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Can swimming help you become taller?

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It does I think because I've been swimming for 8 years and I taller than my whole family almost that's what other people say.

Swimming won't make you actually grow, but it can help stretch your spine, much like an inversion table. Uncompressing your spine may make you 1-2 inches taller.

No. Swimming is great excercise, and often, swimmers build and maintain "long, lean" muscles. It will not make you taller.

No, see the related question, listed under Related Questions, for more information.

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