do you grow around your birthday!? i am a 15 year old girl will i grow?

Question

i am 14yr old girl (15 next week) and im about 5'5.5". I weigh about 113 bs. I want to be a high fashion model and i am doing some local things now. my question is do you think i will grow to be at least 5'8"?my mom is 5'5"-5'6" and my dad is about 5'9"( i know a little short) but my grandfathers are both over 6'. i got my period when i was a little younger then 14 (about a year and 4 months or so ago) and my mom told me that you grow for 2 years after your period becomes regular (mine became regular about 3 months ago or so). I am not so convinced and i really want to achieve my dream! also i have scoliosis(its irrelevant to my height)but when the doctor took an ex ray he said i have no growth on my pelvis area which affects growth(he said it usually completes growth around age 14 and i am 14 and it has even shown up yet)lastly my joints have been very achy at night lately not nessisarily while im sleeping but does this mean im growing?id really like some feedback/info! thanks!

Answer 1

You are most likely not going to grow anymore for the next year. You may start again around 16-17, but who knows? There is nothing wrong with being 5'5-1/2". If you are aching in your joints, this could be various things, and yes growing could be one of them. Either way, I'd just say sit back and stop worrying. Models don't generally have a required height, but they do normally have a max height.

Answer 2

I think your doctor is an idiot. The x-ray sign you are talking about is Risser's Sign and it measures bone maturity by observing growth plate on your pelvis. The numbers range from 0-5..5 being completely fused and no more growth left.

I have never heard of Risser 0 at age 15..2 years after menarche. The reason you don't see the growth plate is because you are Risser 5..which means you have completed your growth.

A person goes through 2 growth peak and second one starts around a year or 2 before your first mensturation (not after it becomes regular) and slows down until 1-2 years after first period (again..i'm not talking about being regular).

You have pretty much completed your growth. I think only way for you to increase your height would be to work on your posture as if you have flat feet, increasing arch could give you additona .5-1inch.

If you have increased Kyphosis on your upper back as many girls do, correcting that could give you additional inch or 2...

Good luck..

Answer 3

First of all, half of the variables that you listed (aching joints, PMS, ex ray) have little or no effect on your max growth. How much you will grow is undetermined and the only real way that you will find out is through time.

Answer 4

I heard girls continue can grow until around 18-20 years old.

Achy joints have nothing to do with growth.. you don't "feel" growth. It just happens. And you don't grow around a certain time each year (aka your birthday), you just grow continously as the years pass.