Hey, sorry skeptic for posting this in your log.
I'm finally 6'0" tall because of these excersices. I had a website which I used to get all my info from. But now I have a new laptop and lost all my 'favorites'. I havent looked for it every since because I have the most important information in my head right now. There are a lot of stretches you can do to increase your body height. I still have a video that explains the basic ones which I added in my favorites in youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF55ruqjY8o
The video explains it for adults who want to gain height. Correcting their posture and stuff and believe me, I already had a good posture. So I mainly focused on doing the stretching excercises. And you're right Big O, those plates should already be closed.
Except that this differs from person to person, you can still experience some growth till your mid twenties. And since I found this out, I figured why not, I just turned 23 so lets give it a shot...
The only thing what I think is the key to this growth is by promoting our own Human Growth Hormones while we are doing it.
Most people take supplements to promote this, but I try to achieve this in the old fashion way. There are many things you have to do to maximize your HGH levels. I can list them all, but you can easily find it via google. Taking hormone supplements will in the long run trick your body into not making its own hormones. So you have to keep taking it, and who the hell wants that. Plus, I think creating your own body HGH is much better. Creating your own HGH takes a lot of dedication now, because you're body will gradually make less and less of these hormones. The older you get, the harder it will get.
The only reason I wanted to increase my height was because 6'0" is the average in my country. Anything below that is considered small. Since september 2009 I have been taking kickboxing classes, massive cardio workout every time + we do several stretching excersices after each class. And taller people have an advantage in kickboxing.
I didn't experience anything during the first two months. So I gave up, but every now and then I would do the excersises. BUT I still maximized my HGH levels + kickboxing and (european) football. Now that I see that I worked, I'm doing it more consistently.
So, conclusion? Well, if you're still young, try to do some stretching, lots of cardio + HGH. When you're already old, well, try to maximize your HGH levels.