06-22-20, 11:45 AM | |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlantic Canada
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This is one of those things that always annoys me with the misleading linguistic imprecision. The only things that will cause you to actually increase in height after your growth plates close at the end of puberty are serious health conditions like having a tumor on your pituitary gland. Do. Not. Recommend.
The effect fitness instructors are referring to is people improving their alignment and posture so that their effective height (ie. where the top of your head is when standing up against a wall) vs. actual height (ie. length of the body) appears to increase. My height as a teenager and young adult always measured at 5'4 3/4" so I always rounded up and said I was 5' 5". After spending a bunch of time concentrating on alignment and postural exercises, I actually started measuring at 5'5". I didn't grow, I was just standing up a little bit straighter. This article about an 85 year old woman who improved her posture using yoga is a pretty inspiring example. Looking at the before and after photos, she'd probably register as being 2 inches taller now, but she obviously didn't actually grow. https://nypost.com/2016/08/08/this-8...eep-you-young/ |
06-22-20, 12:20 PM | ||
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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06-22-20, 12:24 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2014
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In 2016, I had been doing CS near daily for a year. My height at my yearly physical was 5'4 1/2" in 2015. In 2016, it was 5'5". Two nurses took it and were baffled when I told them I thought it was from stretching every day. It has stayed there, even taking a few months off each year since.
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06-22-20, 12:44 PM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I've always been a posture nut. After fracturing a vertebra, I had to be twice the nut I was to avoid kyphosis. My favorite posture video is Janice Novak's "Posture, Get It Straight!" (Be advised that it is a DVD-R. I usually get riled up abut that. I like the workout enough to let that go. I digitized it and put it on my iPad.) https://www.amazon.com/Posture-Get-S...2847126&sr=8-1 It also has the hardest seated ab work I've ever done. She has a book, too, but the video is better. ***ETA: This workout is free on YouTube. Look for links in my post below.*** I'm a big fan of Bob & Brad, "The World's Most Famous Physical Therapists" on YouTube. They have several videos about improving posture: https://www.youtube.com/user/physica...?query=posture
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