Problem:
A woman I know has been losing height at a rate of few cm a year following a severe spinal injury.
Required:
Question 1: How is this possible?
Question 2: What kind of injury could cause such progressive loss of height?
Question 3: Could this be a genetic defect?
Question 4: Are there any disorders that cause this type of shrinking?
In case it could be relevant, her brothers are very tall.