[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1880 - Leg Length (was Lotus Elise at St ealership)

[Larry C. Leung]

My GF, whom is an OT concurs with Teddy's findings. I can
see the procedure being used for severe leg length discrepancy,
but I think you must be some sort of glutton to consider this for
cosmetic reasons. BTW, I believe that this is only really used
for children, whom have active bone growth. The procedure
would be quite prolonged for adults. So, I guess we'll have to
resort to the pill therapy for "leg" growth!

LL - NY


On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Theodore Chen
<tedebearp at yahoo.com> writes:
> i'm sure that's done by medical staff.  the pins go through the
> skin into the bone, making infections a real concern, so you'd have
> to get the dressings changed frequently.
>
> it's a procedure used in children with severe leg length
> discrepancy,
> but it's become a cosmetic procedure as well.
>
> -teddy
>
> --- "Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > Okay, somewhat more serious. Ewww! BTW, who turns the screw?
> >
> > LL - NY
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:11:43 -0400 "Bruce Mendel"
> <Brucem105 at comcast.net>
> > writes:
> > > sign me up!
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
> > > To: <l.leung at juno.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > > Cc: <Keith.Maddock at TRW.COM>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:01 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1880 - Leg
> > > Length (was
> > > Lotus Elise at St ealership)
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --- l.leung at juno.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If only someone would come up with a diet to shorted your
> legs,
> > > I'd be a
> > > ve=
> > > > > ry happy man.
> > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > As for the shortened leg diet, I don't have that problem. In
>
> > > fact, in
> > > > > my type 44, I have the seat ALL the way up. AND, when I
> looked
> > > at a 1.7
> > > liter
> > > > > Lotus Europa, WAY back, I wanted the leg extension diet, I
> > > couldn't
> > > operate
> > > > > the pedals at all. It figured, when Colin Chapman (as I
> recall,
> > > he was
> > > over 6
> > > > > ft) was alive, all the cars fit him. Now that he's gone, we
> have
> > > Elises
> > > meant
> > > > > for people of my stature (US 5ft 5 in, 167 cm for the world
>
> > > majority).
> > > Yeah
> > > > > me (yeah, right, like I can afford one!).
> > > >
> > > > you're in luck.  you can have your legs lengthened.  i imagine
> you
> > > can
> > > > have them shortened as well, though i suspect that's not going
> to
> > > be as
> > > > popular.  some orthopedic surgeons are certified to do the
> > > leg-lengthening
> > > > procedure.  my brother's talking about getting the
> certification.
> > > it
> > > > essentially involves creating a break in the femur and/or
> tibia,
> > > and
> > > > supporting the separated pieces with screw-adjustable braces.
> an
> > > > interesting characteristic of bone is that if the broken edges
>
> > > are
> > > > close to each other, they'll grow toward each other and heal
> the
> > > break.
> > > > too far apart, and they won't.  so the bone is in effect
> broken
> > > and
> > > > re-set a few millimeters apart.  every day, as the edges grow
>
> > > toward
> > > > each other, you adjust the braces to space the edges apart
> again.
> > > > as i recall, you can get an extra 3-6 inches of height this
> way.
> > > >
> > > > -teddy
> > > >
> > > >
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