i constantly crack my ankles and i need to know if it is bad. My friends crack their knuckles and they say oh crap! i wasn't supposed to do that! but my other friend cracks her back and says her mom tells her its good to crack her back. Is cracking your joints okay or not??
2007-03-17 06:34:21 · 3 answers · asked by caliiforniia.sunshiine 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
When you crack your joints, you're just letting air pockets that formed inside of them out - cracking your knuckles doesn't do any harm, it may even be beneficial with the added flexibility afterwards.
What you want to be careful of is cracking sensitive areas too often. Example: cracking your neck every once in a while is ok, cracking it often is not - too many sensitive parts in there.
2007-03-17 06:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by xmacro 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i've got been advised notably plenty when you consider that i replaced right into somewhat youngster that confident it extremely is undesirable on your joints, and it motives arthritis, and it makes your knuckles larger. yet I searched the information superhighway somewhat and that i assume there is not any clinical evidence of this. "what's extremely going on once you "crack" your knuckles is which you're the two pushing the joint back into or out of its known place. Joints are the assembly factors of two separate bones that are held mutually by connecting tissues and ligaments. A thick, sparkling lubricant (made customarily of carbon dioxide and a few nitrogen) called synovial fluid is discovered between the bones. once you stretch or pull your finger to get that needed popping noise, you're inflicting the bones to tug aside. stress is decreased on the synovial fluid and bubbles type that directly strengthen and then burst - that's why you get that noise."
2016-10-02 07:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by gilboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it's a good thing. I see nothing wrong with it. I crack my fingers all the time
2007-03-17 07:40:59 · answer #3 · answered by Ruby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋