Is cracking your fingers unhealthy?!
Question: Is cracking your fingers unhealthy.?
How about your neck or back or knees.?Health Question & Answer
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Been doing it for over 10 years an no problems. People who play drums take a lot more strain on their hands and don't have problems so keep at it, feels damn good.Health Question & Answer
Though I've heard it can possibly lead to arthritis, I've heard something different recently...
I heard it's like letting out some type of air or gas or something that's caught between your joints. I wouldn't necessarily suggest doing it, seeing as I do it all the time and I can't write for more than five minutes without losing the ability to hold the pencil (I'm fourteen and in school, which sucks ***)...
I REALLY wouldn't suggest cracking your neck. I too, crack that one, and it only adds to the insane back problems I have. That one, is no good as far as I'm concerned.
The back, for me, only relieves pain... but it's only a short time thing. I'd leave that to your chiropractor.
As for the knees, how do you even do that.?.?.? lolHealth Question & Answer
I heard it's like letting out some type of air or gas or something that's caught between your joints. I wouldn't necessarily suggest doing it, seeing as I do it all the time and I can't write for more than five minutes without losing the ability to hold the pencil (I'm fourteen and in school, which sucks ***)...
I REALLY wouldn't suggest cracking your neck. I too, crack that one, and it only adds to the insane back problems I have. That one, is no good as far as I'm concerned.
The back, for me, only relieves pain... but it's only a short time thing. I'd leave that to your chiropractor.
As for the knees, how do you even do that.?.?.? lolHealth Question & Answer
Ask an Expert: Knuckle Cracking and Arthritis
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.Health Question & Answer
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.Health Question & Answer