Does Clicking Your Toes Still Give you Arthritis When Your Older?

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The Question Says It all Does It Or Not Please Reply To This, Thanks!

Answer 1

Perhaps if you traumatize the joints enough it will, depending on how you click them. People in car accidents, fall down stairs, off swings, etc. can have major trauma to the bones, joints, and surrounding muscles and soft tissues that never heals properly and sets the person up for osteoarthritis. People who play too roughly or do certain forms of stretching can also be placing stress on their joints, especially athletes or those who go overboard on special stretches or exercises.
But also like the last answerer said it can be inherited (Rheumatoid for example). And if you already have an inherited condition of arthritis, you can make it worse, but not cause the kind that you inherit. However, if you are placing stress on joints the wrong way or are injured and already have RA, I would not be surprised if you can get osteoarthritis in addition to RA.
At the same time, I would think it is how it is done (improperly), and how strong the joint is (if it already has a weak tendency), it is placing more stress on it and making it more likely to cause osteoarthritis or injury, and you should be asking a specialist in this case to give you gentle stretches and exercises to help. However, if you are just doing gentle movements or have really strong joints and go to a physical therapist, sports physiologist, or chiropractor who really knows what they are doing, or accidentally click it in moving and it does not hurt it, then more than likely not. Possible, but not likely.
Just to be on the safe side, if you are having "clicking", purposeful or not, I highly suggest that you check with your (or the person being asked about's) doctor on this as there could already be normal wear and tear damage of the years done on the joints and you don't want them to be so stressed as to cause inflammation.
Other causes of arthritis are lupus and a buildup of I think it's uric acid in your body causing gout. People with gout may be told not to eat a lot of meat and to try to avoid taking NSAIDS if possible and to take Glucosamine, chondroitin, and MSM.

Here are some reasons for arthritis according to these websites I went to:
http://www.whathealth.com/gout/causes.html
http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=arth_rhe/8103
If you google: can cracking cause arthritis, you may find websites like these: http://www.healthology.com/arthritis/arthritis-information/video1745.htm
http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=123776
http://www.orthop.washington.edu/uw/arthritis/tabID__3376/ItemID__179/Articles/Default.aspx

Causes of cracking joints:
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/arthritis/f/cracking.htm

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes it does, because the clicking is the sound of bones rubbing and chipping against each other, chipping off small pieces of cartilage, and in old age this will cause inflammation of the joints which will lead to arthritis. Arthritis may also occur in younger adults and it is becoming much more common.

Answer 4

I wondered if the cracking of my toes was arthitis. but I was told it was nothing, when i brought it up a few days ago during a check up, gp said it was most likely to do with synovial fluid in the toe joints. (just a thought)

Answer 5

No. It does not! The pop that you are hearing is caused when the joint separates just enough to let the air escape. It doesnt cause arthrihtis or big knuckles. Those things are herditary.

Coolboy...just because you are a pharmacist, it doesnt make you a doctor.

Answer 6

I have NO idea, I think that is just one of those ole' wifes tails.