Cracking your knuckles?

I crack my knuckles quite a bit and people say it gives you arthritis in your knuckles. Is this true?

Oh and do you crack your knuckles?

No, it's just an old myth.

And yes, I crack my knuckles...and anything else I can get to crack. :P

It can't give you arthritis, but it is extremely annoying.

I only pull the fingers back but I have a friend who breaks every damn bone in the fingers.. It sounds so horrible. He pulls them back, he pulls them out, in, the side... I feel sorry for them. :(

I only pull the fingers back but I have a friend who breaks every damn bone in the fingers.. It sounds so horrible. He pulls them back, he pulls them out, in, the side... I feel sorry for them. :(

Selrath

That sounds like me, lol. My dad hates it, he'd prefer it if I did them all at once and get it over with.

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I only pull the fingers back but I have a friend who breaks every damn bone in the fingers.. It sounds so horrible. He pulls them back, he pulls them out, in, the side... I feel sorry for them. :(

Wren28

That sounds like me, lol. My dad hates it, he'd prefer it if I did them all at once and get it over with.

Me too. Sometimes it's so loud too, it's fun to do it in the back of a quiet classroom:P

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I only pull the fingers back but I have a friend who breaks every damn bone in the fingers.. It sounds so horrible. He pulls them back, he pulls them out, in, the side... I feel sorry for them. :(

Wren28

That sounds like me, lol. My dad hates it, he'd prefer it if I did them all at once and get it over with.

Do you also crack your toes, foot, knee?
He also claims he can crack his eyelids but even thought it's not possible it still sounds freaky when he grabs it and drags it and stuff..... -_-

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I only pull the fingers back but I have a friend who breaks every damn bone in the fingers.. It sounds so horrible. He pulls them back, he pulls them out, in, the side... I feel sorry for them. :(

Selrath

That sounds like me, lol. My dad hates it, he'd prefer it if I did them all at once and get it over with.

Do you also crack your toes, foot, knee?
He also claims he can crack his eyelids but even thought it's not possible it still sounds freaky when he grabs it and drags it and stuff..... -_-

My knees crack every time I kneel...I can crack my toes, my ankles, my shoulders, my elbows, my hips...oh, and the balls of my feet and the joints where fingers meet hand as well...and my wrists. It drives people crazy when I do it, but if I don't, my fingers or whatever joint, hurts if I don't.

If you get arthritis it is from something other than cracking your knuckles. I've been cracking my knuckles, knees, whatever for a quarter of a century. If I get arthritis it will be from typine or the mouse or something, not my knuckle cracking.

There is a study out there that will directly refute any study that said knuckle cracking causes arthritis. Just read who sponsered teh research and you might find out why the study was conducted in the first place.

I crack my knuckles quite a bit and people say it gives you arthritis in your knuckles. Is this true?

Oh and do you crack your knuckles?

zman32

yup its true and that sig is really cool

Im scared to get arthritis :|

I crack my knuckles quite a bit and people say it gives you arthritis in your knuckles. Is this true?

Oh and do you crack your knuckles?

zman32

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I crack my knuckles quite a bit and people say it gives you arthritis in your knuckles. Is this true?

Oh and do you crack your knuckles?

YoungGun13

yup its true and that sig is really cool

Thanks.

I crack my neck everytime I wake up. It's like a small sense of Nirvana! :PQuadrifoglio

Dude, dont do it, it's a really bad habit and yes it can give you arthritis

and trust me yungwans HATE it

It can give you arthritis. When you crack your knuckles your popping the air bubbles that protects your joints from rubbing together.Dead_Noize

That is another old, unfounded myth.

Looks to me the OP was looking for someone to agree with what he thought, nothing more.

It can give you arthritis. When you crack your knuckles your popping the air bubbles that protects your joints from rubbing together.Dead_Noize

Air bubbles dont stop bones rubbing together, cartilage does.