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June 2, 2008, 12:56 am
Flag as Inappropriate jenbear09  

Why do people shrink as they get older? I have noticed this a year ago. I am not that tall to begin with but I have shrunk.

As you get older, you can lose cartilage between the bones of your spine for one and you can lose bone, too. Gravity does a number on all of us. Some people shrink more than others as osteoporosis can cause stress fractures that the person may not be aware of through their spines.

yes osteoporosis is the main cause for shrinking...

b not otnly in spine but also in long bones. I noticed young women who are young developing dowegers humps.

Its scary with as good of diet as we have available there should be no reason for it..

I was reading an article that you can regain a littlke height if you eat a very well balanced high phosporus and magnesium dietw hen eating ahigh calcium diet...

I can tell you that I had my density tested, and they were shocked ot see hwo dense the bones were......

so a good diet even if you have other diseases helps....

I started to shrink but only after I was in a car wreck and my back/neck were messed up. I figure I have some skrinage but its not enough just yet that doctors are running tests or anything.

This is definitely not good for me to be hearing. I am already very short and losing any of these hard-earned inches is definitely something that I was counting on.