[header] How to get taller by stretching [title] Touch your toes. [step] Start every morning by getting out of bed and stretching your back and hamstrings with some toe-touches. This is not recommended for older adults, though, as it compresses the anterior head of the vertebrae, especially in the lumbar region, and could actually make you shorter. 
[substeps] Touching your toes will help to loosen you up first thing in the morning. Doing this stretch will warm up your back muscles.