerus, would it change the way my arm looks drastically, or would it remain the same, only longer? Thanks.

[Iamready]

Well I had the surgery on the humerus and my muscle is much larger in volume than it was before. Same phenomenon happened with my calf muscles. It's not just longer but fuller.

[TIBIKE200]

Well I had the surgery on the humerus and my muscle is much larger in volume than it was before. Same phenomenon happened with my calf muscles. It's not just longer but fuller.

So now you've got "big guns"?

[Taciturn]

Wow dude, are you sure? This is really good news for me. Thank you so much

[AlphaFrog]

That's called fibrosis you beta dweeb. That's bad news for you lol

[Taciturn]

What the fk is fibrosis

[LLSouthAmerica]

For some reason, after lenghtening I have well shaped abdominal (better than before), if I trained a little more the abs I would have six pack. I think it's because of the stiffness of the hip, the counter muscles are in the core so you train subconsciously hahaha

[Iamready]

That's called fibrosis you beta dweeb. That's bad news for you lol

I'm not here to argue with you or dispute the fact that I am a beta dweeb.  I'm just providing information.

[Iamready]

So now you've got "big guns"?

It's not just the biceps, it's also the triceps.  And although the volume of the muscle has increased so has the definition.  I used to work out my arms and legs prior to surgery and I was never this ripped or as large in either area. 

[LLSouthAmerica]

Are your arms as strong as before?

[Iamready]

The only area where I have not recovered strength yet is in my shoulders.  Pull ups are difficult.  As well as lifting things over my head.  They insert the rod through the shoulder so I am sure that's why it's my weakest point but i'm confident I will regain strength there because I have seen improvements rapidly.  Will keep you guys posted.

[Jack1066]

Is alphafrog the alpha dweeb then? Congrats bro


There's nothing necessarily wrong with fibrosis, it is probably just the tissue repairing itself. Scarring basically.

[LLSouthAmerica]

Of course it is, fibrosis means that the death of a cell is replaced by collagen. It's basically a portion of tissue that will never regain function and it's only filled up. Like a heart in a myocardial infarction, it's filled with fibrosis/scarring but it's becomes permanently impaired. Though for arms and legs a little fibrosis won't mean anything in everyday life, but if it's too much you will permanently lose strength.

[TIBIKE200]

Of course it is, fibrosis means that the death of a cell is replaced by collagen. It's basically a portion of tissue that will never regain function and it's only filled up. Like a heart in a myocardial infarction, it's filled with fibrosis/scarring but it's becomes permanently impaired. Though for arms and legs a little fibrosis won't mean anything in everyday life, but if it's too much you will permanently lose strength.

I cut almost half of my tenar muscles last year. Power recovered 100%. The body is pretty darn good with adapting and compensating

[Jack1066]

It makes you lose strength?  !

I cut open my left arm right down to the tendon a couple of years ago and the bicep seems a little smaller than it was before, although the strength seems to have recovered OK.

That said I've not done very much with it lol

[LLSouthAmerica]

Of course that's what fibrosis mean. If you recover 100% it's because of your body adaptation and functional reserve (other structure compensate for the loss). For example, if you lose a kidney that doesn't mean you will be in renal failure. What I mean is that fibrosis is not good and while a little will not impact too much on you, if it is extensive your body won't compensate and there will be loss of function.

[Jack1066]

I see, so is it normal that it happens to your muscles after limb lengthening, and does it somewhat compensate for the soft tissue damage?

[TIBIKE200]

The only way to know if it is indeed fibrosis is to take a biopsy from his muscle tissue. I don't think he wanna do that.

 In the end, if his functionality has returned 100% in the hypertrophic areas, it shouldn't matter how much is fibrosis and how much is actual muscle growth

[Taciturn]

So would an increment of 5 cm in my humerus bones cause this phenomenon? And what exactly does it affect?