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louden_swain
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Nope.
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needsleep said:
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There is an appratus that I have seen where it can help stretch out the body. I am not sure what it is called, but it looks like an elongated table (about 7 or 8 feet) with straps at each end. Each end of the table expands. The straps go around your ankles and wrists. Essentially, you lay down with hands high about your head and your feet placed together. This is not a self operated system, as another operator is required to adjust the settings on table expansion (can vary from a few inches to several feet depends of height of person). The stretching procedure takes approximately 20 minutes. This procedure can repeated everyday until you are satisfied with the result. I have never heard of anyone who has tried this, but I thought it was interesting to say the least.
MsBeverlyHills
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Pilates... doesnt make you technically "taller" but improves your posture so you look taller...
SofaGeorge
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How old are you?
I grew two inches between 20 and 23.
The number one way to assist your body in growing to your full height is to make sure you get a lot of good useable protein and take an EXCELLENT multivitamin/mineral.
The multi is very important. The Metabolic Pathways charts show how one substance is converted to another in each step of your body making molecule after molecule. One missing link in the chain stops a process... or grinds it to a slow crawl. You need to make sure you don't hve any mini deficiencies.
Think dog food. Puppies do not grow well on adult dog food. They need puppy chow to hit their full hieght and size. Puppy chow is high protein and high nutrient. (Puppies raised on adult dog food usually turn out to be undersized. They don't get the nutrients they need during their growing years.)
Why would this concept make sense in dogs but not in humans?
I grew two inches between 20 and 23.
The number one way to assist your body in growing to your full height is to make sure you get a lot of good useable protein and take an EXCELLENT multivitamin/mineral.
The multi is very important. The Metabolic Pathways charts show how one substance is converted to another in each step of your body making molecule after molecule. One missing link in the chain stops a process... or grinds it to a slow crawl. You need to make sure you don't hve any mini deficiencies.
Think dog food. Puppies do not grow well on adult dog food. They need puppy chow to hit their full hieght and size. Puppy chow is high protein and high nutrient. (Puppies raised on adult dog food usually turn out to be undersized. They don't get the nutrients they need during their growing years.)
Why would this concept make sense in dogs but not in humans?
AustinTX
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louden_swain said:
Direct from the Spanish Inquisition.
It is called "The Rack" BTW
Ditto on the how old are you comment from SG.
I also grew about 1.5 inches in College. Was 5' 8" after HS, and always thought that was how tall I was, about 10 years later actually measured and was a bit over 5' 9.5"
Of course, I also didn't *have* to shave every day until I was 25 or so, and was always carded at bars until I was almost 30. And no, that wasn't flatteing at the time, it got really old. But now I never get carded, and it is a little disappointing
Height comes from three major things: the long bones in the legs, the cushions between your spinal bones, and your posture. Once the growth areas of the leg bones fuse at maturity, that's it for them. Not even HGH will have any effect on your height after fusion occurs. (Acromegaly, maybe, meaning a neanderthal brow and a lantern jaw; but no increase in height.)
Over the course of a day your spine tends to compress; over the course of years you're going to "shrink" as that effect accumulates. Stretching can give you back an inch or two but it's temporary by nature.
That leaves posture. Standing up straight makes a real difference -- easily more than you'd get from being "racked."
Over the course of a day your spine tends to compress; over the course of years you're going to "shrink" as that effect accumulates. Stretching can give you back an inch or two but it's temporary by nature.
That leaves posture. Standing up straight makes a real difference -- easily more than you'd get from being "racked."
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