Theres nothing wrong with cracking your knuckles!

veryangryman

I do this quite often as a substitute for nail biting and some people cant stand it. Id imagine that 30-40% of boardsies think similar.

Why>? What is wrong with it?

For those who oppose it, i now want you to picture me cracking them right now. That'll learn ya :cool:

dr gonzo

Yeh, i'd agree with that. My girlfriend hates it but its habit forming and, dare i say it, pleasant.

Youre right too, its harmless. I believe its the release of gas from joints or something...?

GLaDOS

I love cracking my neck, very satisfying

Gillington

*shudder

starbelgrade

I prefer cracking one off.

Captain Darling

My knees pop like crazy whenever i bend down. I crack my wrists and fingers without even thinking. Drives some people mad!

Penfailed

Doesn't bother me. Probably an urban myth but I've heard it can lead to arthritis later in life.

Captain_Generic

Is it because you're a very angry man?

Zen65

Pretty much every joint in my body cracks:

Neck
Shoulder
Wrist
Knuckles (all)
Hips
Knees
Ankles
Toes

Pure pleasure!!

Z

3hn2givr7mx1sc

I love cracking my neck and knuckles. Cracking my knuckles has definately afftected my hands, I get some unreal pains in them.

Captain_Generic

Zen65 wrote: »

Pretty much every joint in my body cracks:

Neck
Shoulder
Wrist
Knuckles (all)
Hips
Knees
Ankles
Toes

Pure pleasure!!

Z

Wow you must be gas!*


*obscure joke

stovelid

It's like something a chimp would do.

And I tend to group humans who do it in public with that species too.

Fremen

Donald Unger won an ig-nobel prize for spending most of his life cracking the knuckles of one hand, and leaving the other alone as a control. The knuckle-cracking hand didn't develop arthritis.

TPD

Apparently some scientist cracked the knuckles on one hand for 40 years (?), and not the other, and there was no difference in flexibility/evidence of arthritis afterwards.

I have no proof of this though.

*crack*

Fremen wrote: »

Donald Unger won an ig-nobel prize for spending most of his life cracking the knuckles of one hand, and keeping the other as a control. The knuckle-cracking hand didn't develop arthritis.

Too fast!

*rings Harkonnens*

CokaColumbo

I do it a lot. It seems like the most natural human function to me. But I do think that I'll get problems later in life. Can't stop though!

phill106

crack my knuckles and neck all the time, shoulder sometimes. Legs crack constantly when i getup as does ankles (think im broken). My hip sometimes does too when i get out of the car, dont think thats a good thing though!

Pretty_Pistol

It's annoying. Just like if someone sitting beside you keeps clicking a pen.

BluesBerry

I like to crack my knuckles sometimes I have to, I get pain in my knuckles they feel like they are seizing up then ::::crack:::: oh the relief

Oh the joy of cracking ones joints :pac:

dr gonzo

BluesBerry wrote: »

I like to crack my knuckles sometimes I have to, I get pain in my knuckles they feel like they are seizing up then ::::crack:::: oh the relief

I get that in my knees, theres a kind of pressure build if im sitting down for a while and i need to jerk my knee to pop it, very satisfying

suicide_circus

Its just nitrogen bubbles, quite harmless.

Cherry_Cola

I have this in every joint as well.

The thing is though, it was very gradual. My ankles always used to crack, then my knees started doing it, about two years ago my neck started and then I could crack my knuckles.

It's at the point where it gets uncomfortable sometimes and I have to crack them to get relief. Even went to the Doc cos I thought something was wrong and they said it was perfectly normal.

I'm still not convinced though

girlz

My dd1 age 13 constantly cracks her knuckles, drives me mad:eek:
Had her parent teacher meeting last week and three of her teachers mentioned it....She must be driving them mad too....She doesn't even realise she`s doing it at times

suicide_circus

dd1?

girlz

Sorry forgot what forum im on....
dd1= daughter 1:o

suicide_circus

You call your child Dd1???
Wheres the love?

girlz

No love when she`s crackin her knuckles in my ear:D

Dangerous Man

I'll never forget the first time I cracked my neck. I was in a philosophy exam - first year in Trinners, as it happens. I was dealing with a lot of stress in my life at that time - most of it unrelated to college. I was sitting at my desk in the exam hall and the tension in my neck was unbearable - in fact it had been that way for months. I rotated it to the right and heard, and felt crrrrraaaaccck. At first I was frightened but the relief was IMMENSE. All the tension was gone. I could move my head and neck freely. I actually smiled as the girl in front of me turned around at the sound with a disgusted look on her face. I went on to do well enough in that exam and I firmly believe that the release of tension in my neck helped dramatically.

I sometimes crack my knuckles but only if they feel tense.

why so serious?

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I'll never forget the first time I cracked my neck. I was in a philosophy exam - first year in Trinners, as it happens. I was dealing with a lot of stress in my life at that time - most of it unrelated to college. I was sitting at my desk in the exam hall and the tension in my neck was unbearable - in fact it had been that way for months. I rotated it to the right and heard, and felt crrrrraaaaccck. At first I was frightened but the relief was IMMENSE. All the tension was gone. I could move my head and neck freely. I actually smiled as the girl in front of me turned around at the sound with a disgusted look on her face. I went on to do well enough in that exam and I firmly believe that the release of tension in my neck helped dramatically.

I sometimes crack my knuckles but only if they feel tense.

What you said.

DeVore

You arent relieving tension, you will find it will return in a day or two. You are quite possibly pinching the nerves (a subluxation) and feeling that as "relief" from a muscle in spasm.

Best to go to a sports masseur and get it sorted.


DeV.

CrazyRabbit

I can sometimes expand my rib cage which causes cracking sounds. It's much louder than cracking the knuckles and gives far more 'pleasure'. I can only do it when I've been stressed out though.

geetar

a good back crack is orgasmic :rolleyes:

Panda General

I can crack my knuckles fingers, neck, back, knees, and my toes, oh yea and sometimes my shoulder, i have kinda stopped don't do it as much as i used to its very addictive and very hard to stop doing:D