Grow Taller with Lateral Synovial Joint Loading: New Height Increase Method

Jan. 13, 2011 - PRLog -- The legendary scientist CH Turner passed away but his legacy on bone development will stay behind.  His mentor SJ Warden will carry on his legacy but there was one study called "Lengthening of Mouse Hindlimbs with Joint Loading" that is worth the attention of all.  Hiroki Yokota an expert on mechanotransduction also worked on the study.

The study found that lateral loading of the epiphysis/joint capsule area was able to increase the length of rat limbs.  Now why could this be?  A website, known as http://www.heightquest.com, that focuses on human experimentation of what is termed lateral synovial joint loading speculates that the reason lies within hydrostatic pressure.  Hydrostatic pressure has been shown to enable chondrogenic differentiation of stem cells.  Chondrocytes are known as round cells and the increase in hydrostatic pressure may help shape stem cells into a chondrogenic lineage.

Other methods like LIPUS have shown the ability to induce chondrogenic differentiation but only with the aid of compounds like TGF-Beta.  Only hydrostatic pressure has shown the ability to induce chondrogenic differentiation completely organically.  The experimenters of the Height Quest website try their best to mimic the loading mechanism in the mice joint loading study by using C-class clamps as explained on this page: http://www.heightquest.com/p/experimental-synovial-joint-....  Some have noticed results but it's difficult to get sufficient results that can withstand the rigors of measurement error and critical analysis from those who refuse to believe that adult height increase is possible.

The site explores other options but none have had the simplicity or effectiveness of Lateral Synovial Joint Loading.  Lateral Synovial Joint Loading(or LSJL) increases hydrostatic pressure(the fluid pressure) by simply laterally compression the bone.  This decreases the space containing the fluid that the bone houses resulting in an increase in pressure.  The rat study found effective results even with pretty low loads.

Other studies have also found a variety of benefits in the change of genes that could be positive for bone growth.  How can chondrogenic differentiation increase height after epiphyseal fusion?  Ultimately, growth plates are a collection of chondrocytes.  These chondrocytes can undergo differentiation at different rates as shown by the fact that parts of the bone can be fused whereas others can remain actively differentiating.

They key to height growth occurs as a result of chondrogenic hypertrophy where the chondrocyte increases in size.  The physics of how a hypertrophying chondrocyte can increase height is unknown but distraction(stretching of the bone like during sleep) must be involved as it's highly unlikely that a chondrocyte can push bones apart making them longer.  It must therefore be that chondrocytes have some elasticity and that when it is distracted the bone ossifies in a longer state.

In a fused bone there are still stem cells within bone marrow.  These stem cells can differentiate into chondrocytes and can then undergo endochondral ossification.  Then the bone can grow taller one piece at a time kind of like a jenga block.

Will there ever be another lateral synovial joint loading study given the unfortunate passing of CH Turner?  It's unknown but the legacy of LSJL and adult height increase lives on.

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HeightQuest is a website dedicated to the science of growing taller and increasing height. It goes over research articles to support it's argument that it's possible to grow taller with stem cells.