Leg length...naturally healed?

June 20, 2004

I've been meaning to butt in on this topic...here goes. Is it at all

possible (Dr. Mark?) that initially/post-op leg length difference

could be from muscles re-adjusting to how they're supposed to work?

If there is so much talk about gaining back full ROM, and it taking

up to 1 year...2 years to be fully back (or " as back " as it's going

to be), would it not make sense that the muscles in and around the

joint are stretching and re-adjusting...and that any minor

discrepancy could be overcome in time naturally?

Just a thought. I know with my hip (and Roche would I'm sure

agree)...I walk so whacked at this point, it's clear that " things "

(muscles, tendons, etc) are simply not working in there. Once

a " real hip " is put in, I would think it'd take time for all to sort

out, i.e., ROM, leg length, etc. Not to mention any tugging,

pulling, movin' around by the surgeon in order to resurf it.

Just a thought - I'm not a doc, so I have no clue...just seems to

make sense logically, but perhaps it's not logical...

In surfacehippy , " Roche " wrote:

> Hi Guys,

> Well it looks like my resurfed leg is a full 3/8 " longer than

> my non op side. I guess I'm gonna need orthotics. And you know

what, I'll be happy to get them! My leg feels great, and I'm now at

about the same activity level as I was pre-op, even more so in the

gym. Anyway, The leg length issue is a small bummer, but easily

fixed. Although, now that I think about it, I wear sandals and go

barefoot a lot, so I'm not sure how that will affect my back etc. Any

of you old timers have leg length descrepancy?

>

> C+ Amstutz 4-15-04

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