Is it....

[Storm]

bad to pop/crack your neck and back? Not to break it but if you twist your body and you pop your vertebrate.
I used to do this in college when stressed and it relieved the stress for me. Just a random question

 

[Zim Hosein]

I don't have the "medical answer," but for me I say pop away

 

[Storm]

bump

 

[LordMaul]

No, there is no long term damage. Now, if you can pop your joints in and out like I can, try and steer away from that. You will wear down the cartilage(sp?) in the joint and cause arthritus.

 

[LOLyourFace]

neck and back? no. I do it as many as once per hour

It's just releasing the gases between the joints and putting the bones back in its proper place.... hence the relieving feeling...

But i wouldn't crack my fingers.. that's a diff story.

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
neck and back? no. I do it as many as once per hour

It's just releasing the gases between the joints and putting the bones back in its proper place.... hence the relieving feeling...

But i wouldn't crack my fingers.. that's a diff story.

No, it's not. Your fingers have little gas bubbles built up within the joints that are released just like other joints. I have talked to a few other doctors about this and they all agree it is just gas escaping, or at the very least just not harmful.

 

[Spamela]

i've been cracking my neck for over 30 years since a high school football injury & am still walking, so my answer would be Crack Away.

 

[KokomoGST]

My doc is a DO and did a lot of popping and cracking on me when I had a pinched nerve in my neck. It was a kind of pinched nerve that caused enough pain for me to blackout with my eyes open. :Q
He said he was basically aligning my neck vertebrae to attempt to relieve some of the pressure on the nerve... basic physical therapy.

 

[virtuamike]

Don't do it!! I'm typing this with my tongue as I lost my fingers in a horrible cracking incident.

/me grabs a kleenex to wipe the drool off the keys