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[Growgu]

Hey fellas, like the title says I’ve got questions about LL which I couldn’t find a definitive answer for. Im considering lengthening my tibia by 3.5cm and my femur by 4cm. I was wondering if anyone here played sports such as soccer or basketball and returned to 100% of their pre surgery fitness levels.

[JJ299]

Hey fellas, like the title says I’ve got questions about LL which I couldn’t find a definitive answer for. Im considering lengthening my tibia by 3.5cm and my femur by 4cm. I was wondering if anyone here played sports such as soccer or basketball and returned to 100% of their pre surgery fitness levels.

According to Dr. Lee lengthening 6-7 cm will lower your previous athletic ability by 10% and further lengthening will decrease that further. He also mentioned lengthening 2 parts with smaller length is better as well.

Overall you will never return back to your 100%. It's a trade off.

[lessthanavg8300]

Regardless of how well your muscles and tendons recover, you are changing your biomechanics.  As an example - imagine sitting down in a chair but your ass is 3 inches back because your femurs are longer.  You would need to lean forward more and have more muscle to sit down smoothly.  You can imagine that if you go overboard with lengthening that its going to put your body into an awkward mechanical state permanently.  But if you for instance have naturally short femurs and lengthening them to normal, you should be mostly fine but not quite the same.  So look at your proportions and go from there.

[RealLostSoul]

I think even with small amounts you will lose athletic ability in the long term. So if you want to be an athlete stay away from this surgery. It’s a very big surgery for the body and that alone will put you back so much. The deal we all take is that we won’t become professional sports people anymore. If you aren’t comfortable with that don’t do it. I also think it’s a waste of time, money, pain, risks, major surgery to only lengthen 3cm. At 3cm I was feeling absolutely 0.00000 difference at all. I only started to notice around 4.5cm. So rather make the decision if you want to grow taller and feel better or become an athlete.
Of course you will be able to play soccer or stuff like that but probably not as before if you have done it somewhat professionally.

I was a hobby sports climber before and I knew my strengths and how hard I could climb. One day I will return and test out if I can reach my pre op state. I am pretty sure I will never be able to though because long legs suck for climbing as the body center of mass will be pushed out too much and I doubt my muscles will be that strong. But we will see. It was a price I was consciously willing to take as my heightmisery was much more hindering me than my sports hobby could ever remotely compensate.

[VermontGuy762]

I’d love to read your opinion on the whole experience after you finish. Including where your climbing ability stands.

[VermontGuy762]

I think even with small amounts you will lose athletic ability in the long term. So if you want to be an athlete stay away from this surgery. It’s a very big surgery for the body and that alone will put you back so much. The deal we all take is that we won’t become professional sports people anymore. If you aren’t comfortable with that don’t do it. I also think it’s a waste of time, money, pain, risks, major surgery to only lengthen 3cm. At 3cm I was feeling absolutely 0.00000 difference at all. I only started to notice around 4.5cm. So rather make the decision if you want to grow taller and feel better or become an athlete.
Of course you will be able to play soccer or stuff like that but probably not as before if you have done it somewhat professionally.

I was a hobby sports climber before and I knew my strengths and how hard I could climb. One day I will return and test out if I can reach my pre op state. I am pretty sure I will never be able to though because long legs suck for climbing as the body center of mass will be pushed out too much and I doubt my muscles will be that strong. But we will see. It was a price I was consciously willing to take as my heightmisery was much more hindering me than my sports hobby could ever remotely compensate.

I’d love to read your opinion on the whole experience after you finish. Including where your climbing ability stands.

[RealLostSoul]

I’d love to read your opinion on the whole experience after you finish. Including where your climbing ability stands.

Sure but will be a long time until I climb again haha. I expect about a year from now.