2006-10-11 23:24:47 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
NO
That's an old wives tale
It can however lead to NON ARTHRITIC joint damage and swelling ....
2006-10-11 23:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is the sound of the sacs that cushion your joints popping. The break down of the sacs in old age is what causes arthritis. Everyone has some disentigration of these sacs during their life, but you increase the speed of the disentigration by cracking your knuckles. When you have the urge to crack your knuckles, try massaging in betwen your knuckles with your thumb and finger instead. Massaging between your fingers releases the same tension that cracking your knuckles does, but it does not increase arthritis.
2006-10-11 23:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by AKA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The article I gave below says no. Although, after cracking my knuckles for 8 years, my fingers get pretty stiff at times.
2006-10-11 23:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No cracking the knuckles just moves the fluid from around the knuckle it gets replaced though.
2006-10-11 23:27:07 · answer #4 · answered by carla s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Researchers have found there was no increased incidence of arthritis from knuckle cracking. However, people who do, are more prone to swelling of the hands and reduced grip strength.
2006-10-11 23:32:43 · answer #5 · answered by sadie_oyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to crack my knuckles, now at 61 I still havent seen any signs of "uncle arthur". So enjoy.
But when the big knuckle gets stiff I like to snap it.
2006-10-11 23:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by Joe v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So I've been told. It's caused by 'Popping' the synovial fluid across the joint space.
Your joint is lined by cartilage and to make that slippy to move there is a bag of fluid, called the synovium, which surrounds the cartilage. It's the cartilage that is effected by arthritis. When arthritis wears this cartilage away you get bone on bone contact which is not designed to move and 'CREAKS' when it does and becomes stiff.
2006-10-12 08:31:37 · answer #7 · answered by russell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Medical studies have shown no proof of damage caused by cracking your knuckles, it is merely an old wives tale.
2006-10-11 23:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by Vanguard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't think so.
Arthritis may be inherited.
Broken bones in the joint from years ago are also a cause.
Put it this way, knees and hips are very common for arthritis but we don't really crack them.
2006-10-11 23:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've been cracking my knuckles for about 13 years now and I havent got anything from it
2006-10-11 23:26:42 · answer #10 · answered by MJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. the crack is due to hydrogeon bubbles forming in your joint. When you crack them they dissolve into your blood stream, hence you are unable to crack your fingers a second time soon after the first.
2006-10-11 23:27:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋