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Could You Please Give Me Suggestions To Improve My Height From 5.2 Ft At 19 Yrs?
Sr my name is rizwan maqsood, i'm student of bsc textile engineering at national textile university karachi(ntu-sfdac).
My age is about 19.5 years but my height is just 5.2 ft. although my father and mother both have short heighted persons but my younger brother is even taller than my father.
My father has almost 5.5 ft height. Now i'm very worried about my height. My father don't bother about me because of limited resources.He is just a simple mill worker.i'm the shortest boy of my class.
Sr plz tell me something about my this problem.any medicine,any exercise,
plz sr i know you are a very busy person. Plz sr help me.
My age is about 19.5 years but my height is just 5.2 ft. although my father and mother both have short heighted persons but my younger brother is even taller than my father.
My father has almost 5.5 ft height. Now i'm very worried about my height. My father don't bother about me because of limited resources.He is just a simple mill worker.i'm the shortest boy of my class.
Sr plz tell me something about my this problem.any medicine,any exercise,
plz sr i know you are a very busy person. Plz sr help me.
Mon, 13 Jan 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
The height is governed by many factors.
Hereditary plays an important role in height gain.
The probability of being short height-ed is more if parents are short height-ed.
However, height can be gained by certain exercises specially ones which involve stretching.
However, the height can be gained till the growth plate of long bones are not closed.
Once closed it is not possible for the growth plates to cause increase in length of bones and hence increase in height.
There are other means to increase the length of bones.
These procedures involve breaking long bones are lengthening them by mechanical force.
However these procedures are expensive and done at very few centers.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
The height is governed by many factors.
Hereditary plays an important role in height gain.
The probability of being short height-ed is more if parents are short height-ed.
However, height can be gained by certain exercises specially ones which involve stretching.
However, the height can be gained till the growth plate of long bones are not closed.
Once closed it is not possible for the growth plates to cause increase in length of bones and hence increase in height.
There are other means to increase the length of bones.
These procedures involve breaking long bones are lengthening them by mechanical force.
However these procedures are expensive and done at very few centers.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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