Hanging from monkey bars increases human height
Hanging from monkey bars applies axial traction to the spine, which temporarily increases human height by decompressing the intervertebral discs.
The claim is specific and empirical: whether hanging or axial traction increases human height. Multiple papers (e.g., [6], [7], [11]) demonstrate that axial traction and unloading of the spine lead to short-term increases in intervertebral disc height and overall spinal height due to spinal decompression. There are no papers refuting this physiological response to traction.
Dylan M Rubinic, Victor Koo, Julian Dudley, S Christopher Owens. Changes in Spinal Height After Manual Axial Traction or Side Lying: A Clinical Measure of Intervertebral Disc Hydration Using Stadiometry.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2019.03.005
Manual axial traction results in a significant increase in spinal height and 3-dimensional axial separation.
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T S Keller, M Nathan. Height change caused by creep in intervertebral discs: a sagittal plane model.. 1999. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10451048/
Spinal column height changes in response to externally applied forces such as traction.
Yong-Soon Yoon, Jong-Hoo Lee, Mihyun Lee, Ka-Eun Kim, Hong-Young Jang, Kyu-Jae Lee, Johny Bajgai, Cheol-Su Kim, Il-Young Cho. Mechanical Changes of the Lumbar Intervertebral Space and Lordotic Angle Caused by Posterior-to-Anterior Traction Using a Spinal Thermal Massage Device in Healthy People.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070900
Vertical traction forces applied to the lumbar sections cause significant increases in intervertebral space height.
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