Read About How to Increase Height Even After Puberty
Posted on October 18, 2009
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Many short adults who are seeking to increase their height have questions whether it is possible to gain any height even after puberty. But rest assured it is possible! Because even if most of your bones are fused, a large portion like the spinal column is not.
The vertebral column accounts for 35 percent of your height. It is made of 33 bones (vertebrae) out of which 24 are separate. 9 of the lowermost vertebrae are fused into two fixed bones. The 33 movable ones can be stretched out through exercise because the shock-absorbing material between them, the inter-vertebral discs, is expandable.
Given below are 4 of such stretching exercises that help you grow taller after puberty. They exercise the spine, maintain elasticity of the discs and make them turgid with spinal fluid along with boosting blood circulation in the whole spine.
Backward Bend: Lie on your back, on the floor, with arms by the sides and palms pressing against the floor. Raise your feet up and over your head on the other side until they touch the floor above your head. Keep your knees straight. Hold for a few seconds, come back and repeat 3 times.
Spinal Forward Bend: Stand with feet together and arms straight up over your head. Bend forward at the hips at an exhale and touch your hands to the floor. While coming up, curl up one vertebra at a time to avoid injury. Repeat up to 5 times.
The Fish Pose: Lie down on your back with arms extended straight over your head resting on the floor. With all the weight on your arms and heels, raise all of the rest of your body off the floor. Stretch, hold the position for some seconds, relax. Repeat 5 times.
Shoulder Release on Chair: Sit straight on a chair with feet flat on the floor and arms resting on your thighs. Breathe in slowly and roll your shoulders up to the earlobes. Breathe out slowly and roll them down. Feel the stretch in your spine. Do 5 full circles. So these were four excellent stretching exercises on how to increase height.
Follow these stretches along with regular aerobic exercise, proper nutrition and deep sleep to gain in height even if you have long passed puberty.
To learn more on how to grow taller naturally even after puberty, check out Rodney Williams’ authoritative articles on gaining height on the above mentioned links.
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