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Daily movement of the body, a reasonable exercise regimen will help the muscles to work, stretch and promote energy metabolism for the body. This helps speed up the body's growth, increases the transport of calcium from the blood into the bone tissue and stimulates bone growth.
1. How does the child's skeletal system form and develop?
The baby's skeletal system is formed right from the time the baby is in the womb, starting from the first month of pregnancy. By the 3rd month, the skeleton has formed and developed rapidly. In the 5th and 6th months, the baby had movements at the beginning of life and by the end of pregnancy, the child had a complete skeleton, full of parts, but the firmness was not there.
The bones of the newborn baby have 4 types of bones, which are long bones, short bones, flat bones and indeterminate bones. The junction between the ends of bones is called a joint. However, in children, there is a very special point, that is, at the end of each long bone there is a structure called cartilage (ossified cartilage). This is an extremely important round role in the development of children's height.
Cartilage at the ends of long bones, located at the ends of bones, will grow to form bones that increase the length of long bones, this process is called ossification. After ossification, the cartilage will stick to the bone body, increasing the length of the bone. Bones also grow horizontally thanks to the periosteum.
In the case of short bones and flat bones, this growth cartilage surrounds the bone, ossifies and helps in bone growth.
As children grow up, their bones will also grow in length and width. This "growing up" mainly takes place at the ends of the bones and nutrition in the first year of life is the most important, because at this stage children need a lot of energy for the development of the skeletal system as well as perfecting. organs of the body. Nutrition experts believe that if a child's height in the first year of life is lower than the standard height, the child will be short because the first year of life is the most decisive period in height development.
However, in addition to genetic and nutritional factors, exercise now plays a huge role, dominant in the process of increasing height for children.
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According to the World Health Organization WHO, up to 50% of the ability to increase height is dependent on genes, 20% is from exercise and 23% from nutrition, the remaining 7% is from living habits.
Daily body movement, reasonable exercise regime helps muscles to be active, elastic to help promote energy metabolism and body metabolism. This helps to speed up the body's growth, increase the transport of calcium from the blood into the bone tissue and increase the strength of the bones.
Exercise every 1.5 to 2 hours a day will stimulate the hypothalamus to increase secretion of GH hormone - the body's growth hormone both during the day and at night. Accelerate growth, thereby helping to accelerate height growth.
When exercise stimulates bones, the body will secrete Endorphins - anti-stress substances, helping your body not feel discomfort and pain when exercising. From there, you will eat better, help your body have enough substances to develop, study and work effectively, thus significantly reducing unwanted stress. According to many studies, if the body is always in a state of anxiety and stress, it will affect the secretion of GH by the pituitary gland, which slows down growth.
When the body is exercised in moderation, it also contributes to improving the quality of your sleep. As we all know, growth hormone is secreted a lot at night while we are sleeping. Therefore, a sufficient and quality sleep will play an important role in regulating GH hormone secretion.
3. Exercises to support bone growth Currently there are many methods of increasing height for children, consider and choose the most suitable method for your child to have a beautiful figure and ideal height. thought.
3.1. Walking, jogging support children's height development Gentle walking or jogging are simple forms of bone stimulation but help develop height very well. Regular walking helps you have good health, burns body fat, develops lower body muscles and helps blood circulation, increases blood flow to the heart and brain, at this time metabolism. performed most effectively. Substances necessary for the development of the skeletal system are absorbed effectively.
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3.2. Swimming helps children develop height Swimming is a popular water sport today, both forging children's coping skills when in danger and helping them to grow taller.
Swimming movements such as reaching arms, kicking legs, breathing water, crunching the abdomen help bones in a state of stretching and stretching, if practiced regularly and in moderation, they will lengthen bones throughout the whole body, promoting expansion. shoulder and chest.
When swimming, the body is in a state of constant movement, stimulating the production of nitric oxide and lactate, these two ingredients facilitate the pituitary gland to produce GH.
The most suitable age for children to learn to swim is 3 years old. However, it is possible to start swimming at any stage of life, because in addition to helping to increase height, there are many unexpected benefits that swimming brings to the body.
3.3. Yoga and meditation It sounds strange but the truth is that yoga and meditation play an important role in improving your height. Yoga helps regulate the activity of hormones in the body. It also helps to lengthen the bones. Therefore, the regular practice of yoga is the way to get taller quickly.
On the other hand, meditation is also a way to grow taller when combined with other movements. Meditation helps calm your mind and focus your energy on what you want to do.
2 yoga poses that can aid in lengthening the spine and increasing height that you should try are Tadasana and sarvangasana.
3.4. Other sports Some sports are proven to help develop effective height such as volleyball, basketball, badminton, ... Give yourself a reasonable exercise plan and scientific diet. Learn to develop the most effective height.
In short, in addition to a suitable diet, proper exercise also contributes to stimulating bone growth. Therefore, the daily body movement, reasonable exercise regime will help the muscles to be active, stretch and help speed up the development of the body.
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