As I was scouring through the usual sites that deals with height increase, I somehow came across a post on the GrowTallInfo.com website which made me realize that there may be a VERY easy and simple idea on how to possibly cause some bit of height increase. From the thread entitled “Grow Taller Basics” I realized that the thread was actually an old post that Tyler Made on HeightQuest.com HERE. After reading over the post, I was rather shocked to realize that a very simple and easy method for some height increase was possible that I completely forgot about which has a really good chance to work.

The post that was on HeightQuest.com mentions the fact that there are other types of bones in the human skeleton, not just the long bones. The skull for example is a clear example of a non-long bone but an irregular bone. The top of the skull is irregular in shape with a flat surface. As he states…

“The same tissue that is present on the width of long bones is present at the top bone of the skull.  Therefore, since you can increase the width of this tissue height increase after puberty is possible.”

“Now how do you increase the width of this outer sheet?  You rub against it.  Since it is the outer covering of the bone, you only need to target the surface of the bone.  So, a vigorous head massage may be one of the ways to get taller!”

When I thought over this simple and easy to do idea, I was very surprised at how simple it could be. All that one really has to do is do some vigorous top of head rubbing or massage. When I was little I would hear old wive’s tale that for a balding or bald man to regrow hair, he should just rub a raw potato on the top or back of his head, where the bald stop is. Maybe head and skull rubbing may cause more than just hair regeneration, but also some additional height that will come from the flat surface on the top of the head.

I remember looking over the idea of a dynamic bone loading method to widen the shoulder bones which I wrote a post about at “Review Of Claim To Widen Shoulder Bone, Lengthen Forearms, And Lengthen Lower Legs” and I had stated that the idea for shoulder widening really could work since the shoulder bone is irregular. Any possible loading on the surface of the shoulder could cause the bone sides to increase in width, thus leading to wider shoulder. The same idea is for the top skull flat bone.

I would maybe even suggest that instead of rubbing the head, it might be better to tap the entire upper head area, but get the loading to be of equal pressure distribution. If the tapping on the top of the head leads to just one small sized lump, like what we see in the cartoons when an anvil falls on a person’s head. However

If we remember, the way that real height is measure is from the top most point of a person’s top of head to their feet when they are standing completely erect and straight. The bump could mean that any bumps formed from appositional growth and bone remodeling from certain loading can lead to maybe a little bit of skull flat bone width increase and height increase.

As for the feet…

Tyler would state…”There is also a bone in your feet.  Your heel bone.  This bone is completely covered with the sheet that can increase in width.  If you can increase the width of this bony sheath it will act sort of as height increasing shoes and you will be taller!”

What he is referring to is known as the Calcaneus. From Wikipedia, “In humans, the calcaneus (from the Latin calcaneum, meaning heel^[1]) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitute the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock.”

Theoretically I would guess that the calcaneus may have the same bone remodeling effects as the flat surface of the top of the head, although I would suspect that in real life, the results would not be positive. We have to remember that in terms of the amount of weight and load any of the bones in the body gets most exerted on them, the heel bone probably has the most load on it. When a 200 lb human being jumps up, when they land back down, the heel bone and the ankles are the area of the body which gets the greatest amount of force per area and shock. Even if a person did manage to put enough load over the sheet of the heel bone, I would guess that the incredible load that the human body from the gravitational force exerted on it would experience would negate any real bone width increasing, but it might be possible to get 1-2 mm of height increase from applying pressure on the heel bone. I would rather suggest that it might be smarter to use a hammer or a 50-75 lb dumbbell for a stronger enough load on the bone.