First of all, saying I perform X activity, and I have Y characteristic, so X must lead to Y is invalid. I could say the same thing about all kinds of stuff. In fact, I could infer the opposite of you based on my past.
I ended up doing some resistance training when I was younger. This is when i wrestled my freshman year of high school and took weight training class. Although only briefly, this was also the time I hit a growth spurt and grew about 8 inches in 3 months. I also ended up being 7+ inches taller than my dad and 8+ inches taller than my mom by the end of my growing, which consisted of an additional 2-3 inches.
So, by your logic I should infer that resistance training made me taller. Of course, we all know this is a load of horseshit too. That isn't the case, and your observations are far from controlled. Way too many variables here, and not a large enough case study (Just you).
SuperFlex said:
There are numerous studies that show it can stunt growth. NUMEROUS... I don't need to post one. I am speaking from personal experience. Not to meantion what a doctor said. He is also the one who said your bones grow from your joints. Maybe it doesn't stunt everyone's growth. Who knows.
Anyway on this I'd follow what a doctor has to say. Hopefully he knows what he's talking about. There's an idea, ask your doctor...
Now you're just lying. Find one study that directly correlates resistance training to growth. I read one study where in some Eastern country a group of people performing hard manual labor for many hours a day were relatively short. Of course, the study also noted that their diet was garbage and they were probably malnourished. Hardly a controlled study.
Your bones grow from your bones, but the epiphyseal plates are at the ends of the bones where the joints are. However, they don't actually grow from your joint; he just said that to simplify the explanation.
Furthermore, doctors cannot accurately predict how tall you are going to be. It is a function of genetics and nutrition. Unless the doctor knows how you will be eating the duration of your growing years and also understands the human genome better than the molecular biologists who mapped the whole thing out, he cannot determine your height with any kind of accuracy. He can get lucky though.