What massage techniques can help children grow taller?

Many parents hope that their babies will be tall. Although a child's height is determined by genetic factors and nutrition, acquired training is also very important. If you want your child to be tall, you can actually improve it through massage, and then eat foods high in calcium. For example, give your baby milk, eat more fish, shrimp, kelp and other foods. The following introduces massage techniques for children to grow taller.

Can children's massage help them grow taller?

Correct massage can be helpful for children to grow taller. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the kidneys control the bones, the liver controls the tendons, and the spleen controls the muscles and limbs. Children's height and stature are closely related to the liver, spleen, and kidneys.

The kidneys control the bones. For children to grow taller, they first need healthy bone development. The healthy development of bones depends on whether the kidney qi is strong. The essence of bones lies in the bone marrow. Nourishing the kidneys can nourish the bones. The liver governs the tendons, which means that the tendons' ability to maintain movement must rely on the nourishment of liver blood. Only when the liver blood is full can it flow into the tendons, nourishing the fascia and thus maintaining normal movement. The spleen and stomach are the foundation of acquired constitution and the source of Qi and blood production. Sufficient Qi and blood mean sufficient kidney essence. Sufficient kidney essence means sufficient bone marrow and strong bones.

Pediatric massage can significantly improve children's symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, developmental delay, easy allergies, repeated colds, etc., and naturally helps children grow taller.

Massage for children to grow taller

1. Chiropractic

Massage technique: The child lies prone with his back exposed. The adult makes a half fist with the middle finger, ring finger and little finger of both hands, with the index finger half-bent and the thumb straightened to the front half of the index finger. Then the adult presses against the child's skin, moves the thumb and index finger forward, lifts the skin and flesh, and twists it upward at the same time, pushing forward alternately from both sides of the coccyx (i.e. both sides of the spine) to both sides of the Dazhui point (the protruding part behind the neck). Pinch your child 3 to 5 times a day.

Function: Pinching the spine can stimulate the acupuncture points on the back and stimulate the "height growth factor", thereby effectively regulating and enhancing the functions of internal organs, stimulating the vitality of internal organs, improving the nutrition of the muscle and bone system, and accelerating growth and development.

2. Tap your lower limbs

Massage technique: After the age of 12, the lower part of the body grows rapidly, and the growth of the lower limbs is mainly the growth of epiphyseal cartilage. Massage often uses tapping method, where both fists rhythmically tap the outside of both lower limbs, from top to bottom once, and tap about 30-40 times. Then focus on tapping the knee and hip joints until local numbness and soreness are felt. Then wrap your hands around your thighs and calves, and push from top to bottom until your lower limbs become warm.

Effect: This technique helps the growth of the lower limbs.

3. Abdominal massage

Massage technique: Parents can gently massage their child's abdomen every day, clockwise, from Kan to Li, or 36 circles clockwise and 36 circles counterclockwise.

Function: It can regulate the spleen and stomach, and replenish qi and blood.

4. Press Baihui acupoint

Massage technique: Baihui point is located in the center of the top of the head, at the intersection of the line directly above the two ear corners and backward from the center of the eyebrows. Parents should massage their child’s Baihui acupoint 20-50 times a day.

Function: It can invigorate Yang Qi, strengthen the body and eliminate evil, and clear the head.

5. Press Yongquan acupoint

Massage technique: Yongquan point is located in the palm of the foot, rub it 30-50 times a day.

Function: It can calm the mind and relieve restlessness, guide heat downward, improve the functions of various organs, speed up metabolism, and promote brain development.

6. Push three levels

Massage technique: Use the index and middle fingers to push from the wrist line to the elbow line 100-300 times.

Function: It can regulate the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and regulate qi, induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms.

Warm reminder: Even if you use pediatric massage methods, you cannot deviate from the track of genetics. Modern thinking suggests that about 70% of a child's height is determined by genetics (i.e., for boys, the sum of the parents' heights divided by 2 plus 13, for girls, the sum of the parents' heights divided by 2 minus 13), and about 30% is determined by acquired factors. Massage is just a good way to help children reach their optimal state within the range allowed by genetics.