yes I understand. however I'm taking about this specific case here. It is well established that lifting does not stunt growth when it is done safely. However could it be the case that in some individuals or in some cases of very early and heavy lifting it could have effects as these. from the article :"Although current research findings indicate an acceptable safety of age-appropriate resistance training in children and adolescents, few isolated cases of sport-related growth disturbances have been described. This case highlights the rare occurrence of premature growth cessation as a possible consequence of excessive resistance training in apparently healthy athletic boy with no endocrine dysfunction. In this patient, complete epiphyseal growth plate fusion was observed (except for distal radius) at age 13, while no biological maturation has been completed"

Sure he was tall for his age but not tall for his parents. Also there was no mention of injury? if he had indeed broken his growth plates km sure it would have said something like that. Did you read the entire article? Or did i miss something? This was discovered on a routine exam and he had no injuries.

he did have early cessation of growth. Compared to his parents he really ended up on the shorter side. Plus what I'm more worried about is the fact that his bone age advanced DESPITE no biological maturation as it is stated in the article. which could be due to the fact he had pretty high test and estradiol levels (740 test with 800 being the highest normal level for his age). Could building muscle through strength training induce in extreme cases such as this one an effect of acceleration when it comes to puberty??Could it increase androgen production and in a way force the body to go through puberty much faster? that's my question. As I said I don't claim to be a doctor and could very well be wrong.