Growth can be late?

Question

hi, i am a 18 yr old white male and currently stand at 5'8 1/2. My mother is 5'7 and my father is 6'1. I have never had a growth spurt, my growth has just seemed to steadly increase as the years went by. At the end of the year 2006 i was shorter than mom, and from the time of december 06 to may 07 i have passed my mother up in height and grew literally 2 inches. I also just started getting light to darkish facial hair, just no mustache hair yet sadly. People say i look like im about 15 because i have a baby face and im 18, so i might possible be a later bloomer. This month my legs have been bothering me terrible with dule aches in the shins/quads and sometimes my calves. Ive been real tired latelly aswell as if 10 hours asleep each day isnt enough for me. Could i be going into some pubertal growth spurt and jump to my fathers height in the next few years or so? Ps. i hardly grew in high school maybe a inch or so, i just recently started to shoot up once i turned 18 kinda odd eh?

Thank you guys for taking the time to read my question, i greatly appreciate all of those who answer. Thanks again :)

Oh yeah i forgot to mention i had my tonsils out december 06, and ever since i had them removed my growth seemed to sky rocket. Not sure if this is a concidence or the infected tonsils which i had for 4 yrs prematurly stunted my growth.

Answer 1

I never had a growth spurt per say. hit puberty on time but just grew slow and steady until I was a good 21 I topped out at 6'0. had a buddy who shot up from 6'1 to 6'5 at age 25, his father was only 5'11. genetics plays a role but you never really know what is or isn't going to happen or when

Answer 2

your case sounds very similar to this russian guy i knew back in highschool, he used to be around 5"7' and didnt start growing until he was 18 now he is 21 standing 6"3 and still growing (i swear this guy has become an Ivan Drago carbon-copy). So good for him (bad for a friend of mine who used to pick on him, had a reunion last month and he got his a$$ beat by this guy afterwards, glad i never provoked him). the main reason i brought this up is because this guy's mom and dad dropped by the reunion and are about 5'8 and 6'2 respectively, very close to yours.

my point is everyone has a growth spurt (except a tribe of pigmies in an african jungle -- look it up) if you havent had yours you will... you have to you dont have a choice.

the lessons to take away from my post:

1) friends dont let friends insult sprouting russians

2) what you describe sounds alot like growth pains, you should make the most of this, drink lots of milk, stretch, swim (swimming permanatly stretches your body a bit), anything that will force an extra inch to your spurt.

3) you started late means you started with a bigger base, means you'll likely outgrow most your friends, starting the spurt later when your "base height" is taller actually gives you an excellent chance of growing taller.

good luck

Answer 3

yea ur jsut late, i am late too and im nearly 18 so dont worry and u dont stop growing till bout 18 so dont worry and take it as it comes. email me if u got any qs

Answer 4

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