I heard that when you are a kid, you DONT get arthritis from cracking your knuckles and toes, ect. It's from other problems in the joints,
true?
2007-06-14 10:27:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
No...another urban myth.
2007-06-15 06:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True---it doesn't cause arthritis, but EXCESSIVE cracking of the knuckles and toes can cause inflammation and in rare cases, dislocation.
(You must be pretty limber to crack your toes! I could only crack my knuckles as a kid!!)
2007-06-14 17:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by Jana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True! One of my friend's dad is a doctor and we actually asked him this once. He said No you can't, but you can cause problems if you crack them a lot and it hurts when you crack them.
2007-06-14 18:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my dads a doctor hey said that from cracking ur knuckles they will soon go away n u can get arthirites!!
2007-06-14 18:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋