Cracking Your Knuckles

[Maki Riddington]

Do you think it can cause damage?
Do you know why there is a popping sound when you crack your knuckles?

I've done some reading on this but I was wondering what others thought?

[Mystic Eric]

paki, isn't it because air that is compressed gets released?

[Tryska]

that's pretty much what i thought too termie....

[Delphi]

Check 'em out.

http://www.urbanlegends.com/medical/knuckle_cracking.html

http://newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99443.htm

http://www.health.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=8504

http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/cx/viewarticle/204944_print

http://www.uiowa.edu/~shs/HILog/q_general33.htm

[PowerManDL]

Looks like the concensus is "It doesn't cause arthritis, but don't do it anyway."

[Reinier]

theres no air in your joints

[Orange357]

knuckles pfftt...just dont crack your neck and spine

[syntekz]

i heard it has to do with your muscles and bones causing some sort of friction/popping noise.

[WilliamX]

http://www.uselessknowledge.com/explain/joints.shtml

I have another question - how do you get rid of this habit?
I know I can just stop doing it for a while, but then after a couple of days/weeks when I feel nervous about something it comes back
and I start cracking my knuckles again,then my stupid joints seem to hurt and I do it again and again and again.

Do you guys feel pain in your knuckles too? I do in my neck and back and fingers, mostly in my neck. Funny thing if my neck hurts I 'crack' it BUT the pain in the neck doesnt seem to go away until I crack my fingers too, which is very wierd.

Is there anyone here who had a big problem with this, and who succesfully got rid of it? Can you give my any idea what to do?
thanks.

[WilliamX]

http://www.uselessknowledge.com/explain/joints.shtml

I have another question - how do you get rid of this habit?
I know I can just stop doing it for a while, but then after a couple of days/weeks when I feel nervous about something it comes back
and I start cracking my knuckles again,then my stupid joints seem to hurt and I do it again and again and again.

Do you guys feel pain in your knuckles too? I do in my neck and back and fingers, mostly in my neck. Funny thing if my neck hurts I 'crack' it BUT the pain in the neck doesnt seem to go away until I crack my fingers too, which is very wierd.

Is there anyone here who had a big problem with this, and who succesfully got rid of it? Can you give my any idea what to do?
thanks.

[Monkeybrains]

For some reason, I started cracking my knuckles a few months ago and I couldn't stop doing it for awhile, but a few weeks ago I just suddenly stopped... wierd.

[Orange357]

Originally posted by WilliamX
http://www.uselessknowledge.com/explain/joints.shtml


and I start cracking my knuckles again,then my stupid joints seem to hurt and I do it again and again and again.

Do you guys feel pain in your knuckles too? I do in my neck and back and fingers, mostly in my neck. Funny thing if my neck hurts I 'crack' it BUT the pain in the neck doesnt seem to go away until I crack my fingers too, which is very wierd.

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Dont do it if it hurts! stopping it its one of those habits you have to keep at stopping for a while imo...

[WilliamX]

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/0964.html