im 16 years old 5'3.5 male and 134 lbs. my dad is 5'7 and my mom is 5'2.5 i took a bone age and it said that i might be around 5'4-5'5...i recently took an x-ray as i injured my shoulder n the doctor clearly showed me that my growth plates are open, my pediatric doctor said it should close around 16 1/2 n most probably i will only grow 1/2 an inch..i really want to be 5'8 but would be happy with whatever i can get like 5'6 or 5'7 please help how do i increase my height what should do?what did u do graen?i see we are or atleast were in a similar situation i turned 16 in May n was/is 5'3.5 at the doctors office plz help i would like to increase my height just like u plz help asap i want to reach 5'8!!!or atleast 5'6-5'7 by the end of summer plz respond asap ur answer will be appreciated....as of now im raised my bike seat so wihile i ride my legs could stretch no weights because im scared of hurting myself...i tried stretching but stretched a nerve in my shoulder n im still healing from it plz help asap....btw my GROWTH PLATES are still open!plz help oh n sorry for the long post
p.s:any additional info such as tips to help me,u can also send stuff to my emailrabberbadge@yahoo.com

This post was last modified: 07-17-2008 01:49 AM by drabberbadge.

im 16 years old 5'3.5 male and 134 lbs. my dad is 5'7 and my mom is 5'2.5 i took a bone age and it said that i might be around 5'4-5'5...i recently took an x-ray as i injured my shoulder n the doctor clearly showed me that my growth plates are open, my pediatric doctor said it should close around 16 1/2 n most probably i will only grow 1/2 an inch..i really want to be 5'8 but would be happy with whatever i can get like 5'6 or 5'7 please help how do i increase my height what should do?what did u do graen?i see we are or atleast were in a similar situation i turned 16 in May n was/is 5'3.5 at the doctors office plz help i would like to increase my height just like u plz help asap i want to reach 5'8!!!or atleast 5'6-5'7 by the end of summer plz respond asap ur answer will be appreciated....as of now im raised my bike seat so wihile i ride my legs could stretch no weights because im scared of hurting myself...i tried stretching but stretched a nerve in my shoulder n im still healing from it plz help asap....btw my GROWTH PLATES are still open!plz help oh n sorry for the long post
p.s:any additional info such as tips to help me,u can also send stuff to my emailrabberbadge@yahoo.com

sorry my mistake my email is drabberbadge@yahoo.com
plz respond asap thanks

dope thanks for sharing im like the same height as you before you started, any advice??

I think it would help, but I cannot fall asleep without a pillow. It took me 2 hours to just fall asleep last week without one, and I still ended up on my side WITH a pillow. I'm not even sure where the pillow came from. And I'll admit I have been kinda lazy and probably could have grown a lot more, but now I think I'm like 5'6.5"-5'7". From now on I'm not going to be lazy anymore because I just noticed that almost everyone I run into is like 3 inches taller than me, which isn't too much and i know I can gain that height pretty easily. That gives me extra motivation. Anyways good luck to you.

Yeah sleeping with out a pillow sucks..believe me I tryed it and I couldnt get a wink of sleep.

This post was last modified: 07-29-2008 01:02 PM by Chris17.

how tall are you now

i think you will be able to reach your goal shortly with the best of luck from me thanks

sorry that was a typo... or maybe i just felt like lying that day idk but im like 5'5.5"-5'6" maybe more idk havent measured in a while... and ive been pretty busy lately and havent stretched at all and i think i lost some height from not stretching so maybe stretching would get me closer to 5'7"