How can i increase my height at the age of 18 years?
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There are very few options. 1) dramatically change the hormonal balance of your body from one status to another permanently. And the only way to do this safely is through pregnancy. My mother is a petite woman and when she was pregnant with me at 22 she gained close to three inches in added height. I mentioned this to a friend in highschool and she told me the same thing happened to her mother, when she was pregnant with my friend at the age of 20. At this young age their is massive cellular growth in the female body (and male) that continues until it peaks out at the age of about 27 (which coincidentally is also the time that a woman's probability of becoming pregnant begins to decline. I read this latter fact in an article in TIME last year). Eventhough height growth dramatically decreases or appears to cease after menstruation you can still add height in the growing years. Eat healthy and plenty of calcium and vitamin D (N. American milk is fortified with vitamin D because it increases calcium absorption to bones)\n2) Or as a another poster already mentioned, you could pay for the bone grafting procedure. Where the bone in the shins of both legs are purposely via surgery compound fractured and evenly spaced so as regenertate bone tissue in that space (the process is a little more complex in explaining but this explanation is basically the procedure in a nutshell). \n\nTake your pick...\n\nBut, loosing weight esecially in inner thigh and abdominal area will give your figure a more svelte form thus giving the appearance of a longer torso, legs...body. This happened to me
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hey if you are below 15 years. and if you do some right workout. it is little possible to become tall. choose a good gym and take some workouts for best result(straight arm pull over, squat, lot workouts, chin-up, etc)... but if u r above 16 years. " There is no chance to make you tall".
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Depending on how old you are depends any future growth.  However, you can increase how high you jump by simple practice drills.\n1.  In a larger size trampoline establish daily routines to stretch your legs, calf's, thighs and the overall action of jumping straight up.  Say an hour everyday, but force your legs to jump higher every time on the trampoline during this hour.\n2.  On the side of a wall, shed or garage with a pencil, marker or something that can write on it, establish a goal on how high you are going to jump and give yourself a time limit to accomplish the jumping goal.  With the pencil/marker on hand (try to touch the target as you jump) keep jumping to meet or exceed the goal, (you will notice the marks of your jumps) always place the goal higher than you've already accomplished but reasonably within striking jumping distance.\n3.  Run and exercise your legs on a tread mill to be stronger, this will help in the thrust motion towards a basket and help in impulsing your body weight towards the basket.  The stronger your legs the stronger the drive towards the basket with jumping capability in place any 6' footer can dunk\n4.  Remember Spudd Webb and have a role model on your quest.  Webb was 5' 6"?. \n5.  If you are still in school besides the basketball team join the track team,  high jump, hurdles and track would help any inspiring dunk basketball player.\n\nGood Luck and God Bless!!!!
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Other than surgery, and eating right, there is no way to increase your height.  If you are still young, get plenty of calcium, eat a balanced diet, and get plenty of rest.  There is a procedure that a doctor can perform to add inches, but it is  painful.  A doctor can break your legs, add some bone from somewhere else from your body, and add it to the length of your legs.  Then, after 6 months of healing, he can rebreak your legs and add more inches.  i think he can add only an inch or two at a time though, so several inches might take a few years.
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Sorry, I can't give you any recommendations to increase your height.  The bones of your skeleton determine your height, and you can't really make them grow any more than they want.  Good news, you still may grow another inch or so in the next few years.  I grew and inch in my freshman year of college to 5'1-1/2"!  My sister grew and inch at the same time, so now she's an even 5 foot! I recommend to come to terms with your "height deficit", take all the short jokes in stride,  and take advantage of tall people over the coming years by making them get things for you that are out of your reach.  And invest in a step stool.  When you get older and move out, you may have to get your own things out of a tall cupboard every now and then.\n\nI've read in magazines every now and then there are ways to dress to make you "appear taller", and you can wear tall shoes sometimes, but unless you are a billionaire that can afford radical surgery/treatment options, love the body your in.  It's the only one you've got.
30349
There is a height increase exercise program for sale that will stretch your spine increase height and make you grow taller. Just visit the link. Hope this helps!
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You can't. But eating Healthy and staying hit helps you attain your full natural hight. You'll only grow so much and you can't do anything about it.\nThough I have heard of a sergery that can do something to make you taller, but I don't know much about it.\n\nBe thankful for the height you have, somepeople are extremely short...for lack of a politer way to say it.
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The best way to grow taller is to eat nutritious food and excercise. Because of your age, you may be nearing your last spurt of growth. It is important that during this last spurt of growth, you excercise and eat healthily because this might be your last chance to grow taller. You may be able to grow up to an inch.
580891
When I was 18, I was 5'10" and could stuff.  Get ankle weights (or duct tape some weight on).  You will absolutely "fly" in a month.  I had a 40" vertical.
438058
you have 4-5 yrs to grow..\n\neat healthy foods..\n\nplay basketball or such outdoor sports..\n\notherwise if u have a family line of avg height, you cant do much
83303
you cant.. you're not done growing taller anyway..but supplements are the only way to help nature out.. lotsa vitamins!! Especially D
195487
Well, really not much.  How old are you?  If you're still growing, eating well and drinking plenty of milk might help.  Genes play a HUGE part though, so it won't do much.\n\nIf you're not really growing anymore... there's nothing you can do, except maybe insert wedges in the soles of your shoes.
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human body grows till the age of 23 which is a madically proven thing. if u want to increase your height then hang from some rod or ceiling by grabing it with your both hands so that you hold the weight of your body through both your arms.(not with one arm/hand). stay hanging for 5 minutes, rest for a minute and repeat again for 5 min. then again rest for 1 minute and then hang for another 5 minutes but this time also do some pull ups of your body.\nrepeat this 5 times a week for 3-4 months and you will feel some change in your height. \ni got myself streched from 5.4 to 5.7 :D\n\nremember do not take any pills, if someone claims that you can increase your height by using their pills then he/she is a lier.
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One does not reach his full height until he/she is about 21 years of age.\n\nImproving one's posture and learning to stand up straight, sit properly, walk properly with an erect stature can increase one's height.\n\nIntense exercise when young can bolster one's height, as the muscles support bones.\n\nI joined the Army when I was 20, and grew 1/2 an inch in height.  I think it was from learning to stand up straight.\n\nOne other way to grow taller:  lifts in shoes.
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All else being equal, you can't get any taller than your genes dictate.  I'm not tall,  5'9", and have always wished I could get at least to that magical 6 foot tall barrier.  You can make sure that you get to the tallest that your genes will allow by staying healthy, eating properly, getting plenty of rest, etc.\n\n"The height of the person is influenced by many factors, like good nutrition, onset and end of puberty and, most importantly, by the genetic predisposition. Most people by the time they are 19 have stopped growing and reached their final height. By that age growth epiphyses (the areas of the bones in your arms and legs that grow) have closed and the bone cannot get any longer. Unfortunately, once that happened, there is not much you can do to become taller.  \n\nIf you have seen advertisements for products that promise to make you taller, beware, there are no pills or devices that can increase your height.  Try to remember that height is only on aspect of who you are and that you have many qualities that you can control, like how you are as a friend, how hard you work and how you treat other people."
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try to increase yr weight by eating and increasing your intake with carbs and protein foods. yr height will not increase at yr age. yoga is always great thing to do anyway. dont over do this as you want to add the weight not decrease it. you should find some good hints for protien and carb foods in here>>
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please don't take growth suppliments. you are what you are. being taller wont make your life better. Try doing things that make you a better you on the inside.