2007-03-20 05:56:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Not arthritis, but you can damage the muscles and tendons around the joint if you crack them too hard. If it won't crack easily, leave it alone.
2007-03-20 06:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by Tapioca 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cracking your joints works in breaking down the cushioning between joints. It's unneccesary to crack your fingers, etc. It's pointless joint stress.
2007-03-20 06:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by Individual Thought 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, the noise you hear when cracking your knuckles, is air from the cartilege snapping across the bone.
2007-03-20 10:31:00 · answer #3 · answered by fisherwoman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That is just an old wives tale.
2007-03-20 06:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by MELISSA B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can't but my knucles seemed to have gotten much bigger from all that cracking of my hands ....
2007-03-20 06:06:24 · answer #5 · answered by Cami lives 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋