Can swimming help babies grow taller? Can swimming help babies grow taller?

Summer is here, and many parents like to take their babies swimming to cool off. Today, let's talk about whether babies will grow taller when they swim. There are more and more baby swimming pools. When you take your baby swimming, you will often be brainwashed by the sales of swimming pools about the benefits of swimming. Today, let's talk about whether babies will grow taller when they swim.

The benefits of baby swimming

There are many benefits for children to swim. It is not only good for health, but also mainly for improving cardiopulmonary function, that is, improving endurance and lung capacity. In addition, swimming is more conducive to children's growth. This is because the buoyancy in the water greatly reduces the effect of gravity, and is not oppressed by gravity, which is more conducive to physical growth. Sports medicine research shows that 90 minutes of moderate-intensity physical exercise can double the secretion of human growth hormone compared to rest. And moderate physical exercise during the day will also increase the secretion of growth hormone at night. The height of athletes has been tracked and monitored, and it is found that the lifetime height of these athletes is 5 to 6 cm higher than the predicted height.

Is swimming really effective for growing taller?

The reporter randomly interviewed 20 parents of students who were taking their children to swimming training classes in the swimming pool. 14 parents said that the "growth" function of swimming was the primary reason why they chose swimming training classes. In addition, some parents simply brought their children to exercise and cool off.

Breaststroke is more effective

But don't expect too much

Regarding the opinions of many parents, Li Hui, chief physician of the Endocrinology Department of Dalian Children's Hospital, said that swimming exercise does have a certain effect on height. When the human body stretches in the water, the influence of gravity is reduced, and the ligaments can be stretched, which will improve the growth of joints and bones. In particular, the water holding and leg kicking movements of breaststroke are more conducive to exercise.

However, parents should be reminded that 60% of a person's height is determined by genetic genes, and some countries require children to learn to swim, more so that children can master a survival skill and reduce the child drowning mortality rate. Although late-stage exercises such as swimming can promote height, parents should not have too high expectations. Li Hui believes that in addition to exercise, it is more important for children to grow taller to ensure a good sleep pattern. Because the human body will secrete a large amount of growth hormone after falling asleep, and the secretion of growth hormone peaks around 9 pm. Ensuring sleep time and allowing the naturally secreted growth hormone in the body to take effect is much more effective in growing taller than swimming exercises. In addition, it is best to swim in a place with plenty of sunlight, so that you can get sun exposure to allow the body to absorb calcium and exercise a good figure.

How to make your baby taller

Different height-increasing methods at different stages

Experts have made the following suggestions for different stages of baby height increase:

Babies under 1 year old: Parents can give their babies some passive exercises such as baby exercises, massage and touch. They can also let their babies lie on the carpet or lawn and do some exercises such as raising their heads, turning over, crawling, jumping to the beat of music, etc., and play some games such as pulling and sitting up, pulling toys with ropes, bending over to pick up objects, rolling balls, crawling and chasing balls, etc.

Babies aged 1-2 years old: Let them walk, run, jump, go up and down stairs, throw balls and sandbags, play games such as picking up leaves, squatting and playing with sand, kicking a ball, and walking with a puppy.

Babies aged 2-3 years old: They can do exercises such as running, jumping, climbing, going up and down stairs, and play games such as jumping with a ball, standing long jump, walking on tiptoe, catching a thrown ball, stepping on shadows, and standing on one leg.

"Exercises involving heavy lifting and muscle strengthening are not suitable for infants and young children." Experts remind parents to avoid excessive weight-bearing exercises, overuse of limb muscles, or lifting heavy objects, which put a lot of pressure on the legs, during this period. This is because such exercises will hinder the blood supply to the epiphyseal plate and affect normal growth.