# Is It Possible I Am Growing Taller At 30? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762 "2013-08-21T00:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/21 "2013-08-21T05:12:16Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > Height changes throughout the day. Also like you say it depends on how you tilt your head too. How do you even get an accurate measurement really? How I am doing it is putting a book on top of my head and then measuring from the bottom of the book down to the floor. I’ve used an amazon box to try and get a right angle between your head and wall. I think it is hard for one person to do accurately. And with you - it might be hard with two people without a stool :). I try and stand up straight and look straight ahead and trap the box against the wall. Sometimes it will move, but usually I can get out without feeling/hearing the box move. Then just use a pencil and measure to the floor. Doctors use those “stadiometers” - which aren’t cheap. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/22 "2013-08-21T06:32:54Z")
> [@DataX](#): > > I’ve used an amazon box to try and get a right angle between your head and wall. I think it is hard for one person to do accurately. And with you - it might be hard with two people without a stool :). I try and stand up straight and look straight ahead and trap the box against the wall. Sometimes it will move, but usually I can get out without feeling/hearing the box move. Then just use a pencil and measure to the floor. > > Doctors use those “stadiometers” - which aren’t cheap. sometimes when you put a box on your head it can slant at an angle without you knowing since you cant see it. Thats why some times I measure myself at 6’5.5 up to nearly 6’7. So it can be hard. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/23 "2013-08-21T07:02:55Z")
For measuring height by yourself use a chefs or similar large knife laid flat on the top of your head pointed toward the wall. Make a small stick in the wall and use that as your reference mark. Re growing after 30 height can vary by over an inch a day from morning to night, especially for tall people. Losing weight and/or working out will also make you look noticeably taller due to a more slender profile, and improved muscular posture. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/24 "2013-08-21T07:47:29Z")
Measure yourself in the morning and then again at night. Preferably on a day that you’ve been up and about all day. (or busy) ---
**Author:** ![nanguta3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@nanguta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nanguta3)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/25 "2013-08-29T18:36:12Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I’m 51. Sometime in the past 3 years I have grown an inch and a half, as documented at my doctor’s office. It is attributed to better posture and nutrition by me. My doctor doesn’t give a shit. hi, can u email me your posture and nutrition? thanks ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/26 "2013-08-29T19:10:40Z")
I’ve heard that late growth spurts are related to root canal therapy - you haven’t had a root canal lately have you? ---
**Author:** ![ChickenLegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762/27 "2013-08-30T02:37:20Z")
Did you move? I was 5’8" and a fraction for most of my adult life. I moved to Wyoming at age 42 (I’m 48 now) and am now 5’9"+ every time at the doc’s office. Higher altitude, and less barometric pressure compressing me. Either that, or the lack of stress from the slum cities made reinvigorated me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-i-am-growing-taller-at-30/666762.md?page=1)