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Does Weight Lifting Affect Height Growth?
Question: Ive been doing weightlifting excerises and my height was 5'3 and now it shrunk to 5'2 i would like to know what is happening
Brief Answer:
unlikely due to weight lifting
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns
You are concerned that prior to lifting weights your height was 5'3" and no 5'2". This maybe more due to prior incorrect heights or current error in measuring height. The amount of weight you exert on your body from weight lifting will not affect your actual height. As you get older in your 50's and above the disk spaces in your back will start to shrink and deteriorate and then you will loss some height but not now.
So you can continue to weight lift without being concerned about shrinking
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unlikely due to weight lifting
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HCM with your health care concerns
You are concerned that prior to lifting weights your height was 5'3" and no 5'2". This maybe more due to prior incorrect heights or current error in measuring height. The amount of weight you exert on your body from weight lifting will not affect your actual height. As you get older in your 50's and above the disk spaces in your back will start to shrink and deteriorate and then you will loss some height but not now.
So you can continue to weight lift without being concerned about shrinking
I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any additional questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
No they put me on my back and made sure that was the correct height
Brief Answer:
Loss of height
Detailed Answer:
If you have over exerted yourself with weight lifting you could possibly caused a compression fracture in your back which will cause loss of height. I would recommend getting your height measured regularly once every quarter and see if this is continuing. I would also suggest seeing your medical provider and get a series of back x rays to determine if you did have any compression fractures.
Loss of height
Detailed Answer:
If you have over exerted yourself with weight lifting you could possibly caused a compression fracture in your back which will cause loss of height. I would recommend getting your height measured regularly once every quarter and see if this is continuing. I would also suggest seeing your medical provider and get a series of back x rays to determine if you did have any compression fractures.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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