Sweden you always talk about how difficult the recovery phase is and how most patients never recover completely but what can a LL patient do to ensure a good recovery in your opinion?
A good question, thanks for asking.
Try to go to a good doctor. Be very well educated in what you need to do during lengthening. What to eat and all that.
Don't exceed 1mm/day, take some rest days when you need it. Learn to listen to your body.
As soon as you'll get any trouble then work hard on just that part.
Exercise your upper body, a lot.
Drink lots of water.
After frame removal or nail is locked then walk around as much as possible. Impact to the ground builds the bone and not bone graft or supplements.
Visit the physio therapist even if you think it's pointless. He will measure your gains, even the small ones you never see.
Keep exercise and eat right for the rest of your life! What more do you need?
This is what you can do to lower the risk of complications. Genetics has a lot to do with this too and that's nothing you can change. You might have right muscles or tendons so you'll get a harder time lengthening.
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My biggest issues comes from not moving around for 4-5 months. That's just terrible. But I had excellent bone regeneration bc I walked as much as possible when I got back home from India and eat everything I could find that helped my healing.
Tomorrow I will begin with all this again to fix my x-legs once and for all. I'm sick of it now. Muscles shall be back