Reno, NV
A 19-year-old female asked:
What sleep position helps you grow taller?
1 doctor answer • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
None.: There is no sleeping position that makes you taller.
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Binghamton, NY
A 18-year-old male asked:
Does a lot sleep help you grow taller?
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Dr. Sal Aragonaanswered
Dentistry 42 years experience
Maybe: Human growth hormone (hgh) is particularly released during delta phase of sleep, the deepest sleep level. Yet at you sex and age, you probably have completed physical growth and increasing sleep time will not further effect growth. Remember, it is not necessarily total sleep time but more so the quality and level of delta sleep levels that may be at play.
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Sterling, VA
A 18-year-old female asked:
I am trying to grow taller is there any sleeping position that will help with this?
3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Carol Cheneyanswered
Endocrinology 46 years experience
No: There is no evidence that sleeping in a specific position will alter your growth pattern or ultimate height.
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A 56-year-old member asked:
How can sleep effect how tall you grow?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Sleep: If you are 56 years old - the amount you sleep will not help you grow any taller. Our height is largely determined by genetics. However, reaching potential is depending on things like getting proper vitamins and minerals, sleeping adequately, staying physically active ect. Our body does a lot of it's healing & growing while we are sleeping.
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