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Note:
The shinbone routine is best done at night time because this allows for the
“stretched” microfractures to heal & repair.
According to scientists, growth plates undergo decompression while at rest or sleep and
bones grow mostly at night.
Source: http://www.newsfox.com/pte.mc?pte=050131018
Children
"do grow at night"
Most growth spurts occur when at rest or sleeping
Madison
(pte/Jan 31, 2005/11:00) - Scientists have admitted that the notion that
children grow taller while they sleep is probably true. As the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, researchers at the University of Wisconsin
http://www.wisc.edu put sensors in the leg bones of baby lambs and confirmed that most
growth spurts occurred when the animals were at rest or sleeping. According
to the scientists, the same is true in humans, and this could help explain
why some children suffer from growing pains at night.
Bone length was continuously measured by the sensors every 167 seconds for
around three weeks. Up to 90 per cent of the bone growth occurred when
the lambs were asleep or resting. "What was really interesting was that
the bones were growing only when the lambs were lying down, and almost no
growth occurs when the lambs are standing or moving around,"
said Norman Wilsman, one of the researchers. According to the researchers,
when the animal is at rest, pressure on the bones involved with growth - the
growth plates - is eased, which allows them to elongate. "Growth plates may be springs
that, during standing and walking, experience compression and tension. When
these strains are eased, as when the animal lies down or goes to sleep, they
resume growing," added Wilsman.
The findings were backed by Jeremy Wales, a consultant paediatrician who
studied child growth at Sheffield's
Children's Hospital. "There have been human studies that also
document this. Children do have growth spurts at night," he
said. According to Wales,
French folk law back in the 1500s claimed that children grew at night.
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Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4215003.stm
Bones
'grow most at night time'
The notion that children grow taller while they sleep is probably true, US
researchers say. They put sensors into the leg bones of baby lambs and
confirmed that most growth spurts occurred when the animals were at rest or
sleeping. The University
of Wisconsin scientists
believe the same is true in humans, and say it might explain why
children get growing pains at night-time.
Their findings appear in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Bone length
was continuously measured by the sensors every 167 seconds for around three
weeks. At least 90% of the bone growth occurred when the lambs were asleep or
resting. Researcher Dr Norman Wilsman said: "What was really interesting was
that the bones were growing only when the animals were lying down, and almost
no growth occurs when the lambs are standing or moving around."
The researchers believe that when the animal is at rest, pressure on the
bones involved with growth - the growth plates - is eased, allowing them to
elongate. "Growth plates may be like springs that, during standing and
walking, experience compression and tension," said Dr Wilsman.
"When these strains are eased, as when the animal lies down or goes to
sleep, they resume growing," he said. Co-researcher Dr Kenneth Noonan
said: "Growth is not a continuum. "There are growth spurts, which
may occur within the daily life of lambs and possibly humans too." Dr
Jeremy Wales, a consultant paediatrician who has studied child growth at Sheffield
Children's Hospital, said: "There have been human studies that also
document this.
"Children do have growth spurts at night." He said French folk law
back in the 1500s claimed children grew at night. Dr Tom Hutchison,
consultant paediatrician in Bath,
said it was unclear whether this pattern of growth would be linked with
growing pains for a number of reasons. "The most rapid growth occurs in
teens, but growing pains are most common among children aged six to 10."
Children can also get growing pains during the day. "The important thing
is that these pains are a normal part of childhood and patients shouldn't be
overly alarmed," he said.
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