do you crack your knuckles or any other part of your body?

Answer 1

my knuckles,neck,back, feet, toes, wrists, and elbows. My knees crack when i bend down anyways

Answer 2

Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting. Cracking your knuckles (or any of your joints) can have therapeutic benefits. When you crack one of your joints you are pulling the bones that are connected at the joint apart from each other. This process stimulates your tendons, relaxes your muscles, and loosens your joints. Chiropractors do this for spinal joints when your back is sore and stiff, but you can do this on your own for your knuckles, toes, knees, neck, etc. Unfortunately, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles will never lead to arthritis (despite what your mom keeps telling you), but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints. Knuckle-cracking pulls your finger bones apart which stretches your ligaments. Too much stretching of your ligaments will cause damage to your fingers akin to the arm injuries sustained by a baseball pitcher who throws too many pitches. In addition to making your hand really sore, this ligament damage can also result in reduced grip strength. How does this work? Your joints, the places in your body where you can bend, are where your bones intersect and are held together by ligaments. These joints are surrounded by a liquid called synovial fluid. When you stretch your ligaments by pulling the bones apart to crack your knuckles a gas in the synovial fluid escapes and turns into a bubble. This process is called cavitations. Cavitation ends when the bubble eventually bursts, producing that popping sound we know and love. After that, your joints won't be able to crack for another 25-30 minutes while the gas gets reabsorbed into the synovial fluid

Answer 3

yes. my knuckles (even the ones closer to your fingertips). my back, my neck, my hips, and the sides of my feet.

Also I found this for those who think it might cause problems:
Q: Does cracking my knuckles increase my risk of arthritis?
Answer from Peter Bonafede, M.D., medical director of the Providence Arthritis Center at Providence Portland Medical Center: Likely not. I'm not saying "definitely no" because, while cracking knuckles is common, research on its effects is not. We have only a handful of studies on the subject. None shows a definite link between knuckle cracking and arthritis.


Go here for the full article: http://www.providence.org/Oregon/Health_Resource_Centers/Arthritis/AskAnExpert_Arthritis_knuckles.htm

Answer 4

I do! I crack my finger and toe knuckles. I also crack my neck and back. It's a bad habit! But it feels sooo good! Especially at the end of a long day!

Answer 5

I have double jointed fingers and arms so I crack my fingers and knuckles sometimes but rarely unless im about to start typing or playing piano or something, and I only crack my arms or back by accident when stretching and my toes...they crack when I move them around like now lol.

Answer 6

I can only crack my knuckles, and I do so about 8 times a day.
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Answer 7

I try cracking my knuckles, but I don't even get a "Crack".

Answer 8

i used to crack my knuckles... but not anymore, and now i crack my neck once in a while

Answer 9

I snap my ankles, it sounds like you cracking your knuckles.

Answer 10

i love clicking my back :D gaah feels so nicee lols xD
but i used to crack my knuckles all thee time, but then someone told me they go like, really big or something after a while. so i stopped ^_^