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adamniazi Posts: 9 Joined: 2003/08/21	2006/08/22, 02:11 PM im 18yrs old right now, i weigh 175 pounds and am 5'10. I want to grow to atleast 6 feet. is there anything i can do to reach this height. id greatly appreciate some help because i really want to be 6 feet, thanks

slorbets Posts: 205 Joined: 2006/04/07	2006/08/22, 07:05 PM nope, unfortunately there is nothing you can do to make you taller. At 18 you probably wont get that much taller.
edivecchio Posts: 81 Joined: 2006/05/20	2006/08/22, 08:31 PM Sorry. All genetics. Usually done growing completely by the age of 21. By then all cartilage in your body is then bone and grows no more. Just keeping eating right. But it's all genetics. :)
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2006/08/22, 10:06 PM All cartilage is bone? That doesn't make any sense. Maybe I just don't know much about it....care to explain?
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2006/08/22, 11:51 PM At the age of 18 I was 71.5 inches and today at 37 I'm still 71.5 inches. Guys stop heigth grow usually at 18 to 19 and some lucky ones my stop at 21 but I have never met anyone in my life that grew taller after 18 to 19 and most I think really reach it at 17.
	2006/08/23, 06:46 AM seriously wtf is the 2 inches going to do for you? stop worrying so much about it and do your best to become great at anything you do... for every dennis rodman who grew from 5'9 to 6'8 at 19....there are millions of people who stop growing at 15-17....some of my friends didnt grow past 14...that's life...gotta roll with the punches...
adamniazi Posts: 9 Joined: 2003/08/21	2006/08/23, 02:14 PM well, i dunno, i want to be atleast 6 feet. lik my cuzin, shes 14 and shes already taller than me, thants kinda why i want to, lol. i know its childish, but i wana be taller than her, lol.
adamniazi Posts: 9 Joined: 2003/08/21	2006/08/23, 02:15 PM what about drinking milk and stretching, does that help or still on genes?
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/23, 02:43 PM Hey Adam....it's all in the genes...but drinking milk and stretching is good for you,so do it anyway!:)
edivecchio Posts: 81 Joined: 2006/05/20	2006/08/23, 03:42 PM Sorry ecle5c. Let me explain what I was talking about. When you are born, all of what will become your 206 bones starts as cartilage. It's called hyaline cartilage. As you get older, there are 2 processes in your body that start to convert the cartilage into bone. Now, not all bone is cartilage. Some cartilage remains. For example, cartilage at the end of the long bones called articular cartilage protects bones as they rub together. Costal cartilage connecting ribs to sternum. Cartilage in your nose, trachea, etc. So no, all cartilage is not bone. When a teen/pre-teen starts to mature, their hormones increase (testosterone, estrogen) which slows down the growth of bone. This goes on into the late teens early twenties until all of the cartilage in your bones (mainly long bones) becomes all bone. The cartilage I refer to here are the growth plates located at the end of long bones like your humerus and femur. Hope that clarifies a little. :)
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/23, 05:06 PM Hey ed...this info must come from the xray tech in you!:) Interesting lesson...thanks!
edivecchio Posts: 81 Joined: 2006/05/20	2006/08/23, 06:38 PM Too much Anatomy and Physiology indeed! LOL :big_smile:
adamniazi Posts: 9 Joined: 2003/08/21	2006/08/24, 12:20 AM are growth hormons bad for you, do they have any side affects. im not going to take them, im not much into suppliments and that stuff, but just for general knowledge
jeramiemaza Posts: 167 Joined: 2006/08/02	2006/08/24, 05:02 AM ============ Quoting from menace3000: seriously wtf is the 2 inches going to do for you? stop worrying so much about it and do your best to become great at anything you do... for every dennis rodman who grew from 5'9 to 6'8 at 19....there are millions of people who stop growing at 15-17....some of my friends didnt grow past 14...that's life...gotta roll with the punches... ============= I have been 6 foot (5'11 3/4") since about 15 or 16 years old. With a messy beard too. -------------- I am a rough carpenter, nobody can kick my a$$ (me)
ready_work Posts: 5 Joined: 2007/07/25	2007/07/25, 04:13 AM well,iam under graduate my weight is 65 kgs my height is 5.2 inches iam unable to move freely with my friends so kindly suggest some streching aerobics with time slat and repetetion . iam ready to work hard for it . this is true so kindly help me
ready_work Posts: 5 Joined: 2007/07/25	2007/07/25, 04:39 AM i have added my profile also it may help you in getting idea on me
ready_work Posts: 5 Joined: 2007/07/25	2007/07/25, 04:40 AM sorry ihave noticed that my profile was not uplodded