Are You a Good Candidate for Limb Lengthening?

  Limb lengthening surgery is a highly specialized orthopedic procedure that mechanically stimulates bone growth to elongate the arms and/or […]

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What Happens to Muscle During and After Limb Lengthening?

  Our bones and muscles function as an integrated system. Each relies on the other for strength, stability, and movement, […]

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The Science Behind Bone Regeneration and Limb Lengthening

Most of us know that bones need calcium to stay strong, but few people stop to think about the actual […]

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Bone Health and Nutrition Before and After Limb Lengthening

Limb lengthening is one of the most metabolically demanding tasks you can ask your skeleton to perform. During distraction osteogenesis, […]

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Tips for Traveling for the Holidays After Limb Lengthening Surgery

The holidays are a time for family, friends, and travel – but recovery from surgery can make getting from point […]

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The Importance of Physical Therapy in Limb Lengthening

People pursue limb lengthening for various reasons: to correct limb discrepancies caused by congenital conditions or diseases like rickets; to […]

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Is Limb Lengthening Covered by Insurance?

If you’re thinking about limb lengthening—whether to correct a leg-length discrepancy or maybe gain a little extra height—the cost is […]

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Limb Lengthening Pain: The Truth

Pain. It’s the one word that makes many of us second-guess almost any medical procedure—especially something as involved as limb […]

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Will Leg Lengthening Be Obvious?

  Picture this: you’ve decided to look into leg lengthening, maybe to fix a discrepancy or gain a bit of […]

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Fixation Methods in Limb Lengthening: Internal vs. External

If you’re exploring and researching limb lengthening, you’ve probably come across the terms “external fixation” and “internal fixation” more than […]

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