cracking you're knuckles bad for you?

DR Evil · 07-27-2006, 07:51 AM

Is cracking you're knuckles bad for you?

Dr.W Aka PG · 07-27-2006, 07:56 AM

I heard that you can get arthritis, which would make cracking your knuckles a bad habit.

Heart_Less_One · 07-28-2006, 06:44 AM

The energy set loose inside the joint is only about 7% of what you need to damage the cartilage. But if you crack your knuckles often enough, you can end up with swollen ligaments.

Execution · 07-28-2006, 07:35 PM

Every time I see this thread title I feel the incessant need to crack my knuckles.

Luka · 07-28-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Execution

Every time I see this thread title I feel the incessant need to crack my knuckles.

LOL.

Yes it is bad for you, as someone said, you cah get arthritis if you do. But it's a habit to me, and I'm sure many others. *cracks knuckles*

Fractionise · 08-03-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Execution

Every time I see this thread title I feel the incessant need to crack my knuckles.

Ditto, they are screaming for me to do it.

Andrew · 08-03-2006, 09:30 PM

Apparently its air that makes that clicking sound...

....who knows. It can't be good for you....I'm real bad...I click my knuckles, back, neck, toes & jaw...ew.

and same @ execution haha

Princess of Thieves · 08-03-2006, 09:36 PM

I only crack my wrists.

and ankles.

and...

The inside of my leg just oppisite the hip.

That hurts.

But I can't help it.

Ahhahhaa

x_x

Raymond James · 08-03-2006, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DR Evil

Is cracking you're knuckles bad for you?

I heard it induces the onset of Arthritis in later life, I used to do it when I was a kid but soon gave up, I like to draw and can't if my fingers are all over the show.

"IRISH" RUFUS MURPHY · 08-03-2006, 11:04 PM

I think it is bad for you. I know for a fact that if someone cracks their back and neck alot, that each time you do so, you eventually break off small chips of your vertebrae and cause cracks in the bone. I knew a woman who cracked her neck for years and one day she did it and she literally broke her neck and had to have them fused together.

Now, as far as cracking knuckles is concerned, I have done it for many years, and I think it's bad for you, because there is some days where I can't even ball up my hands to make a fist without it hurting, and my middle finger at the end is slightly bent, I think, from the "cracking" my knuckles.

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Princess of Thieves Care. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wentzville. Posts: 6,143	I only crack my wrists. and ankles. and... The inside of my leg just oppisite the hip. That hurts. But I can't help it. Ahhahhaa x_x __________________ Useless bastards, the Boys in Black. They don't give a fuck about the Union Jack. *Folie à Deux*

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07-28-2006, 07:35 PM	#4
Execution Senior Chatterbox Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,321	Every time I see this thread title I feel the incessant need to crack my knuckles.

08-03-2006, 09:30 PM	#7
Andrew Junior Chatterbox Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth, UK Posts: 1,042	Apparently its air that makes that clicking sound... ....who knows. It can't be good for you....I'm real bad...I click my knuckles, back, neck, toes & jaw...ew. and same @ execution haha

08-03-2006, 11:04 PM	#10
"IRISH" RUFUS MURPHY Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,773 Blog Entries: 7	I think it is bad for you. I know for a fact that if someone cracks their back and neck alot, that each time you do so, you eventually break off small chips of your vertebrae and cause cracks in the bone. I knew a woman who cracked her neck for years and one day she did it and she literally broke her neck and had to have them fused together. Now, as far as cracking knuckles is concerned, I have done it for many years, and I think it's bad for you, because there is some days where I can't even ball up my hands to make a fist without it hurting, and my middle finger at the end is slightly bent, I think, from the "cracking" my knuckles.