Something I had mentioned before in the post “Increase Height And Grow Taller By Stretching” was that there was probably only 4 main exercises which are stretches that can help one potentially increase their height, at least temporarily.

One of them was the forward stretch, the second was the Cobra Position in basic Hatha Yoga, the third was where one was sitting in with the legs wrapped in the lotus position with the arms being brought above the head to the other side stretching vertically one’s lats and side stomach muscles. The last was the idea of twisting the torso from side to side.

I wondered whether the last method might be more effective than the other types of stretching since it is only type of stretching that can lossen the vertebrate and disks between the bones slightly more than the others. It is also an uncommon position for the body to be in.

I would guess that since this type of stretch is not a natural type of movement that the human body was ever needed to be in, it would be more likely to result in a disruption in the way that the human body would normally deform. This means that maybe the way that the bones are held up would change slightly, pulling at the ligaments and cartilage that hold the individual bones together to become more elastic and looser for a greater range of movement and mobility.

Like I showed in the recent post on the analysis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome “A Study On The Possibility That Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Might Lead To Adult Height Growth“, it is possible that increased joint mobility may result in a slight increase in height since the bones don’t have to be in their fixed locations all the time. When a person is using their muscles to stretch out their entire body body by extending their arms and shoulders as high as possible, maybe the upper torso can be pushed up just slightly.

The other 3 types of stretching that I referred to in the stretching post, humans have had to do for a long time.

The forward stretch has been done by most people who were standing up and needed to pick up something on the ground without bending their knees. Even little kids in elementary school would have done this exercise.

The cobra position is probably the other position that has the most effectiveness in increasing body flexibility and realigning the spinal curvature. Most kids would also do a lot of this when they are playing to push themselves off of the ground.

The laste position where the arms are being extended over their head to the other side is something that primitive ancestors probably did to try to reach for fruits in tall trees. I doubt that this stretching would be the best type of stretching to increase height, but it might help a little.