Hi Janeen...my leg is about 2.5 to 3 inches shorter, depending on the day and how much I stretch it....haha. I find in my circumstance, if I get my legs close to the same length it makes a huge difference in my walking and/or putting stress on other body parts. Right after surgery, I just put a sore bought lift in my shoe, then as things settled somewhat, we started with adding soles to shoes. Even when you get the approximate height correct, the knees still don't line up as its your upper leg that has shortened so you still have that issue. Sometimes there is stress on my knees so I use a small knee or IT band strap or a sleeve in my knee. I have a lot of arthritis in all my joints. I do exercises daily to keep my muscles as strong as possible for that reason. You definitely want to keep your unaffected leg as strong as possible as it has to do more of the work, therefore, I exercise both legs equally. In the beginning, I had my husband gently pull on my bad leg to stretch it while laying on the bed. Now I just use my good leg to stretch the bad one by curling my foot on it. I don't do it to the point of any pain....but just a nice gentle stretch that feels good. All this was done by physical therapy in the beginning, but I've adapted a lot so I can do it myself now. When was your surgery?

HI, After hip surgery my leg was quite a bit shorter. Podiatrists were no help so I took the sole off of a shoe and duck taped it to the bottom of another shoe just to see. It helps so much with balance and standing evenly. Putting a lift in was too tight.