Stretches To Grow Taller - Do They Work Or Are They Something To Avoid?

There are hundreds of sites out there on the internet that are trying to scam you out of your money! One of the most popular is growing taller instructional manuals and DVDs that claim to use exercises and stretches to grow taller to make your bones longer. This is complete rubbish, a waste of time and can actually be very harmful. Even the sites that claim to have a super miracle pill to make you taller are lies and should be avoided. So are stretches to grow taller a scam or not?

Before puberty?
If you are still young then yes stretches and exercises will help you grow taller. Exercises will help by releasing human growth hormone (HGH) to enhance the process of growth and stretches help to aid the growth of bones during puberty as they fuse.

This is why it is important to exercise and stretch whilst you are young so you can enhance your current growth.

By using stretches whilst your bones fuse you can help straighten them to make them longer which leads into the next part

After puberty?
Once you have passed puberty your bones can't lengthen anymore regardless of how many stretches you go on to do BUT stretches can be useful to help you grow taller.

By using stretches to grow taller you can go on to improve your posture. Your posture accounts for 35% of your height and everyone has a bad posture through bad habits they've picked up during their lifetime. By taking some time out every day to do some stretches you can help improve your posture and help to make yourself taller.