Will building muscle make you taller?

Whether male or female, of course they all hope to grow taller, and as parents, they also hope that their children can grow taller and stronger. So sometimes some parents will even buy some health supplements that can help their children grow taller? But in fact, if you want to grow taller, you should focus on some exercise. Let me introduce to you below, whether muscle exercise can help you grow taller?

Generally no impact. A person's height is not only related to genetics, but mainly determined by bones. If the bones grow and develop well, the person will be tall. If there is something wrong with the growth and development of bones, it will lead to growth disorders and the person will be short. In the skeletal system, the long bones of the lower limbs and vertebrae are most closely related to a person's height, especially the long bones of the lower limbs. The long bones of the limbs are mainly composed of the shaft, bones and epiphysis. There is a layer of cartilage between the shaft and the epiphysis, called the epiphyseal plate (or cartilage plate). The epiphysis is composed of cartilage, and the central part is the first to ossify, which is called the ossification center.

During the child's entire growth and development process, bone growth continues in the ossification centers and cartilage plates of the epiphysis at both ends of the long bones, causing the bone length to gradually increase and height to increase accordingly. In late adolescence, between the ages of 17 and 20, the cartilage plates and epiphysis gradually begin to fuse, and bone growth begins to slow down. Once the cartilage plate and epiphysis are completely fused together, the growth of long bones stops and height no longer increases. It can be seen from this that human height and bone growth are most closely related to the epiphysis and cartilage plates at the ends of long bones. Therefore, during adolescence, pay attention to balanced nutrition, exercise more, and take appropriate calcium supplements to help bone growth and grow taller.

I believe that after reading the above introduction, you should know the health benefits that exercise brings to us, right? In fact, exercise is good for health and also helps to grow taller, especially for teenagers who are in the developmental period. Only by focusing on exercise can they better enhance their physical fitness and grow taller and stronger.