The average height of an adult man is 14cm taller than the average height of an adult woman. Bones increase in length because of growth plates in the bones called epiphyses. As puberty progresses, the growth plates mature, and at the end of puberty they fuse and stop growing. The whole of the skeleton does not stop growing at the same time; hands and feet stop first, then arms and legs, with the last area of growth being the spine.
Growth slows down and stops when a child has gone all the way through puberty and has reached an adult stage of development. After the growth plates fuse, there is no more increase in height, and we all then shrink gradually as we get older. There are also variations in the height of each individual population, and most people who are very short or very tall are completely healthy, but just at the top or bottom end of the normal range for that particular population.
A medical problem that affects growth is more likely if a child is growing slower or faster than expected. Almost everyone who is very tall is normal and has no medical problems. Marfan syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome can cause very tall stature, and extremely rare tumours of the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone can result in very rapid growth gigantism.
A doctor should be consulted if a child is growing slower or faster than expected or appears to be particularly short or tall relative to other children of the same age. If a child is not growing normally, the cause is normally investigated. Treatment for a medical condition or a hormone deficiency will help the child to catch up and grow nearer to their potential adult height.
Once the skeleton has stopped growing, no medical drug treatments will increase height. A surgical procedure where the leg bones are sawn and then gradually stretched apart can increase the length of the bones and so increase height. Because there is a risk of complications like fracture and infection, this procedure is not normally performed to increase height in adults. Children - If tests show that a child is deficient in growth hormone, they can be treated with artificial growth hormone, which will help them to catch up and reach a normal height.
Treatment using a normal dosage cannot make them grow to a taller adult height than they would have had if they had not had a growth hormone deficiency. Studies have shown that growth hormone can help to increase the final adult height of children with Turner syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome , kidney failure and for some children who were of very low birth weight for their gestational age.
Most children who are short are completely healthy and do not have any medical cause for their short stature. There have been studies looking at whether these short children with no underlying medical condition would be taller if given growth hormone treatment.
I can't force you to be right. Stores: Thanks, I will. I've tried asking Yahoo, but it came up with irrelevant and inappropriate answers. I'll try asking another forum. Doesn't anyone in here know anatomy? Are you able to predict? Joined: Oct If you want an anatomically-based answer, men usually stop growing around the age of 20, when their epiphyseal growth plates fuse, and their bones stop elongating. So, there's plenty of time left for you to become a Frankenstein, if that's your desire For a pianistically based answer, your hands are already larger than most pianists', as others have already said.
So, if you expect to be able to reach 12ths or 13ths in a few years' time, I'd get stuck into Czerny's School of Velocity finger drills right now As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life. Come on!
You need more than that? And really, I can go up to F from C but in all honesty, as someone mentioned above, I have a feeling that I'll never be able to play music which requires fast moving semitones, up, down, etc Then again Rachmaninov comes quite natural! Joined: Jun I believe that humans stop growing around 21, that's also the age when some millions of your neurons dies.
But the body it self never gets really old, it just makes bad copies of itself. I'm a girl, for the last time. Anyway, thanks for the excellent post! Ann Arbor, MI. Originally Posted by jazzyprof.
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A lot of people would love to have hands that big BruceD Yikes! Originally Posted by Veganpilot I'm 14, and my hands are Thank you for your help and contribution In July you were complaining about how short your fingers are. In August, you started a thread about Liszt's hand size.
These exercises will not only increase the strength and thickness of certain hand muscles, but they may make your hands appear a bit bigger. As with any exercise, a good warmup is helpful in preventing injury and discomfort. Before performing these strengthening exercises, soak your hands for a few minutes in warm water or wrap them in a heated towel.
These treatments can also help to relieve hand pain or stiffness caused by arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions. The following exercises can be done two or three times per week, but be sure to wait 2 days in between exercises to allow your hand muscles to recover. For a variation, hold a stress ball between the fingers and thumb of one hand and hold for 30 to 60 seconds.
You may also improve your grip strength by regularly using other exercise implements that require squeezing. Form a ball with some modeling clay and then role it out.
Manipulating clay will strengthen your hands, while creating sculptures with detailed features will also improve your fine motor skills. Stretching your hand muscles can increase their flexibility and range of motion. The following exercises can be done daily.
Just be careful not to overextend your fingers so that you strain any of the muscles or tendons. Hand span is measured across the back of the hand. But the ability to grip and throw a football well has more to do with strength, flexibility, and technique. To help widen your hand span — the maximum distance from your thumb to your little finger — follows these steps:.
Like feet, ears, eyes, and every other part of your body, the shape and size of your hands are unique to you. Hand size is usually measured in three different ways:. Here are the average adult hand sizes for men and women, according to a comprehensive study by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA :.
Besides the more than two dozen muscles, a hand contains 26 bones. The length and width of those bones are determined by genetics. A parent or grandparent with small or large hands can pass those traits down to you.
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