The vertebral disc can suffer different problematic conditions if you fail on taking care of your bones through diet, lifestyle, and exercise. Some of the vertebral disc problems that people encounter are: degenerated disc, bulging disc, herniated disc, thinning disc, and disc degeneration with osteophyte formation. If you choose to have surgery to fix these problems, it can possibly add some height to you. But this still depends on different situations.
One notable case, an instance that surgery increase height, happened in 2008 when a teen girl was reported to have gained 5 more inches in height after her operation to correct spinal scoliosis. Scoliosis is a spine defect where the bones are in S shape curve.
Straightening these bones in the spine will make the person taller and this becomes instant through operation. In the process, doctors usually insert titanium rods to straighten it just like in the case of the girl.
Can Surgery Increase Height in All Cases of Spine Problem?
Surgery can be expensive and risky. Not all spinal problems need surgery to correct. So if you want to avoid the some risks involved in the operation or spending that much money, you can look for different ways on how to correct posture and spinal problems. Vertebral discs are delicate bones made from spongy material which can be nurtured by vitamins from the foods that we eat.
Straightening these bones can also be done with the right food and exercises.
The Vertebral Discs and Its Relation to Your Height
By using a standard basic measurement of ½ inch as average height that a disc contributes, let us study these calculations done by experts:
7 cervical vertebrae, 5 disks 2-1/2 inches
12 thoracic vertebrae, 12 disks 6 inches
5 lumbar vertebrae, 6 disks 3 inches
TOTAL 11-1/2 inches
Collapse of a vertebral disc may lead to the damage of the spine and it may somehow rob some of your height. When one of the discs start to collapse and degrade, it will mean a loss of half an inch. When this happens, the other discs including the spinal bones will also collapse and compress which will lead to more inches from your height to be lost.
Poor bone density or osteoporosis is the main problem that causes the degradation of bones in the spine. If you haven’t started something to save your bones from osteoporosis such as drinking milk, calcium supplements, good food, or exercise, then you are in danger of vertebral collapse and loss of height.
Loss of Height Due to Disc Herniation and How to Solve It
Multiple disc collapse can be dangerous and it can rob about 2 to 3 inches from a person’s height. This is caused by degeneration of the spinal tissues which start from one disc collapse to multiple disc collapse due to neglect. In this case, surgery is already needed and there are two types of surgical operations that can correct this problem – spinal fusion and artificial disc insertion.
Spinal Fusion
In this kind of surgical operation, fragments of bones are added to the space where the collapsed vertebrae took place. This will make the bones to fuse together again as it heals from the surgery. Titanium rods are added in order to hold the healing bones and make it stable. Although effective in saving the bones, the lost height will not be recovered and the person will be shorter as it is.
Artificial Disc Insertion
In this surgical process, a new disc made from collagen is inserted to the collapsed vertebrae instead of bone fragments. This artificial disc is formed like a sponge hydrated with water and bone proteins encaged in titanium with the size of a regular disk.
Next, the old pieces of the collapsed disc are cleaned out and the titanium disc is inserted on the cavity left. After insertion of the artificial disc, rubberized silicon is injected to harden the cage. What’s better about this kind of surgery is that the patient will regain about half an inch of the lost height after the bone collapse.
Ways to Increase Height Even Without Surgery
Yes, surgery increase height in certain ways but there are also ways on how anyone can solve spine problems even without surgery. When things haven’t come to worse yet, then it is time to examine ourselves and the things that we must do in order to save our bones from degeneration.
Dehydration
Not drinking enough water everyday may lead to dehydration of the body. And one of the consequences is the collapse of the vertebral disc and herniation. Water is so vital not only to the body but also the bones. If you want to have healthy discs, drink a lot of water.
Cartilage
Di d you know that human cartilages have the same composition as most animals such as shark, beef, and chicken. Eating the cartilage components of these animals can also give nutrition to your discs. Gelatin is also another food substance that is healthy for the spinal bones.
Minerals for the bone
Silica is one of the minerals that makes up the vertebral disc and it can be obtained through edible diatomaceous earth powder. As we age, important minerals for the bones become deficient and so we have to take supplements or eat more foods rich from these minerals namely: calcium, zinc, strontium, boron, and magnesium. Remember that lack of minerals or food for the bones will lead to its degradation, collapse, or poor bone density (osteoporosis).
Can surgery increase height? It will increase height but it is not for everyone. When the case is not that severe, we can still do something natural to make our bones healthy and strong. And in this case, you can also increase your height.
Prescription of Growth Hormones for Height Increase
Growth hormone is not allowed for prescription until about a decade ago that FDA decided to make it available to be prescribed. Thanks to the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company that its research about human growth hormone benefitting kids with failed growth paved the way to this hormone’s availability. Though it is only for kids with idiopathic short stature wherein no one knows the cause of stunted growth, some other types of people use the same growth hormones.
Certain rules are set by the pharmaceutical company on whether a child is qualified to be prescribed with the growth hormone.
However, there are still questions to whether the kids can cope with it psychologically. Aside from that, the question of the parents’ willingness to pay $20,000 should be worth it, or in any way, it should be ethical.
For the safest and natural ways on how to increase height, posture correction exercises can be the solution. You can start doing basic to advanced exercises to add inches to your height. Try Growing Taller 4 Idiots now! 
