For what Im doing, 5CM on femur....its a small amount, the safest segment (femur), and its a weight bearing nail which means I can not hate my life through the process and possibly hide it from everyone. For that reason I'm going with Betz. Betz is also a good surgeon so its not like I'm taking a massive risk.
Hope that helps.
Yeah actually come to think of it, I wonder if someone is only doing 5 cm on femur, I wonder if hypothetically whether they don't need IT band release as much for just 5cm (Betz doesn't do IT band release most of the time). I believe Giotikas does IT band release, which I wonder if this is the cause of IT bands never being a problem for me and some those stretches actually just accidentally stretching my hamstrings more than my IT band
What were your thoughts on Betz (Betzbone 2.0 femurs) vs Guichet (gnail femurs) vs Giotikas (also uses gnail femurs)?
I'm almost at 5cm femurs now with gnail femurs in Athens, I am sort of finding my rhythm. Experimenting with just icing the right leg down after clicking and resting for a bit, seems to be decreasing my right hip pain that often happens for me after clicking. Gonna try to take painkillers 1-1.5 hours right before physio to see if that helps with stretching pain. Not sure the best times to cycle, but I tend to do pedal cycling right after waking up and right before clicking to warm up the muscles. I sometimes randomly take a painkiller in the morning if my legs feel very sore that morning, what do you like doing?
I've had a good experience in Athens, just mainly the city itself is a bit run down and very unfriendly for disabled people