2007-01-02 03:41:28 · 10 answers · asked by browneyes 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
While there is no direct evidence linking the cracking of joints to arthritic pain, let me explain what happens when you do this.
In your joints, you have little packets of a lubricating fluid that helps your joints move freely. The cracking of joints when they are sore usually leads to the rupture of one or more of these fluid packets. As you age and deplete them, your body will be less able to replace them, meaning that cracking your joints when you're older has more negative potential on them. Eventually, there may be no lubricant, and we all know what happens to an engine without oil inside...
2007-01-02 03:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by Fergi the Great 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know this! I know this! I was visiting my chiropractor for one of my regular appointments for my back (I had a horseback riding accident) and I was reading a book while I was waiting. AND..the book said that cracking your fingers WON'T cause you to have arthritis, it isn't necessarily the cracking that hurts your fingers, back, neck etc. It's the fluid in the joints that lubricates them, well, lack thereof. So when you crack your fingers, neck etc. your joints will become, well, in a nonscentific word.... dry. The lubrication that naturally is produced, is being disturbed by you cracking your joints. BUT...it's a myth that you'll get arthritis in them! I asked my chiropractor after I finished reading that article! But just because you won't get arthritis, doesn't mean that you should excessivley crack your joints. Too much of anything is bad I suppose. Your joints need fluid and lubrication to function properly, or they might feel stiff. There's a lot of intricate things, delicate things, about our bones/bodies.
2007-01-02 12:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by chickingirl19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adjusting your knuckles, back, neck or throat and hearing the crackling sound is hearing the release of Nitrogen Gas. Ann Landers was correct. My source is Chiropractors and my biology class.
Nitrogen Gas is the first stage of tissue decay which turns, eventually, into nitrate gas that causes final stages of decay and death. When you remember biology classes, you'll remember the lesson ~ nitrogen cycle decay ~ so, I would answer that it is a useful action. Good thing or bad thing is not exactly correct terminology, but the action of removing Nitrogen Gas from the body is certainly healthy and helpful.
Mother of six grown-ups who still 'cracks her knuckles' at 63 yy.
2007-01-02 12:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by pocahantaschild2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it could cause problems later in life bone joint wear maybe a myth I still crack my neck.
2007-01-02 11:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,you can damage the joints and it can become an addiction to always cracking your joints
2007-01-02 11:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by livlafluv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once read in Ann Landers that it is good for them. It is actually gas exploding according to Ann.
2007-01-02 11:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im addicted to cracking my whole body, but i have terrible back pains, the best answer would probably be cher's.
2007-01-02 11:56:26 · answer #7 · answered by me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
done PROPERLY it can relieve tension, and be very good, done by an amature it can make you more suseptable to joint problems...
2007-01-02 11:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by cher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most ppl say it can cause arthritis but i do it all tha time
2007-01-02 11:43:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but cracking your nose is.
2007-01-02 11:49:03 · answer #10 · answered by charllie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋