Adolescence is the second peak of children's growth, and children's size is concentrated in this period, generally 5-7cm long, and more can grow 10-11cm.
Every parent wants their children to grow taller, and the premise of growing taller is to do the right "growth plan", knowing that some factors will affect the height of the child. Look down and you'll see.
These factors affect whether the child grows tall
1. Malnutrition or excess
Nutrition is an important factor affecting height, and comprehensive and balanced nutrition is the guarantee of children's healthy growth and development. If malnourished for a long time, the child will be shorter. For children with picky eating and partial eating habits, parents should correct them in time.
In addition, overnutrition can lead to early development, such as eating supplements will promote bone development prematurely, so that height growth stops early, thereby losing the opportunity to grow more heads, or even the height that originally had the potential to achieve.
2. Lack of sleep
Regular work and rest, adequate sleep will allow the brain to secrete various hormones regularly. Growth hormone is a hormone closely related to height, which promotes bone growth and peaks during periods of deep sleep at night.
If the child stays up late for a long time, leaving the brain in a state of confusion, the amount of growth hormone secreted will also be reduced, which will affect height growth.
3. Less exercise
Reasonable exercise can stimulate the secretion of growth hormone, promote bone formation, development and bone length increase. Conversely, children who exercise less are missing the opportunity to grow taller.
4. Genetic factors
About 70% of the child's height depends on genetic factors, and the height of the immediate family has a greater impact on the child, and the closer the impact. Therefore, the parents are tall, and the children are also tall; Children who are shorter parents tend to be less tall.
Although genetics is the decisive factor, parents can still work hard in nutrition, sleep, and exercise to strive for tall people.
If you want to grow taller, you have a magic weapon
1. TCM to help
(1) Knead + Tuina
【Press and knead Baihui Point】Gently press and knead Baihui Acupoint with the thumb and fingertips, first clockwise 10-20 times, then counterclockwise 10-20 times.
The head is the meeting of the suns, and the hundred points are the highest point of the human body, and the yang energy of the human body is concentrated here, and often pressing this acupoint helps the child ascend the yang and grow taller.
【Rubbing the spine】Rub the spine from bottom to top with the palm and the base of the palm, rub 30-50 times, and the skin is slightly red.
The veins are located in the spine, from where yang qi grows, and long-term rubbing of the spine can help children grow taller and improve immunity.
【Push three levels】Use your thumb to gently push from the side of the child's large fish radial to the wrist and elbow lines, and push 50-100 times.
Pushing three levels can help children grow taller and loosen their muscles.
(2) Moxibustion
【Takeru hole】Body pillar hole, Shen Hole and Wakusen hole.
【Function】Body pillar point can strengthen the body and promote the growth of height; Shenque Acupoint invigorates qi and effectively improves the child's congenital and acquired deficiencies; Yongquan Acupoint is the starting point of the kidney meridian, which can enhance physical fitness.
【Time】 Moxibustion can be done once every other day, and after 10 times, it can be changed to health moxibustion, that is, moxibustion 1-2 times a week, and then 1-2 times a month.
【Tip】Choose 2 acupuncture points each time and take turns to apply moxibustion, the amount of moxibustion should not be too large.
The above can be used as a way to help promote children's growth, and more importantly, it is necessary to achieve adequate sleep, a comprehensive and balanced diet, and appropriate exercise.
2. Get enough sleep
Growth hormone is secreted more during sleep than during waking hours, about 3 times the amount secreted during the day. In addition, TCM believes that Zishi (23-1 o'clock) is the period when Yang Qi rises and gradually flourishes, which is the best time to grow taller.
Therefore, it is recommended that children fall asleep at 22 o'clock at the latest, try to go to bed as early as possible, and grow taller!
Children of all ages should sleep for the corresponding amount of time
3-5 years: 10-13 hours
6-13 years: 9-11 hours
14-15 years: 8-10 hours
3. Balanced nutrition
These nutrients are essential to promote your child's height, and these should be included in the diet throughout the day.
Calcium: milk and dairy products, beans and soy products, etc
Protein: milk, seafood, poultry, beef, soy products, nuts, etc
Iron: animal blood, animal liver, red lean meat, etc
Zinc: oysters, lean meat, fish, egg yolks, etc
Vitamins: Fresh fruits and vegetables
4. Exercise appropriately
Growing taller mainly depends on bone development, especially the development of lower limb bones, and appropriate exercise is conducive to lower limb development. In addition, often do outdoor sports, through solar energy to produce vitamin D, it can promote calcium absorption, increase bone mass.
So what exercise is more beneficial for children to grow taller?
The answer is jumping sports, such as skipping rope, playing basketball, frog jumping, jumping bands, etc. Of course, it is not only jumping sports, you can also walk, jog, swim, etc. in normal times, and the diversity of sports is good.
Xiao Ai tips: ≤ 18-year-old children are best not to do weight lifting, barbell, shot put, discus and other weight training, these weight sports are not conducive to growing taller.
After understanding the above methods to help children grow taller, do you know when the peak of height growth is the year?
The child's height slowly grows from spring to early summer (April of the lunar calendar) and reaches its peak growth. Especially in May of the solar calendar, some children can grow 1-2cm tall, twice as fast as in winter.
Then start the tall plan from the spring and see how much your children grow in the summer~