Pravilo Training Apparatus may help make you slightly taller

I’ve searched for something akin to bite jumping appliances that can induce articular cartilage endochondral ossification which has been shown to occur in the jaw to other joints of the body that can affect height..

There is a stretching apparatus promoted by Pravilo USA that may potentially work to induce articular cartilage endochondral ossification on height affecting joints.

I have stated in the past that the rack apparatus(and sleep stretching) is not likely to work to make you grow taller. First the load is not really on the bones or the articular cartilage. Second the load is not dynamic which has been to shown to be a key mechanism by which the bite jumping appliance in dentistry serves to induce articular cartilage endochondral ossification. Like dynamic movement is important to the bone(because of bones fluid contents and dynamic movement moves the fluid contents around) to stimulate growth, dynamic movement is important to the cartilage and the cells to stimulate the structure of the cells via fluid forces. Ultimately, a lot of the load is going to be on the tendons and ligaments but just be the constant moving around some of the load is surely going to applied to the articular cartilage.

I do not believe the load is going to be in such a way as to stimulate the bone directly(mostly via the enthesis and the articular cartilage). I do not think that applying load in a tensile fashion is necessary to stimulate the bone via torsional force. Torsion will stimulate the fluid contents of bone regardless of whether the torsion is applied in a compressive or tensile fashion.

I do however think this apparatus has possible potential in which to prove articular cartilage endochondral ossification. However, ACEO(articular cartilage endochondral ossification) is very slow so we’d need actual studies and actual going to the gym here and using the device is cumbersome. If we can prove that ACEO work then we can create easier to use devices.

Here’s an example of how Pravilo training apparatus can induce dynamic loading on the articular cartilage:

The twisting of the body is what makes it dynamic.

At about the one minute mark is where you can see the twisting applied:

In the store on the website there is parts to construct your own apparatus. I’m not sure if it’s worth it as ACEO is very slow. It’d be more for proof of concept. However, it could potentially work for your spine and there is no surgical mechanism that increases spinal height.