Short torso,long legs - what now?

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Quote from: Tall on June 19, 2014, 03:30:32 PMIf you post a picture of your proportions, we will be able to give you advice that is less generalized and more specific to your case. Good luck. I hope safe torso lengthening techniques emerge soon for people such as yourself, but, realistically, I don't see it happening for at least a decade. There just isn't a market or medical need for it on a large scale.

I don't have any pictures of myself because of embarassment and shame.But I found this: #t=18 .That's not me obviously,but I look very much like him when I squat down,maybe I have even longer legs.
I hope too that torso lenghtening techniques will emerge as soon as possible.A decade is not a horrificly long time,let's hope that it won't take a century and only a decade.

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Quote from: TheRisingShorty on June 19, 2014, 03:34:57 PMGo and get evaluated by a spinal orthopaedic surgeon. If you have a slouched back then you may gain several cm or inches by developing a proper posture. I don't know if there is any surgery to treat a slouched back but there are certain back and shoulder exercises/stretches to correct it. But as I mentioned before, it is best to see a orthopaedic surgeon.

I will do just that mate,let's hope I will gain a few cms.
@kirp1 I may have kyphosis,and even anterior pelvic tilt too,but only a specialist and an X-ray can tell that eventually.
@Tall I will make 20 this year,do you really think that my spine can still grow?I hit my macros every day,undereating is not an issue
@Bilateraldamage I have both,I am a short guy and my torso is disproportionately small so I can tell you there's no "better" from these two,maybe lesser and greater evil.
In conclusion,what I will do:I will visit an orthopaedic surgeon,as you suggested to see if my posture can be corrected and if I can gain anything on my torso.Also I will buy glucosamine sulphate,and do stretching(mostly hanging from a pull-up bar with straps).I hope for the best,but honestly I can't see myself gaining more then 1 inch.Thank you for all the answers.

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Being 5'7 with a floor inseam of 32" I do have the leg length of 6'+  guys too and so I completely understand your situation. ok, my need for LL is less, but doing 6" LL (2x 3" to keep proportions in my legs) to become, let's say, 6'1  (in The Netherlands where I live nothing exceptional) would mean I end up with an inseam of 38" (at W28). Starting at 5'1  things will be (much) worse, I think.
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As you do, I have a relatively quite long wingspan (about 5'10), so that's not to biggest issue. So I'm asking myself too 'will I look and feel better after LL, or not?'

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While we are on the topic of short torsos and long legs, do you all feel that a 34 inch floor to crotch inseam would be disproportional for a 6'2 man? I am from Northern Europe and feel that this a good height to lengthen to in order to feel average, or slightly above, amongst the younger generation (which I am part of).

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Quote from: Tall on June 20, 2014, 12:22:58 AM...., do you all feel that a 34 inch floor to crotch inseam would be disproportional for a 6'2 man?

Not at all! And 34" wouldn't give you trouble in the stores. As long as you're not as lanky as I'm. :-)

I think it's not only a matter of proportion (and how you look after LL), but also a very practical thing: getting clothes in my new size, do I fit well in my car and so on. To me 36" is the max anyone should do anyway.

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Quote from: Rick52 on June 20, 2014, 02:13:32 AMI think it's not only a matter of proportion (and how you look after LL), but also a very practical thing: getting clothes in my new size, do I fit well in my car and so on. To me 36" is the max anyone should do anyway.

That's a great point. What do you feel are the longest inseams typically available stores? I have never looked simply because they always have pants in my current inseam length and I don't need them any longer..yet   . I'm just not sure how often you'd find naturally 6'2 men wearing 34 inseam pants unless they run long and bellow the ankles.

Personally, 6'2 is the sweet spot for me. I have absolutely no inner need to be any taller than that at the expense of my proportions. But there's no getting around the fact that, at 6'2, I'll have a 34 inch floor to crotch inseam and a 6'1.25 wingspan. Numbers can't hide disproportionality as clothes and camera angles can. Hopefully I won't seem disproportional to anyone other than myself.

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I dunno how you guys are getting such low inseam measurements. I'm 173 cm, with a 94 cm sitting height, and I'm 31.25 inches from crotch to floor. I wear a size 30 pants, but my real length is probably 29 (pant inseams are crotch to ankle).

My x-ray measurements of my legs show my legs are shorter than pretty much every guy of the same height whose posted their x-ray results on LL sites.

The Dutch sitting height study showed they had an average of 184 cm height with 94.5 cm sitting height.

If I lengthen to 183 cm, my sitting height ratio would be completely normal, I'd wear 33 length pants. But my crotch to floor inseam would presumably be 35.25 inches. And I'm supposed to believe this will be very long? Either you guys aren't measuring right, or you have torso/leg length ratios in the top .1 percentile.

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Well, when doing floor to crotch measurements, I consider my "crotch" to be the bottom of my balls. My pants need to account for the family jewels, so that's where I've been measuring to, from the floor, with a standard tape measure. Maybe I have huge balls... I'm open to that possibility  But, when measuring like that, I always get 31 inches, give or take 0.25'. When I wear 30 length pants, they fit perfectly, so do 31's, but 32's are usually noticeably too long. So, if I gain 3 inches through LL, I believe that I'll have a 34 inch "true" (floor to crotch) inseam.

Are you possibly measuring from your pubic bone to the ground? That could account for the difference.

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Quote from: Tall on June 20, 2014, 05:05:06 AMWell, when doing floor to crotch measurements, I consider my "crotch" to be the bottom of my balls. My pants need to account for the family jewels, so that's where I've been measuring to, from the floor, with a standard tape measure. Maybe I have huge balls... I'm open to that possibility  But, when measuring like that, I always get 31 inches, give or take 0.25'. When I wear 30 length pants, they fit perfectly, so do 31's, but 32's are usually noticeably too long. So, if I gain 3 inches through LL, I believe that I'll have a 34 inch "true" (floor to crotch) inseam.

Are you possibly measuring from your pubic bone to the ground? That could account for the difference.

I'm measuring from where my legs meet, the area between my balls and ass, to be crude. I suppose balls may account for the difference.

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It may sound grotesque,but I am happy that I'm not alone in this situation.I showed this forum to my brother,and together we browsed it quite a lot,and we found out the following:the inseam,wingspan and sitting height are pretty important to determine proportions,so we measured ourselves.
My sitting height is 45 cm,my inseam(from balls lol) is 89(!!!) cm or 35 inch and my wingspan is 170,so over my height.
My brother,who is 6'1'' (184,5 cm) has the following measurements:sitting height 93.5 cm,inseam same as mine 88-90 cm,and a wingspan of 190 cm.What do you think about our proportions?
And btw Tall,you mentioned earlier that you hope for safe torso lenghtening techniques.What is your opinion on this,how could this be achieved?I am very eager to discuss this with somebody,if nothing else just pure theory lol.
I know that old forum  is not a very reliable forum,but this is still interesting: http://www. /index.php?PHPSESSID=07981ef4ec31b50a5fd336f36590dd95&topic=1487.0