Is it possible to grow height wise even when your 17?!

Is it possible to grow height wise even when your 17?

ok so im 16 bout to be 17 in september and i am 5 feet 6 inches and a quarter according to the doctor. I dont know what to do. My friends are taller than me by a lot so i heard in order to grow you need a lot of space like playing in fields living in big open spaces. Anyway what can i do to grow is it still possible to grow even though im about to be 16? i havent grown in like a year or 2 its really pathetic. If anyone has any advice or tips like exercises or sports. I heard basketball helps but im not to much of a basketball players i suck so i mainly stick with soccer. Anyway Please if anyone knows what i can do tell me its the summer and im willing to try anything to grow taller and not be short compared to the rest of my friends. Recently i was thinking of going to mexico to be in open spaces since im of mexican decent. So please help thanks

Some people reach their full height by 17, but many still have another couple of years of growth. It's possible you still have another inch in you.

Genes determine your potential height for the most part. Poor nutrition will limit how much of that potential you achieve. Heavy pollution and poor sleep habits will sap your physical vigor in general, with some possible effect on height (but not as much as nutrition). The only sports choice that's likely to have any impact on height is wrestling or boxing, which tend to make you diet to "make weight", giving you poor nutrition. Open spaces might indirectly affect growth, but that would be more due to reduced pollution than from increased "elbow room".

Tall is good. Short is good, too. Be the best you that you can be, and stop comparing your height to your friends'. Ultimately, personality characteristics will be far more important than physical, in terms of reaching your goals in life.