# Stretching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497 "2003-09-04T11:21:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SoulSearching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SoulSearching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulSearching)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497/1 "2003-09-04T11:21:34Z")

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Does chronic stretching lead to longer limbs?

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497/2 "2003-09-04T12:31:58Z")

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Never heard of this concept. Stretching might help limbs appear to be longer by enhancing some supporting muscle groups and firming them and toning them, but in all my reading on health/fitness and such, I’ve never heard of such a thing.

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**Author:** ![dinoboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dinoboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinoboy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497/3 "2003-09-04T13:08:57Z")

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Ask Bobby Brady…

he’s still hanging in the closet. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching/199497/4 "2003-09-04T14:55:11Z")

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Nope. Longer limbs would require longer bones, and bones are unaffected by stretching.