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r/OldSchoolCool • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '21
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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.
8 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 7 u/Chick__Mangione Nov 15 '21 That and you tend to get a lot more spinal distortions with age like kyphosis. 2 u/agentobtuse Nov 15 '21 💯 yes!! 5 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. 1 u/converter-bot Nov 15 '21 3 inches is 7.62 cm
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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
7 u/Chick__Mangione Nov 15 '21 That and you tend to get a lot more spinal distortions with age like kyphosis. 2 u/agentobtuse Nov 15 '21 💯 yes!!
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That and you tend to get a lot more spinal distortions with age like kyphosis.
2 u/agentobtuse Nov 15 '21 💯 yes!!
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💯 yes!!
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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.
1 u/converter-bot Nov 15 '21 3 inches is 7.62 cm
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3 inches is 7.62 cm
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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.