You are 1% shorter in the Evening ..?

         I am sure that you probably have never realized that you are always taller by 1-2 inches in every morning than every night. In fact no one would ever know until they read it somewhere like you read it here today. Now you may ask something like though I didn’t notice my own height growth which is kind of okay but I stay with other people; I should have noticed their height growth in morning or they should noticed in me but it never happened, strange isn’t it? Well there is a very simple reason for this. See the morning height growth affects everyone and therefore you won’t notice others shorter or taller because your height has changed too and vice versa.

I don’t believe in this morning height growth, I don’t think I grow taller every morning. prove it to me.

Well you are not alone here. There are many people out there who too don’t believe in the morning height growth but it’s scientifically proven. So we will give you a small experiment to do. Do it and you’ll notice the height growth by yourself in the Morning! Here’s the experiment:

1. You can sleep flat on your back without a pillow for between eight to ten hours.
2. Doing the step 1 will decompress your spine.
3. Measure your height just before you go to sleep, and measure your height just after you get up, and compare the both, you’ll find that there can be a difference as much as an 1-2 inches in your height between these two times.

Now no doubt, you too know and believe that we really grow taller in the morning.

How’s It Made Our Spine...?

The spine consists of 33 vertebrae, overlapping each other, that creates a single structure thanks to which we are able to walk and move in an upright posture. It’s therefore the mainstay of our body.

The 33 vertebrae, of which it’s composed our spine, are divided in 5 different regions:

1. Cervical.
2. Dorsal.
3. Lumbar.
4. Sacral.
5. Coccygeal.

Now the question is how do we grow taller in the morning, what is the concept behind it? Or say how does it work? Or how does it occur? Blah blah blah.

This all possible because of our spine. In layman terms, it is the pressure upon the spinal disks that stops a person from growing to their complete height potential. Did you know that if you can remove the pressure from the disks of the spine, it can immediately give you a height increase of 1-2 inches. The same concept applies here which results in shorter height throughout day to night and gaining taller height by morning. Below is the image of the spine on our body.

But How Can Change the Spine Length...?

As I mentioned earlier, spine is one of the main reason behind our height growth. Let us see how?  Spine or backbone is made of 33 vertebrae, overlapping each other and separated by inter-vertebral discs, that creates a single structure thanks to which we are able to walk and move in an upright posture. These discs are then a kind of bearing between pairs of vertebrae, and are made of cartilage tissue that gives them high elastic properties, it allows the movement, flex-ion, extension and rotation of the spine.

These discs are then a kind of bearing between pairs of vertebrae, and are made of cartilage tissue that gives them high elastic properties.

At Night, In a Lying Position…

When during the night we’re lying on our bed, our spine is not affected by the pressure of the body weight, and consequently the inter-vertebral discs relax and stretch.

But In the Morning, Upon Rising …

As a consequence, if in the morning upon rising we measure ourself, we will notice an increase of about 1/2 cm compared to our average height.

On the contrary, at night, because of the body weight supported during the day, the vertebrae are compressed, decreasing in thickness. This caused a decrease of about 1/2 cm compared to our average height.

The Importance Of a Proper Mattress

The increase and the decrease of spine extension is a natural process that happens every day and every night. What you can easily guess is that a good nightly sleep is critical to ensure the rest and extension of the spine. Sleeping on a proper mattress, that fits for us, is critical for our body health.

The Mattresses That Favor Spinal Stretching!

Some mattresses, are also able to combine the stretching action and favor the relaxation and lengthening of the spine during our sleep.

Pay Attention To the Mattress “Zones” and the Wear!

The use of a mattress that not suits our body characteristics, or a too older and sagging mattress, don’t allow a proper extension of the inter-vertebral discs, unloading the weight supported throughout the day, and encourage the consequent development of back pain, especially in the lumbar and cervical regions.

Through out the day till night – This spine are compressed as we stand and walk, it is own body weight that compresses the inter-vertebral discs decreasing in thickness due to gravity as a reason we get shorter in the day to night by 1-2 inches.

In Night while sleeping in lying position – When you sleep at night in a lying position on bed (check out the proper sleeping posture below or here), the spine is not affected by the pressure of the body weight, and consequently the pressure on inter-vertebral discs is relaxed, stretch or expand again resulting in 1-2 inches height growth compared to our average height in the morning upon rising. While the difference is small, it is a fact and this is the reason why our height is taller in every morning than every night.

There is a proper sleeping posture you need to follow in order to see this morning height increase. Here I will mention in brief (you can read the details of sleeping posture here). In order to see the maximum height increase effect in the morning, we need to develop correct sleeping postures and habits.  So in short, below are the right way to sleep and wrong way to sleep represented diagrammatically.

Hope you have found this article useful. I