oh man, just cracked the knuckles...

[memo]

i havent done that in about 6-7 months. i used to do it all the time when i was a kid, like 2-3 times a day. now i have huge knuckles. anyone else a compulsive knuckle cracker?

 

[v3rrv3]

They did a study I believe that says cracking your knuckles isn't associated with big knuckles later in life

 

[vshah]

i am, but i don't have huge knuckles

 

[SWScorch]

I crack mine all the time. Haven't suffered any adverse effects yet! I don't see how cracking them can lead to arthritis or large knuckles, as so many people claim. All you're doing is popping nitrogen bubbles in the amniotic fluid. (is that the right term?)

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: memo
i havent done that in about 6-7 months. i used to do it all the time when i was a kid, like 2-3 times a day. now i have huge knuckles. anyone else a compulsive knuckle cracker?

You do not get huge knuckles from excessive cracking. Urban myth.

The popping sound you hear is not bone on bone - it is from a sudden pressure change in the fluid that causes a pocket of nitrogen to form.

 

[Gravity]

Um, feels good, huh?

 

[Twista]

wtf is big knuckles

 

[memo]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: memo
i havent done that in about 6-7 months. i used to do it all the time when i was a kid, like 2-3 times a day. now i have huge knuckles. anyone else a compulsive knuckle cracker?

You do not get huge knuckles from excessive cracking. Urban myth.

The popping sound you hear is not bone on bone - it is from a sudden pressure change in the fluid that causes a pocket of nitrogen to form.

well i guess i got big knuckles from something else then.

 

[Amused]

I've been popping my knuckles for 20 years, and they are not big.

It's a myth that popping knuckles causes them to become enlarged, or that it causes arthritis.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: memo
i anyone else a compulsive knuckle cracker?

no, i am a compulsive nut cracker

 

[Howard]

I have large knuckles, and I used to crack them regularly. Not sure if there's a correlation, though, because my father also has large knuckles.

 

[Kadarin]

I'm a compulsive neck-cracker.. and I don't have a really big neck.

 

[maziwanka]

hell yes.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
I'm a compulsive neck-cracker.. and I don't have a really big neck.

Would you say it looks like a pencil?

 

[Anubis]

i crack mine at least once an hour, along with my back, neck, ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, wrists nd toes

 

[booger711]

crack

 

[Biggerhammer]

Sinovial fluid. Amniotic is what wraps around a baby in utero.

 

[SSP]

I crack my knuckles all the time. Mostly my thumbs cause they can be cracked over and over.