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Originally Posted by stevetcg

Nothing but age and genetics will help you grow taller. Healthy bones certainly helps as well as posture, but thats not height either.

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I agree with this.

Good nutrition is important and lack of stress, since children who don't get good nutrition or are severely stressed can end up a lot shorter. But that's probably not relevant here. I'm guessing that none is getting excellent nutrition and he does not sound like he has a stressful life. :)

But stretching, bicycling, swimming? I would be amazed...
It is true that bone is constantly being remodeled through the interaction of two kinds of cells--osteoclasts, which break down bone, and osteoblasts, which build it up. Even adults have this going on all the time, so you can change the shape of bone by changing the way you use your muscles. Running and jumping will make your bones denser. (Bicycling, oddly, predisposes people to bone thinning, probably because of the lack of compression on any bones.) MAYBE if you spent an hour on a torture rack every day and didn't manage to destroy your joints, you might get longer bones. I don't know. I don't see it!

Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Around the end of puberty, the epiphyseal cartilage cells stop duplicating and the entire cartilage is slowly replaced by bone, leaving only a thin epiphyseal line.[1] Once the adult stage is reached, the only way to manipulate height is modifying bone length via distraction osteogenesis.

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And check this out.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/...ext.pdf?page=1

It basically says that static (unchanging) strain on bones doesn't alter bone formation, but dynamic (changing) strain does. So a constant pressure doesn't do that much but jumping and running will increase bone mass.

I'm 19 year old female and I'm only 5'2
I want to at least be about 5'5
Do you think I can stll grow? Both my parents are like 5'5 and my bro is probably 5'7

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Originally Posted by jlove09

i'm 19 year old female and i'm only 5'2
I wanna atleast be about 5'5
do you think i can stll grow? both my parents are like 5'5 and my bro is probably 5'7

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Doubtful. Maybe an inch or two.

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

Stretching does two things, it makes you sore, and makes you look like a nut .

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:pstretching does not make you sore! It stops you from getting sore from working out! If you go to any pilates or other class, the first thing you learn is to stretch your muscles so you don't get sore. If you are sore after working out it usually means you didn't stretch enough

No it makes you feel good though

Are there absolutely no way to cheat mother nature to gain a few inches? =P

Hey Noney! Congrats for being now an ultra member! :)

I don't think so... :( I think the last resort remains that you wear high shoes...

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Hey Noney! Congrats for being now an ultra member! :)

I don't think so... :( I think the last resort remains that you wear high shoes...

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awwws. Maybe pull ups or bar ups will stretch my spine. Ima work on it. To be honest unky, I feel kind of short. Im only 5"9 and when I go outside all the other guys look so much taller than me. T_T

Thanks just turned ultramember =P

5'9?? You said earlier you were 5"10... Oh, that British system... grr. Does that mean 5 feet 10 inches? If that's so, then that makes me a little shorter than you, by an inch or two.

I thought the '10' was meaning tenth of a foot... sigh. :o

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

5'9??? You said earlier you were 5"10... Oh, that British system... grr. does that mean 5 feet 10 inches? If that's so, then that makes me a little shorter than you, by an inch or two.

I thought the '10' was meaning tenth of a foot... sigh. :o

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Well I'm 5 feet 10 inches in the morning but by the end of the day gravity pulls me down to around 5 feet 9 inches.

Lol I'm not that short unky. XD

So, you see? Lol! Be happy with what you are :) Being too tall has its downsides.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

So, you see? lol! Be happy with what you are :) Being too tall has its downsides.

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Ionno I would like an even 6 foot. Just a couple more inches T_T

How tall are you unky? O_O

I don't believe that exercising will add much to your current height ; maybe 1/2 an inch or so. At age 19 you've probably done all the growing you're going to do so I don't think being taller is in the cards for you. But 5'10" is actually a very average adult male height so why do you feel the need to grow taller? I'm 5'10" myself and have been since I was 16.

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Originally Posted by s_cianci

I don't believe that exercising will add much to your current height ; maybe 1/2 an inch or so. At age 19 you've probably done all the growing you're going to do so I don't think being taller is in the cards for you. But 5'10" is actually a very average adult male height so why do you feel the need to grow taller? I'm 5'10" myself and have been since I was 16.

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Its just I would like to be at least 6 foot, it would be easier to play basketball and whenever I walk around the mall or something, there are so many people so much taller than me I feel under average height.

I don't exactly know how to convert, but I'm 1m73cm, that is 5.67 feet, 5"8'

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

Stretching does two things, it makes you sore, and makes you look like a nut .

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If stretching is making one sore, then it's not being done properly. When done properly, stretching will increase the flexibility of the muscles, thereby increasing their range of motion and reducing the risk of injury. However, I really don't believe that one's height can be increased merely by stretching.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

I don't exactly know how to convert, but I'm 1m73cm, that is 5.67 feet, 5"8'

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I'm 178cm lol I just converted. =P

People here are so tall, it makes me still under averaged. >_<

I don't feel like that, if you ask me. I'm fine with my height. I'll not be too far behind on the 'group photos', people won't tall me to lower my head if ever I was in a cinema hall... etc. I like it that way :)

Maybe you can take steroids noney. Lol. I don't know if it will make you taller though.