Do you pop your knuckles and joints?
I used to when I was a teenager. I rarely do now. Only once or twice my back will need to be adjusted and it pops. I heard it doesn't do anything bad to your knuckles like all my teachers said it would. Although, a guy I knew just had a stroke from popping his neck all the time. I don't remember what it was called, what he had for popping his neck too much? Sometimes my legs will creak or pop if I bend down or pick something up. I'm getting old. Lol. Do you pop anything on your body?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.All the time! Specifically my neck and fingers.
NatMC8
Level 3
Mar 27, 2018
1
It hurts me to do that now that I don't do it anymore. I used to be able to pop my jaw.
I crack my toes.
MrLink
Level 8
Mar 27, 2018
2
It's exhilarating
My toes are so skinny and small. My toe next to my big toe is taller than my big toe.
Yeah, I pop everything. And probably because I apparently have rheumatoid arthritis, my rib joints sometimes ache and making them pop eases the discomfort.
bingst
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
1
Oh, wow.
My knees need to crack or pop. It's painful but relieves pressure.
My knuckles as well ... Which are probably destined for arthritis with typing all time.
Supposedly it's not adversely bad for you.
Gozer
Level 4
Mar 26, 2018
2
It got too painful after not doing it all the time.
My elbows hurt if they don't pop. They hurt when they do pop. My knees sometimes sound like popcorn, and I intentionally crack my neck.
Holysocks
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
1
Ouch.
I do it without realizing it, then I look over and find my girlfriend cringing. She hates it.
ScubaWags
Level 7
Mar 26, 2018
2
I do too now.
Yes, knuckles don't bother me, past few years, shoulders have been making noises, past 2 months I can't use them, torn rotator cuffs. Not fun.
Rugglesby
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
1
Yikes.
Rarely, I can only do some fingers
JoelLovell
Level 6
Mar 26, 2018
1
Oh, okay.
Well a doctor tried popping just one hand for 20 years and he did not notice any difference between the two but my daughter does it all the time and I tell her its dangerous. When she aks why I jokingly say " Its bloody anoying and I will break your hand if you continue " lol
273kelvin
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
1
Haha.
My fingers don’t really do it anymore, my toes, back, neck, knees all do it now.
NothinnXpreVails
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
1
Does it hurt a lot?
@Sarahroo29 yes, back and neck.
@Sarahroo29 not the popping. That’s feels good.
@NothinnXpreVails Oh, okay.
Yes ma'am
Fingers, wrists, neck, back, knees, hips, ankles, and toes. And you thought you were old ? lol
ashortbeauty
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
2
I lost the habit a few years ago.
My toes click so much that if I walk across a hard floor without shoes on it sounds like I'm wearing high heels - though I prefer to imagine it makes me sound like a velociraptor.
Jnei
Level 8
Mar 26, 2018
2
Oh wow.
Yup. I can crack my knuckles just by clawing my fingers into a fist.
It does weaken your grip - because the ligaments gets more flexible. The "crack" that you hear is a gas that forms in the liquids around those ligaments getting popped elsewhere.
But it DOESN'T cause arthritis.
The science of cracking knuckles:
SamKerry
Level 7
Mar 26, 2018
2
Hmmm... Interesting.
I rarely pop my knuckles. There's a student in one of my classes that likes to pop his knuckles all the time.
MissingLink16
Level 7
Mar 26, 2018
1
Ouch.
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