Check how tall you are?

[Jones]

A bit of a curiosity that maybe doesn't mean anything, but thought I'd ask anyway incase it indicates something about Earth/gravitational changes.

I measured myself about 6 months ago because I have virtually no disc left between my last lumbar and first sacral vertebra and I was wondering how much height I'd lost. Previously I'd measured 157cms. A self measurement came up at 162cms. I didn't take that seriously because it's difficult to accurately measure oneself. Then my height was measured at a specialist appointment and it was 162.5cms!

I have done some work on posture. If I relax into my old postural habit, I can account for about 3cms change, but that still doesn't take disc space lost and loss of disc height is common with increasing age I think.

Then I was talking to an acquaintance today and he made the comment 'It's taken me until my 50's to finally crack 6ft tall.' He has apparently been around 5'11 until his most recent health check and he's now 6'1.

So I'm wondering how many others seem to have increased in height.

 

[brandon]

5.5cm is a pretty big difference! We just measured, I got 189cm.. last time I checked, maybe around a year ago, I was 188.. probably I just stood up a bit straighter this time, but I do recall trying to stand as straight as possible last time... will have to look again in a few months..

 

[Honzap]

Very intriguing.

Since my early 20ties I was 5'11. Lo and behold my wife just measured me at 6ft now. And my head is bold.

Just what is going on? Is more nutritious (fatty) diet culprit here?

 

[Tauriel]

Oooh, so great....we're turning into giants.

Son and I just checked.
He has been 186cm before and now it's 189cm.
I have been 170cm and now it's 171,5- 172 cm.
Will check again at work with more proper means of measurement.
What I had just realized this week is that my pants all seem a bit shorther.

 

[T.C.]

You know, I was always 6ft even.

About a year ago, someone asked me how tall I was and I said 6ft, and they said, “There’s no way. I’m 6ft and you’re taller than me.” We got out a tape measure, and I was 6ft 1”.

I thought I’d spent my entire adult life not knowing my real height. Now, I’m happy to learn we’re all just getting taller

 

[Michael B-C]

Wondering how many of you seeing growth are doing/have done HBOT? Just a thought...

 

[Tauriel]

Wondering how many of you seeing growth are doing/have done HBOT? Just a thought...

Not the case here.

 

[Odin]

I just checked my height at home so there is obviously room for error. The last time I checked my height was when renewing my passport at the police station(5 years ago). They measured me at 182 cm, which is also written on my passport.

The measurement now showed my height to be 183,5 cm! I have not done any HBOT @Michael B-C

Interesting thread @Jones, thank you :)

 

[Jebra]

This thread got me all excited so I went and measured myself. Nope. I'm still 145cm tall. My son who is 10 is 137cm tall. Oh well!

 

[ryu]

Same as you Jebra, my height hasn't changed!!

 

[Mari]

I‘ve always thought that I am 164cm.
Today I measured myself and I‘m 165,5cm. As I measured myself, there obviously is a possibility of an error.

But I‘ve been doing Arky Chu for a while now and maybe that contributed to my height/posture as one does a lot of stretching there….

So… hopefully I remember to measure myself in a few months again and then I see…
I‘d love to hit 170cm

 

[Lukasz]

It's interesting that many of you are experiencing growth. It's difficult to measure yourself, so my result may be inaccurate, but I've just done it and nothing seems to have changed.

 

[hiker]

The time of the day could influence one's height also. After sleeping through the night in a horizontal position, the discs between the vertebrae get to "recover", soak in fluids etc. When you are up and about and the day progresses, gravity can compress the discs and other cartilaginous tissues in the body, and your height can be less in the evening.

When I read this thread yesterday, the evening/morning height difference popped in my mind, so I did some measurements:
the height was about 170 cm yesterday evening, and this morning it was 172 cm, measured fresh from the bed.
(I think the last official measurement (it was done later in the day), was done during a health check-up in the university years ago. I don't actually remember what the exact result was, just that it was a bit over 170 cm. Since that I have put that 170 cm in any formal papers that needed to be filled.)

Is more nutritious (fatty) diet culprit here?

I guess eating a meat based diet (with bone broth) could at least help to keep the tissues in good condition and maintain the height.

Wondering how many of you seeing growth are doing/have done HBOT? Just a thought...

I am doing HBOT at the moment (91 hours at 1.5 ATA), so there has been no real effect in height (yet!).

 

[Ryan]

Not sure... perhaps an extra 1-2cm, but will need to do a few more measurements to check. If this is widely reported, it would be good to ask the C's about!

 

[Jacques]

Same as you Jebra, my height hasn't changed!!

Same thing for me. Still the same height.