Is popping your knuckles bad?!


Question: Is popping your knuckles bad.?
Is it bad.? How and why, if so.?Health Question & Answer


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When you pop your knuckles it releases a vacuum in your finger and that's what makes the noise. It is not bad for you, even though people say it will give you arthritis or something when you're older. The only thing wrong with it is it irritates other people.Health Question & Answer

If you've ever laced your fingers together, turned your palms away from you and bent your fingers back, you know what knuckle popping sounds like. Joints produce that CRACK when bubbles burst in the fluid surrounding the joint. Joints are the meeting points of two separate bones, held together and in place by connective tissues and ligaments. All of the joints in our bodies are surrounded by synovial fluid, a thick, clear liquid. When you stretch or bend your finger to pop the knuckle, you are causing the bones of the joint to pull apart. As they do, the connective tissue capsule that surrounds the joint is stretched. By stretching this capsule, you increase its volume. And as we know from chemistry class, with an increase in volume comes a decrease in pressure. So as the pressure of the synovial fluid drops, gases dissolved in the fluid become less soluble, forming bubbles through a process called cavitation. When the joint is stretched far enough, the pressure in the capsule drops so low that these bubbles burst, producing the pop that we associate with knuckle cracking.

It takes about 25-30 minutes for the gas to redissolve into the joint fluid. During this period of time, your knuckles will not crack. Once the gas is redissolved, cavitation is once again possible, and you can start popping your knuckles again.

As for the harms associated with this habit, according to Anatomy and Physiology Instructors' Cooperative, only one in-depth study regarding the possible detriments of knuckle popping has been published. This study, done by Raymond Brodeur and published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, examined 300 knuckle crackers for evidence of joint damage. The results revealed no apparent connection between joint cracking and arthritis; however, habitual knuckle poppers did show signs of other types of damage, including soft tissue damage to the joint capsule and a decrease in grip strength. This damage is most likely a result of the rapid, repeated stretching of the ligaments surrounding the joint. A professional baseball pitcher experiences similar, although obviously heightened, effects in the various joints of his pitching arm. But assuming you haven't signed a multimillion dollar contract to constantly pop your knuckles, it hardly seems worth the possible risk to your joints.

On the positive side, there is evidence of increased mobility in joints right after popping. When joints are manipulated, the Golgi tendon organs (a set of nerve endings involved in humans' motion sense) are stimulated and the muscles surrounding the joint are relaxed. This is part of the reason why people can feel "loose" and invigorated after leaving the chiropractor's office, where cavitation is induced as part of the treatment. Backs, knees, elbows and all other movable joints are subject to the same kind manipulation as knuckles are.

SO U SHODNT POP UR FINGERSHealth Question & Answer

It's a double edged sword. Popping your knuckles loosens out your fingers to add more flexibility. The downside to it is that it could weaken the cartilage in your knuckles and cause arthritis. I don't really recommend cracking your knuckles regularly or too many times a day.Health Question & Answer

popping your knuckles is just bursting a small bubble of air around your joint. but it also makes your fingers fatter. and no one wants to have fat fingers. but if you don't care then continue. it's not bad for your health and won't hurt you. It's not really going to make your knuckles huge but the might get bigger.
hope i helped.Health Question & Answer

I've heard yes & no.

Yes because it could cause arthritis when your older
+ it makes your knuckles puffy sometimes after doing it for a while

No because my dad tells me that there's this fluid in you're body (idk what the fluid is) that some fluid is dispersed when you crack it and it comes back in and it's good.? (it was in the newspaper)Health Question & Answer

No, the popping sound when you pop your knuckles is just a gas bubble popping. People say your knuckles will get big but thats just a myth. So go ahead and pop your knuckles! The only thing I recommend not to pop is your neck, all your nerves from your back are there in you neck, i think. Hope this helps!!Health Question & Answer

Its not bad to do it every once in a while if you feel like your knuckles need to be popped.
But popping your knuckles a lot will wear down the tissue in your fingers and cause joint pain. (You'll basically give yourself arthritis in your fingers)Health Question & Answer

Yes, it is potentially hazardous. there is a small ligament that joints your joints together. These joints are attatched delicately to your bones. Every time you crack your knuckle, you tear at the starchy flesh to make it rigid which will eventually lead to enflamed knuckledHealth Question & Answer

Yeah and it shouldn't be a habit. It can turn into arthritis in your later years, but I'm 16, and I've stopped doing it because one of my knuckles is more "popped out" than the corresponding knuckle on my other hand.Health Question & Answer

Yes. If you crack your knuckles (like me), two things can and will happen:

1. Your knuckles gets larger (IDK why!) and when you wear rings they will be loose around your finger.

2. You wear down your joints and can/will get arthritis.Health Question & Answer

pushing on your knuckles to crack them doesn't increase the chance of arthiritus, but if you pull on them or stretch them out far to pop them, it definately increases the chances.Health Question & Answer

It is not at all bad. Many people believe it will give you arthritis, however it is simply the popping of air around your joint(s). On the other hand, it really is annoying. I have a brother and believe me...I know how annoying it is.Health Question & Answer

I know popping your back, which pops air bubbles, actually makes your back less flexible! (But only temporarily)!

I guess it's the same with knuckles! :DHealth Question & Answer

DONT LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO SAY IT CAUSES ARTHERITIS OR HOWEVER YOU SPELL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... it is not bad in any way, and don't listen to people who say it is bad for you. it is NOT bad. my mom is a doctor she said so.Health Question & Answer

i've heard it can give you arthritis in your hands but i still do it. i dont think it does anything. one of those urban myths. i think it could give you arthritis cuz ur popping ur bones.Health Question & Answer

Yes. It increase your chances of getting arthritis. It also increases your chances of needing a chiropractor when your older...JK but you might get arthritis and it gives you a stronger chance of having shaky hands when your oldHealth Question & Answer

yes because it causes ur knuckles to get big. i hav a teacher that her knuckles r like as big as a nicle and she always pops hers.

but i'm guilty of the habit i always pop mine.Health Question & Answer

I can't say that it is certainly harmful in the long run, but I've heard that it may cause arthritis in you later years. I'm sure how much truth there is to that though...Health Question & Answer

no, orthopedics have said it is not good but it is not bad either.
no deaths have been linked to this so why stop. lol
and no it does not give you arthritisHealth Question & Answer

Only thing bad about it is in time it could make the knuckles larger, probalby just a nervous habit, that he will outgrowHealth Question & Answer

It is a myth!! The popping sound you hear is the air in the synovial fluid in your joints being displaced.Health Question & Answer

personally I believe that it causes arthritis in your fingers but it don't really know that much about itHealth Question & Answer

I do this all the time. My neck, knuckles, ankles, back. I hope I don't get arthritis, lol.Health Question & Answer

Yeah, actually it is.

You have a way higher chance of getting athristis, and your fingers get really fatty and stubby.

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My mom always told me it makes your knuckles big, but I've done it all my life and they haven't changed. I don't think it's bad.Health Question & Answer

no its just a bubble of air in between your knuckles that makes you want to pop themHealth Question & Answer

my mom says I can get arthritis, she told me an aunt of mine did it and by the time she was 70, she couldn't even right well :SHealth Question & Answer

Popping your knuckles will make them bigger.Health Question & Answer

Yes it is but some ppl still do it any way and it will hurt your hands when you get olderHealth Question & Answer

I'm not sure because I've heard that it is and that it's not. I hope not though because I do it all the time! ?Health Question & Answer

Yeah.. In increases your chance of developing arthritis and you'll hands will look like this..

http://www.4-arthritis-info.com/images/r...Health Question & Answer



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