"For the first time in my life I have both legs the same length, I no longer wear a lift and I don’t walk with a limp. I feel great, I was back playing golf seven months after surgery and I resumed skiing this January without a specially fitted ski boot. "
Limb Lengthening
"It was August 13, 2005 and what a perfect day it was to play soccer. I remember everything about that day. During my first game of the tournament; my teammate passed me a through ball, I ran onto it, and for some reason I still don’t understand I slid to get the ball, and as I did the other teams keeper came out to get the ball, and we collided. Here I was 65 pounds soaking wet, going up against someone who was twice my size, so you can bet the outcome wasn’t very good."
Broken Leg
Ankle Injury/Condition
"I was an ardent yoga practitioner for many years and avid hiker until black ice brought me down. Not in an ashram or on a mountain but right on Fifth Avenue and 13th St. I realized what had happened -- a broken kneecap -- and that I couldn’t get up. I once thought I would never cross the street without crutches again, but now I’m back on the mountain!"
Knee Implant
Knee Injury/Condition
"Quickly progressed to a cane and rapidly responded to therapy at home and followed up at an outpatient facility. Should have done it much earlier and not put off the inevitable. That is my best advice."
Knee Arthritis
Hip Replacement
Leg Injury/Condition
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Knee Replacement
Ankle Replacement
Ankle Injury/Condition
Limb Lengthening
