Solution for Small Framed Short Guys?

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Posted on May 12, 2018, 10:45 pm

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Basically that. I am 5’1”, and have a child sized body. Shoe size 6-6.5. Wingspan 5’3 at max. Sitting height 80 cm. I want to elongate my torso no matter what, and if possible widen my shoulders (shoulder width: 15 inches).

I don’t think LL is my solution since I will still have a horrid small body, kind of how dwarves look when they do LL.

Thoughts? When will bone plate reopening be possible? I feel so bad since mine closed basically when I was 13. By that age, my bone age basically was that of an 18 years old. To make things worse, American society is full of biases and prejudices. It completely sucks to be a short man in America and any other heavily Western influenced country.

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LittleWhiteMan

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Posted on May 12, 2018, 10:46 pm

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Hand size: 6.7 inches.

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Johnson1111

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Posted on May 12, 2018, 10:52 pm

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Quote from: LittleWhiteMan on May 12, 2018, 10:45:19 PMBasically that. I am 5’1”, and have a child sized body. Shoe size 6-6.5. Wingspan 5’3 at max. Sitting height 80 cm. I want to elongate my torso no matter what, and if possible widen my shoulders (shoulder width: 15 inches).

I don’t think LL is my solution since I will still have a horrid small body, kind of how dwarves look when they do LL.

Thoughts? When will bone plate reopening be possible? I feel so bad since mine closed basically when I was 13. By that age, my bone age basically was that of an 18 years old. To make things worse, American society is full of biases and prejudices. It completely sucks to be a short man in America and any other heavily Western influenced country.

I don't think you'd look weird at all with LL. You are not technically a midget either.

Your wingspan is 5'3" so say you lengthened 3+ inches and maxed out the precise rod you'd be 5'4"-5'4.5" with 5'3" wingspan which is in the realm of normal and not noticeable as far as proportions. I think proportions as many said are overrated you'd most likely be fine.

From my understanding there are people with smaller torsos and no one really bats an eye and we focus on ourselves much more than others do.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do but I think regardless of proportions you'd benefit alot from the lengthening and becoming taller. I wish you the best of luck sir and hang in there.

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Posted on May 12, 2018, 11:02 pm

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Quote from: Johnson1111 on May 12, 2018, 10:52:53 PMI don't think you'd look weird at all with LL. You are not technically a midget either.

Your wingspan is 5'3" so say you lengthened 3+ inches and maxed out the precise rod you'd be 5'4"-5'4.5" with 5'3" wingspan which is in the realm of normal and not noticeable as far as proportions. I think proportions as many said are overrated you'd most likely be fine.

From my understanding there are people with smaller torsos and no one really bats an eye and we focus on ourselves much more than others do.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do but I think regardless of proportions you'd benefit alot from the lengthening and becoming taller. I wish you the best of luck sir and hang in there.

I won’t do LL. Simply too risky and expensive, and still doesn’t guarantee anything. And will fk up my proportions regardless.

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Posted on May 12, 2018, 11:51 pm

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How wide are your shoulders? I consider mine as quite narrow.

There are tall guys who do have narrow shoulders despite their height. I know a guy who is at least 1,80m (5'9) and some people were talking about his narrow shoulders but it wasn't such a big deal.

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Posted on May 13, 2018, 12:10 am

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180cm is 5'11 in the Imperial system, by the way. Just a quick correction. 5'9 is 175cm.

As for the OP: not much can be done today, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do anything. If we took that thought to the extreme, why even do anything? Work on your body (mainly your shoulder muscles). Maximize what you can be. Science will keep advancing while you do.

Also, some people are quite literally all legs in their height. SHRs under .47.

I have no idea what Conan O'Brien sitting height ratio is, but the dude is 6'4 and has a strikingly similar sitting height to some Japanese men I've seen sat next to him.

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Posted on May 13, 2018, 12:29 am

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thank you for correcting me. Even though I spent a year in the U.S. I never got your system

I always just google it

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Posted on May 13, 2018, 10:22 am

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All I wish is for a risk free, or ar least compared to LL, alternative thar could at least grant everyone 3-4 inches extra. That’s it. I would be happy at 5’4 yet I would not fking break my legs for that, neither am willing to spend 100k just to still live a ty life in heightist America. Here in Mexico, being short is not thar of a big deal but heightism is still here to some extent, so by being 5’4 that would at least give me some bit of an advantage in life. That’s it. I wanna be short but not petite, which I currently am. Cheers to all.

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Posted on May 13, 2018, 10:35 am

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You moved from the US to Mexico?

Also, your stature is legitimately short. You're not like those 5'9 guys who say they're suicidal or something.

You could probably e-mail the Ilizarov center in Russia and see if they'd be willing to help you (they're state-funded). Maybe try Rozbruch too. Just some gut feelings.

For now, I'd recommend looking into elevator shoes and doing those shoulder exercises.

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Posted on May 13, 2018, 10:40 am

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Also, if you speak Spanish, you could consider moving further down to southern Mexico, Guatemala or Bolivia, where people are much shorter, and the women average height is shorter or equal than yours.

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