I'm really curious. My Aunt is a massage therapist and said no, but most other people I talk to say yes! So, which is it: Yes or No? Please explain your answer =) Thanks!
2007-11-12 11:29:15 · 23 answers · asked by Ariel 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Hi,
No, popping or cracking your knuckles does not cause arthritis. Ask Yahoo! covered this topic back in 2002. Scientists studied 300 habitual knuckle crackers and found no link between cracking one's knuckles and the development of arthritis.
Ah, but hold on. Ask Yahoo! goes on to explain that "chronic crackers did suffer other harm, including soft tissue damage and loss of grip strength." However, the damage is usually minor.
You can read more about the cracking of knuckles by clicking on the links below.
Mike
p.s. -- the sound of cracking knuckles is actually the bursting of bubbles in the synovial fluid that's found between joints. It usually takes about 30 minutes for the bubbles to reform.
2007-11-12 11:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mike 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-14 15:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are three different kinds of arthritis: Rheumatoid, Osteo and traumatic. Rheumatoid is actually a problem with the immune system. Osteo is related to aging and traumatic is they kind that results from injury or insult to a joint.
I suppose popping your knuckles repeatedly over a long enough period of time could produce sufficient damage, it is not very likely. There are other reasons to not do it. For one thing it makes calcium deposits build which causes stiffness and requires more popping. This can also make the knuckles look larger than normal.
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2007-11-12 11:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My mother has always told me that ''old wive's tale''. I have been cracking mine sine around ten years old. 20 some years later still have had no problem. So I would say no. I would go with your aunt's answer as she would most likely know.
2007-11-12 11:34:27 · answer #4 · answered by William H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure about this, but my health teacher in high school said that that was just a myth and you can't get arthritis from popping your nuckles.
2007-11-12 11:32:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. I saw some show on this... the pop you hear is actually an air bubble in the joint or something... either way, the answer is no.
2007-11-12 11:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by gwl1313 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it rather is okay on your knuckes yet is amazingly risky in the back and tremendously the neck. the only "popping" that ought to be occurring in the back and the neck are from a chiropractor who has been knowledgeable to be attentive to the thank you to realize this devoid of injuring somebody.
2016-09-29 02:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The popping noise is air caught between your joints.
2007-11-12 11:31:59 · answer #8 · answered by emtd65 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Just heard on the news that's a fallacy. After all people that are double jointed "crack" their joints all the time.
So crack away.
2007-11-12 11:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by simply_me 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No....wives tale...been doing it for over 40 years, and my hands are as limber as when I was 10.
2007-11-12 11:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋