How much height can you grow with posture correction?

Ordinary adults without organic bone disease can generally release 1-3cm of "hidden height" by correcting poor posture. Minors with mild to moderate scoliosis and structural deformation of the spine caused by long-term poor posture can be up to 4-5cm longer than before correction after standard correction, but it is impossible to exceed the upper limit of height corresponding to their own bone age. If someone says that correcting posture can make you seven or eight centimeters longer, it is purely an IQ tax.

I have been a posture coach for almost 6 years. The most typical example I have encountered is a 26-year-old e-commerce operator girl who spends 12 hours a day at her workstation. She has rounded shoulders, straightened thoracic spine, and a slight forward pelvic tilt. When she first came to measure, she only measured 157.5cm when she held her shoulders in her arms. She adjusted accordingly. She has been in the habit of exerting force for more than three months. When standing or sitting, she consciously collects her core and "lifts" the top of her head toward the ceiling. Later, when she stands straight, she is measured to be exactly 160. She said that she used to add 3cm of inner heightening pads. Now she wears ordinary flat shoes and the inner heightening shoes before wearing them are visually about the same height.

Of course, many people say that "posture correction can't help you grow taller at all." This is actually true - the "height growth" we are talking about is not essentially secondary bone development. It just releases the height that was originally "hidden" by the flexed spine and forward pelvis. It is like a spring that was originally 20cm long. You bend it to 18cm all the year round. When you loosen it and reset it, the measured value is 20cm. It is not that the spring itself has become longer. If your epiphyseal line has been completely closed and your standing and sitting postures are standard, then no matter how you adjust your posture, you will not be able to grow even one millimeter out of thin air. Many orthopedic surgeons will say that posture correction has little effect on your height. In fact, it is aimed at people who do not have posture problems in the first place. However, the premise of everyone's discussion is different, and it is not clear who is right or wrong.

I have also met many young people who asked if they could go from 170 to 178 by correction. Every time, they had to make it clear to them with laughter and laughter: the physiological curvature of the spine of normal adults has completely disappeared and become straight, and only about 3cm more height will be gained at most. If we really want to add 8cm out of thin air, the entire spine will be pulled out of joint. If you are really obsessed with your height, you might as well choose a pair of thicker sneakers, which will help you get there faster than anything else.

Oh yes, there is another point that is easily overlooked. If a minor has long-term bad posture such as low shoulders and a hunched back, and does not adjust it in time, it will really affect the normal growth of the bones, and eventually he will not grow as tall as he should. In this case, correcting the posture as early as possible will actually help him keep the height he should have, which is much more effective than trying to figure out how to do it after he becomes an adult.