The Best Exercise To Stretch Your Spine – The Hanging Routine

Your spinal column is a very crucial part of the body. It offers support and allows you to perform many other complex functions.

For adults, there are 33 vertebra in the spinal column. The vertebrae have important components between them called cartilages. These discs are located between each of the 33 vertebrae, and can be stretched to increase their size and elasticity.

For adults whose growth plates have closed, increasing the size of the cartilage between the vertebrae offers the only hope in gaining that extra bit of height.

You have to exercise to stretch your spine and the hanging routine is by far the most effective exercise to achieve lengthening of your spine.

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Importance of spinal column exercises

The main function of the discs is to act as shock absorbers in addition to providing separation between the vertebrae. Additionally, they are responsible for spine flexibility. The thicker the discs, the longer your spinal column is and consequently the taller you are. Thus, exercise to stretch your spine is very important to avoid compression of the discs and to maximize your height.

The spinal column compresses every day due to gravity when you are seated or standing. Sleeping posture is therefore very important since the spine can straighten out or get compressed.

Want proof of this?

Try this little experiment: Measure and note your height before bedtime and then measure it again in the morning when you wake up.

You will probably notice a difference of about an inch in the morning because sleep will decompresses what gravity compressed during the day, leading to a height increase in the morning. However, throughout the day, gravity will again compress your spine and shrink your posture.

What then can you do about this gravity?

To gain permanent increases to you height, you will need to retain the one inch decompression you have gained during sleep.

For the increase to be permanent, you basically need to do some spinal column exercises to flex the spinal column and increase fluid capacity in the discs.

You will then be able to thicken and strengthen the cartilages.

By making the spine longer and stronger, you will be able to counteract the force of gravity.

Stretching the Spine by hanging

There are several ways to stretch your spine for an increase in height, but hanging is one of the simplest and easiest, yet one of the most effective methods that can help lengthen, stretch, and decompress the spinal column. Even though this exercise is tedious, it is very helpful and you cannot afford to omit it from your daily routines. Usually, the hanging exercise is broken down to 5 minutes workouts every day for maximum results.

You can use whatever is available such as a chin-up bar, tree branch or playground equipment, so long as it works. The bar should be positioned in a way that it can support the body weight, but high enough for the legs and feet to hang comfortably during the workout.

Hanging routine

The hanging routine has long been considered the best method you can use to get an extra inch of height. In this routine, take a five minute hanging session every day, 6 times a week. You can spread the exercise throughout the day or do it all once. While hanging, ensure that your shoulders are wide apart, and you should use an under-hand grip and over-hand grip interchangeably. This is very important in preventing over-compression of your shoulder, back or arm muscles.

It is vital that you are disciplined and do a minimum of 5 minutes of hanging every day. You should spend at least 10 seconds for each repetition. The more you do this routine, the easier it will get for every repetition.