Do you click/crack your fingers a lot?

[RichUK]

Over the years I've got into the habit of clicking my fingers a lot, and now my right middle finger is starting to hurt on the top joint. :Q

Arthritis here I come. Sigh.

 

[Quiksilver]

Crack my fingers you mean?
Yes, I do.
I crack my thumbs at the base, my fingers at the knuckle, and the knuckle closet to my finger tip.

Eh... a diagram would be easier.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Crack my finger you mean?
Yes, I do.

Same thing...

 

[Baked]

No.

 

[coldmeat]

I've never cracked my fingers. I can't even if I try.

 

[moshquerade]

we don't call it clicking over here.

and yes, you will soon be an arthritic cripple.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Over the years I've got into the habit of clicking my fingers a lot, and now my right middle finger is starting to hurt on the top joint. :Q

Arthritis here I come. Sigh.

I could be wrong, but I believe the whole "cracking your joints will give your arthritis" tale doesn't have much in the way of empirical support. That is, unless you greatly and repeatedly stress the joints while doing said cracking, in which case I could see how that would lead to some sort of injury.

 

[pyonir]

depends on your definition of "a lot".

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I don't do it anymore. Just when someone goes "ewww, that's gross; why do people do it?"

 

[clamum]

Yes, multiple times a day.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: pyonir
depends on your definition of "a lot".

Every hour. :Q

J/K. I guess once every two days on average, I dunno.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: clamum
Yes, multiple times a day.

is this really a disguised masturbation thread?

 

[TBone48]

I crack my fingers constantly. It drives my wife nuts.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: clamum
Yes, multiple times a day.

is this really a disguised masturbation thread?

Why, you getting horny?

 

[ChaoZ]

All the time.

 

[Fritzo]

I crack my toes all the time. My big toes click on their own when I walk barefoot. It's weird- click click click click.

 

[rival]

yep

 

[Quiksilver]

Diagram of where I crack my knuckles.

Edit Again:
I've also been doing this for several years(6+) and I haven't had a single hand problem. I also do it several times a day too (10-20 times). I also have a habit of cracking my neck and back. My ankles also crack but it's not intentional, happens when I rotate my feet 360 degrees.

 

[BlackTigers]

I've perfected the art of cracking every knuckle in both hands in about 5 seconds. I do it a good three-four times a day, I should probably stop before I do something stupid to my joints.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
Crack my fingers you mean?
Yes, I do.
I crack my thumbs at the base, my fingers at the knuckle, and the knuckle closet to my finger tip.

Eh... a diagram would be easier.

Same! Most of the time I do it subconsciously.

EDIT: Apart from the thumb.

 

[Xylitol]

I used to click my fingers (I never cracked them though). I stopped around 2 years ago thank god. I knew that I would be on my way to becoming the youngest teenager with arthritis if i I kept going on that path

 

[PHiuR]

no, but my knees crack whenever i bend them.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I've never cracked my fingers. I can't even if I try.

+1

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
no, but my knees crack whenever i bend them.

ahaha, mine do that too.


I sound like a creaky door when I squat, my knees crack and pop all the way up, then all the way back down.

 

[Cogman]

hmm, cracked my fingers since I was about 12. No arthritis here (What is with this arthritis myth? Heck, cheese burgers cause arthritis faster then cracking your fingers... http://www.webmd.com/osteoarth...osteoarthritis-causes)