Legs of unequal length?
Jan
Hi,
I've just had my suspicions confirmed. My right leg is shorter than my
left by between 6-8 mm. I'm being referred to an orthopedic doctor for
fine-tune measurements and the appropriate corrections. Of course the
focus will be on correcting the difference for ordinary life (walking,
running, standing and so on) rather than skiing.
My question is how does one correct this leg difference where skiing
is concerned? Using an insert in one boot is not an option because
that will mess up my already good fit so what are my options? Any of
you guys out there experienced this? How much of a problem is this
anyway? How does one deal with it?
Lastly, thanks to those who responded to my "What skis for a light
advanced skier" posting!
neverending skylines to you,
Jan
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Aaron Daniel
Chances are that you have already biomechanically compensated for the
discrepancy. That said, do not try to compensate for it all at once, or all
the way. Since skiing is a non-gaited sport, leg length discrepancies are
not as major as in running, walking, soccer, etc. However, your orthopedist
should be able to guide you in figuring out how much to correct on skis.
The textbook solution is to place a lifter between your ski and binding on
the shorter leg.
For modern bindings that come from the factory with 10-12 mm of lift this
is just a simple matter of removing the factory lifter on the ski for the
long
leg. By the way, your orthopedist will probably tell you that the 1 cm I
just
mentioned should do it for you. I know a guy who has one leg 2" (5 cm)
shorter than the other. He has done exactly what I just described with great
results. If you choose this route make sure you choose a basic lifter - not
a
performance altering one like Marker's Selective Control or Salomon's
Suspension/Propulse.
If the orthopedist and you opt for more lift, the best way I've found to do
that
is to have a machine shop mill you a piece of aluminum billett of the proper
thickness and in the shape of the footprint of the binding. Taking them to a
plating shop for anodization will help keep them from oxidizing. They will
need to provide holes in the aluminum for you to mount the spacer to the ski
and the binding to the spacer.
My suggestion for this is to have the ski drilled 1 to 1.5 cm forward of the
normal drill point with the normal binding mounting patern. Then have two
sets of holes drilled in the spacer with the same offset. The forward holes
on the spacer should be countersunk with a chamfer to the same thickness
as the binding mounting plate - that way you may use the same screws to
mount the spacer to the ski as the binding to the spacer. The rearward
holes should be tapped to accept the binding.
Note: binding manufacturers have not tested this kind of setup and the
forces acting upon your leg while skiing with this arrangement. You will
probably be skiing without indemnification and maybe warranties if you
do this setup. For what it's worth, I've been using aluminum spacers under
the toes of my bindings to level me for a few years.
Aar-head
Jan wrote in message <3507f24c...@news.telepost.no>...
pigopowder
Jan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just had my suspicions confirmed. My right leg is shorter than my
> left by between 6-8 mm.
I know what you mean! One of my legs is only 1/2 the length of the
other...............*TWO*.
BwaaaaaHaaaHaaaaaahahhahahahaha................
Couldn't help myself.
Bob
Octavio
6-8 mm is a very small difference. If you are having back problems
right now I would consider correcting it with a lift. If you are not
having any problems at this time, I would not do anything for it at
all. Your body usually compensates for such a small difference quite
well. I know people that have tried correcting with lifts and have
thrown their back into other problems that they never had before. Be
very carefull trying to correct it. I have about a 1 inch difference
and have done nothing more than doing daily stretching of my back and
legs. In my case, the longer of my legs will not fully extend at the
knee which is one of the natural compensations that has occured.
As for your skis or boots, I would not worry about it at all. When you
are skiing your legs are always at different lengths anyway due to the
fact that you are on a hill. It's not worth the trouble to correct;
besides, if you make the correction in the boot, the boot will not fit
right, and if you make the correction with a binding lift, one ski
will perform different than the other.
Bottom Line: It's not that big of a deal unless your back is giving
you problems and I would certainly not bother with making a correction
with skiing. There is no point in it.
Hope this is helpfull.
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:41:35 GMT, san...@online.no (Jan) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've just had my suspicions confirmed. My right leg is shorter than my
Hollywood Horvath
"Aaron Daniel" <carola...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Chances are that you have already biomechanically compensated for the
>discrepancy. That said, do not try to compensate for it all at once, or all
>the way. Since skiing is a non-gaited sport, leg length discrepancies are
>not as major as in running, walking, soccer, etc. However, your orthopedist
>should be able to guide you in figuring out how much to correct on skis.
>>
>>I've just had my suspicions confirmed. My right leg is shorter than my
>>left by between 6-8 mm. I'm being referred to an orthopedic doctor for
>>fine-tune measurements and the appropriate corrections. Of course the
>>focus will be on correcting the difference for ordinary life (walking,
>>running, standing and so on) rather than skiing.
Don't listen to all that crap. Just get some Borg implants.
--
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Fernando Pereira
In article <6e9q02$n...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
oct...@worldnet.att.net (Octavio) wrote:
> 6-8 mm is a very small difference. If you are having back problems
> right now I would consider correcting it with a lift. If you are not
> having any problems at this time, I would not do anything for it at
> all. Your body usually compensates for such a small difference quite
> well.
<snip>
However, those compensations may have serious long-term consequences on
your back or knees, for instance. Without good professional advice it is
difficult to determine what if anything needs to be done.
Sibylle
Surefoot at River Run, Keystone, has done plates under the binding for
an instructor with this problem/.
--
Sibylle
sib...@rms.org
http://www.sni.net/sibylle
Scott Abraham
Jim Strohm tried to imagine himself in Two Buddha's jockey shorts:
> TwoBuddha has frequently complained of this ailment --
> one leg is significantly shorter than the other two.
I ain't complaining, and neither is Lurleen.
Nor are the sheep, now that I have forsworn performing periodic
performance evaluations during the duration of my relationship with the
Queen of My Double Wide Heart.
> This defect has deprived him of the ability to become a
> three-pinner, he asserts,
Old news. I talked with the folks at the US Disabled Ski Team, and they
turned me onto a guy who makes incredible prosthetics. Made a boot
socket that extended the Pride by the necessary nine inches.
Now I'm a monoskier, and use my walking legs only as outriggers, keeping
me balanced. Only works on the groomed, mind you, as the Pride does not
flex well when in skiing mode. Moguls are out of the question, and
fresh pow is simply too damn cold. If anyone knows a source for two
foot goretex insulated shlong shell sheaths, e-mail me.
> and I have it on good authority
> from an undisclosed source in the Social Security Administration
> that he has applied and will soon bewgin receiving 100% pinnah
> disability payments each month -- $30.94, enough for a case
> of Ramen and two rolls of duct tape every month from Wal-Mart.
You'd be surprised how far that much money can stretch when Lurleen gets
her greedy hands on it. She gets the damaged, crushed ramen for half
price, the used duct tape, a couple of cases of tuna in dinged cans, a
Kingsized bag of Cheetos, and still has enough left over to buy a lift
ticket to Xxxx.
The girl is a genius.
Three Legged Buddha
Vail: Triple track
Jim Strohm
TwoBuddha has frequently complained of this ailment --
one leg is significantly shorter than the other two.
This defect has deprived him of the ability to become a
three-pinner, he asserts, and I have it on good authority
Bruno Melli
Scott Abraham (scot...@seanet.com) wrote:
: Old news. I talked with the folks at the US Disabled Ski Team, and they
: turned me onto a guy who makes incredible prosthetics. Made a boot
: socket that extended the Pride by the necessary nine inches.
Your legs are only 11" long ?
bruno.
knot...@traverse.com
In article <350CA8...@taxes.net>,
jstrohm@.texas.net wrote:
>
> TwoBuddha has
> one leg significantly shorter than the other two.
>
Does this affliction make him look strange in Orange Shorts?
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Scott Abraham
Bruno Melli tried a funny:
Geez, bruno, you made me go to the equipment rack and check my math with
a tape measure.
I screwed up.
The PROSTHETIC is 11" long.
My inseam is 35".
Have you no faith, my boy?
Three Leg Buddha
Vail: where bruno could be only 11" long, if he only had faith