Is it possible to increase your height by an inch?

MikeStrutington

Hello there! Just wondering about something. Is it possible for me to grow an inch (without mad shoes or spiking my hair!). I'm 19, male and about 5 foot 7 inches tall.
I think I heard before that you can do streching exercises in the morning that will straighten your spine more and make you appear taller?
Is it likely that my growing days are over with regards to height?
Also, are there any, probably protein rich, foods that one can eat to increase height, even slightly? :pac:

Kevster

Hi,

At your age, it is unlikely that you will grow that much. What you could try, however, is to start doing weight-training for your torso and lower back - This would give your body a better 'support' and you would therefore stand-up more straight and appear to be taller.

There is surgery to make people taller too, but it's in no way conventional. it involves breaking up your fibula and inserting metal rods into it to increase it's length.

There are also hormones that you can take to boost your height, but i'm not sure if they would be given to you.

Kevin

Traumadoc

heel raise.

Capt'n Midnight

yes it's possible

they can break your legs , and stretch them as fast as the bone grows, you get a few inches , as you can imagine it's not without pain. four metal bars into your femur and a cage and high risk of infection.



There is another way no surgery or chemicals needed , just a tad expensive

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAGO90VMOC_astronauts_2.html

spinal column expands and you grow taller, usually by between 5 and 8 cm. Unfortunately, the extra height can bring complications, which may include backache and nerve problems

MikeStrutington

Thanks for the replies! Haha, heard about that surgery you can get where they break your fibula but I dont think I'm short enough to warrant having to do that!

I suppose I'l just live with it!!

littlebug

Alexander technique apparently. You don't necessarily grow by an inch but you improve posture and re-stretch bits of you have become squished by being hunched over a computer all day.
(very scientific answer eh:rolleyes:)

Fionnanc

Limb lengthening is possible by breaking the tibia and fibula with correction(?Taylor Spatial Frame/External Fixator)over a period of months to years. This should only be used to correct a discrepency in limb lengths due to trauma or otherwise, NOT FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES. It is possible to lose the leg with this procedure-Kevster "Fionnanc ,your post had little to offer the thread as a whole, and I suggest you don't bother coming back". and Midnight
I don't know of any method using rods to correct limb lengths.
Hormones will not boost your height in a normal short person and will not increase heigth in the skeletally mature person(ie over 15/16 years of age and their bony growth plates have closed)

Heel raise is the most sensible suggestion.

Dr Galen

how about standing up straight and "walking tall".

Dude just be happy with what you got. I'm not much taller, and its never been an issue.
Sure we're all the same height lying down..........if thats what your worried about other than that, apart from basketball and reaching the adult magazine section in Easons those extra 1 or 2 inches are pretty useless