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[PaperChrome]

I did 6 cm tibia LON. It’s been 7.5 months after frame removal and I still have pain in one leg that causes me to walk with a limp.
I had problems with this leg since the frame removal which caused some parts of the leg to be a little bit numb and it has diminished but it's still there.
Is it normal that I still cannot walk properly?

[tallmen]

I did 6 cm tibia LON. It’s been 7.5 months after frame removal and I still have pain in one leg that causes me to walk with a limp.
I had problems with this leg since the frame removal which caused some parts of the leg to be a little bit numb and it has diminished but it's still there.
Is it normal that I still cannot walk properly?

Did you discuss this with your surgeon? What kind of pain is this?

[DanishViking]

It can take up to 1-2 years on rare occasions to recover to your fullest after surgery. It takes longer if you overlengthened.

[PaperChrome]

They said it’s normal, to give it time.

I have some shooting pain every time I do a step around the ankle, just below around the end of the fibula and on the front external part of the ankle and a little bit on the front internal part. When I go upstairs or downstairs (still have to use the handrail) apart from the mentioned before I have pain on the frontside of the leg between the fibula and the tibia from the ankle to the osteotomy.

Don’t get me wrong, I can walk and all... but with quite a lot of pain. Sometimes I try to push it without painkillers but it’s difficult.  What it’s strange is that the left leg has been completely fine since the surgery, never caused any problems.

And I did stretches and exercise rigorously during lengthening .

[Limbfan2020]

I did 6 cm tibia LON. It’s been 7.5 months after frame removal and I still have pain in one leg that causes me to walk with a limp.
I had problems with this leg since the frame removal which caused some parts of the leg to be a little bit numb and it has diminished but it's still there.
Is it normal that I still cannot walk properly?

Who was your surgeon?

[tallmen]

They said it’s normal, to give it time.

I have some shooting pain every time I do a step around the ankle, just below around the end of the fibula and on the front external part of the ankle and a little bit on the front internal part. When I go upstairs or downstairs (still have to use the handrail) apart from the mentioned before I have pain on the frontside of the leg between the fibula and the tibia from the ankle to the osteotomy.

Don’t get me wrong, I can walk and all... but with quite a lot of pain. Sometimes I try to push it without painkillers but it’s difficult.  What it’s strange is that the left leg has been completely fine since the surgery, never caused any problems.

And I did stretches and exercise rigorously during lengthening .

Shooting pain seems like nerve issue. Maybe you lengthened a bit faster causing nerve issues. I hope it gets better with time.

[PaperChrome]

Shooting pain seems like nerve issue. Maybe you lengthened a bit faster causing nerve issues. I hope it gets better with time.

Never went past 1mm/day. During lengthening I didn’t quite notice any numbness nor any symptom that would indicate nerve pain. But yeah for sure I have some nerve injury considering the actual numbness I have. For the pain I suppose it’s a nerve injury also but I still hope it’s not.

It will get better? It has been almost the same since frame removal, it has improved but not what I expected. I cannot do anything apart from physiotherapy to improve it right? Only time will tell.

If anyone had this problem help me and tell how to proceed, thanks.

[PaperChrome]

Who was your surgeon?

I don't want to sound rude but I don't think it would help me at all saying the surgeon's name.