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Can a growth spurt occur after 18 years of age?

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Growth spurt: Way more often than not growth has slowed down substantially a by age 18 so a growth spurt is unlikely. However, over the next several years your bones and joints will continue to improve your skeletal health.

Answered 1/25/2015

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Slowly if any: Some kids continue to grow taller into their late teens or rarely early twenties but only when their bone maturity lags behind their age. If the growth centers of the long bones have fused, you cannot grow taller. A single x-ray of the wrist/ hand can yield a bone maturity.Most boys stop at 17. When you have reached bony maturity, you are done.

Answered 8/16/2017

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