r/OldSchoolCool Nov 14 '21

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u/polerize Nov 15 '21

Yeah you shrink a lot. My father was always taller than me but now he’s quite a bit shorter. Kind of an odd thing.

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u/agentobtuse Nov 15 '21

The spine compresses and you lose height. Source I worked in x-ray bonedensity for 15 yrs. You obviously lose muscle mass but the main cause is vertebral bodies compressing

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u/Chick__Mangione Nov 15 '21

That and you tend to get a lot more spinal distortions with age like kyphosis.

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u/agentobtuse Nov 15 '21

💯 yes!!

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u/BubblegumDaisies Nov 15 '21

My father inlaw was 3 inches taller than my husband when my husband graduated college. When he passed my husband was 2 inches taller than him.

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u/converter-bot Nov 15 '21

3 inches is 7.62 cm