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Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« on: July 26, 2023, 04:03:04 AM »

Just asking. Is 7cm too much or is 6cm the limit? Thanks!
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2023, 06:16:00 AM »

I've been studying this surgery quite a bit, and the facts seem to be that if you do 7 cm for the tibia, you maybe okay, but you'll lose your athletic ability. 30-60%.

Between 4 and 5 cm the Achilles Tendons fully resist, which pretty much means you're pushing past the resistance of your tendons. 90% of tibia patients get 5 cm without the Achilles Tendons resisting or getting too tight, therefore your athletic ability will be fully back to normal. But those who did 6 cm had some slight weakness in the tendons and 7 cm patients lost all athletic ability.

If you want to get back to 100% do 4 or 5 cm. If you want to lose athletic ability do 7 cm. Depends how focused you are on running again.

Hope this helps?
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2023, 10:10:25 AM »

I've been studying this surgery quite a bit, and the facts seem to be that if you do 7 cm for the tibia, you maybe okay, but you'll lose your athletic ability. 30-60%.

Between 4 and 5 cm the Achilles Tendons fully resist, which pretty much means you're pushing past the resistance of your tendons. 90% of tibia patients get 5 cm without the Achilles Tendons resisting or getting too tight, therefore your athletic ability will be fully back to normal. But those who did 6 cm had some slight weakness in the tendons and 7 cm patients lost all athletic ability.

If you want to get back to 100% do 4 or 5 cm. If you want to lose athletic ability do 7 cm. Depends how focused you are on running again.

Hope this helps?

Thanks for the reply.
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2023, 10:11:20 AM »

Any other opinions? Anyone who lengthened more than 7cm hows your performance athletically? Not sure when to stop lengthening yet
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2023, 12:42:37 PM »

It is doable. Depends on how your body reacts. How long ago did you do your surgery?
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2023, 04:30:27 PM »

Lengthening has been pretty smooth. It is not as bad as i expected.
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2023, 12:42:23 AM »

Lengthening has been pretty smooth. It is not as bad as i expected.
Glad it's going well. You doing precise 2.2 or another method?
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Re: Can you lengthen more than 6cm on tibias?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2023, 03:16:10 AM »

Yeah, Gdalevitch lengthens up to 7cm
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