Reply With QuoteNo, it's fine.
Parents love to spread the myth that it causes arthritis because it's bugs the shit out of them.
Is crucking knuckles actually bad for you? I keep doing it, at least 10-15 times a day. I heard it can lower grip strength and cause arthritis. What does everyone else think? Should I stop?
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No, it's fine.
Parents love to spread the myth that it causes arthritis because it's bugs the shit out of them.
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But I keep reading that constant cracking can be a problem? Like I crack a LOT. Also, It seems like many people agree that your grip strength decreases over time
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Cracking knuckles is wat badass muthafuckas do
And badass muthafuckas never go down with arthritis
I never crack my knuckles.
But as I dancer, most of my other bones crack. Sometimes I make people jump hah.
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the sound and sight of cracking knuckles disgusts me
can not stand
that said, does not cause arthritis
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Originally Posted by enoilgam
What about another study, "A recent study examined the hand radiographs of 215 people (aged 50 to 89) and compared the joints of those who regularly cracked their knuckles to those who did not. The study concluded that knuckle-cracking did not cause hand osteoarthritis, no matter how many years or how often a person cracked their knuckles. An earlier study also concluded that there was no increased preponderance of arthritis of the hand of chronic knuckle-crackers; however, habitual knuckle-crackers were more likely to have hand swelling and lowered grip strength."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...tool=pmcentrez
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
"I haven't even talked to Nick yet. I was trying to track him down this week, which is always fun.. So I called [Nick's brother] Nate, and Nate told me, 'Listen, if you talk to him, tell him I'm looking for him too.'"
The cracking you hear when you crack your knuckes is actually the popping of gas bubbles in the synovial fluid of the joint as the pressure changes in the joint. Cracking your knuckles will not cause athritis although if you do it frequently enough you can cause ligament laxity (over stretching of the ligaments).
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why is this a thread is this even an issue?
i heard it doesnt give arthritis....
i crack knuckles to release pressure after playing guitar
Yeah that's the part I'm worried about =/.
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
"I haven't even talked to Nick yet. I was trying to track him down this week, which is always fun.. So I called [Nick's brother] Nate, and Nate told me, 'Listen, if you talk to him, tell him I'm looking for him too.'"
I do it all the time because i just have to do it now or my knuckles feel tight. I freak people out by pressing them against my face in order to crack them (i don't know why i do it... it probably looks really weird...)
I feel sorry for people who don't drink.
When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
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I despise the habit, it irks me.
On another note, I don't even know how to crack my knuckles. It's happened to me but only accidentally.
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Once I start I may never stop :/ I can do without this habit.
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