The nice thing is that starting at 5’9” already you are lengthening a smaller percentage of the original bone length, that’s the great irony of LL, the taller you are the safer it is.
If you are 5’9 on the dot you need to lengthen 12.7 cm total, the only reasonable split is 8 femur, 4.7 tibia. It also will be absolutely required that you lengthen a year apart for any hope of decent recovery, 2 years would be preferable.
If you are 5’9 and some change (176 cm let’s say) I’d go for 11 cm total, 7 femur 4 tibia, now this will bring you 1 cm short of being 6 foot on the dot but let’s be honest, you’ll be taller than most guys who are “6’2”
. I think with this split if you bust your ass PTing and wait that minimum of a year you can expect to retain a good amount of athletic ability.
As far as proportions I think it’s best to just ignore them unless it’s some absurd discrepancy. Putting on muscle can really help it look more natural.Also if you go people watching or go on social media, people’s proportions are all over the place and generally no one notices. I see tons of tall men and women who’s height just comes from their legs. People on this forum just have a hindsight bias and become obsessive, so don’t go down that thought cancer rabbit hole.
