I only started to crack my knuckles about a year ago. I have no idea why I started, but it seems to release an "icky" feeling from my fingers. If that makes any sense.

I've heard knuckle cracking causes arthritis later in life, but then again I've heard that it doesn't. I'm not sure really..

My knees tend to crack randomly sometimes though, which is odd.

I wonder if the majority 'Yes' has anything to do with us being gamers, or if in fact most people do it.

I started popping my knuckles about the time I was in 7th grade, I think. My friend Danny was doing it for a long time, and I asked him if it hurt and he was like "No way". So I started doing it, and it's been a habit I can't break since. I heard somewhere that all that it was was popping little air bubbles in between your joints, but who knows how true that really is.

Haha, yeah. Usually when I'm playing a game competitively I crack my knuckles beforehand. Especially at arcades.

I do it all the time, especially my neck. The whole cracking your knuckles causes arthritis is something I call bullshit on. First there's no concrete evidence to support this and arthritis is generally caused by age and repetitive tasks. And if it does, it won't happen until a later age, and there are treatments to take care of it.

Repetitive tasks huh...? How is popping your knuckles multiple times a day not a repetitive task?

Also... what happened to Cheese? :\

Well, things like carpal tunnel are caused by repetitive tasks. Unless you're a freak you'll never crack your knuckles as much as you type so I doubt that'd be a problem.

No I can't do this awesome stuff but it's super to see that apparently the majority does.

I hate the sound of someone cracking his fingers >.< so no I'm not doing it.

In fact for me, it's a painful experience XD I hate to crack my fingers by mistake. It probably hurt because I'm not sue to do it though...

I don't think it cause arthritis but I heard that it make your joints bigger. (that's probably why I have so skinny fingers XD)

I never ever bother to, because I always have had the preconception that people only crack their knuckles to show off, and that it's just something done to make loud noise/disturb others/out of habit/etc. Like biting nails, to me, it's just an unnecessary action.

Plus, I never thought it'd be good to do so, playing piano and all.

I crack my knuckles both via extension and tension. I consider it to be a way of resetting the joints after prolonged repeated activity such as writing or typing.

I also crack other joints such as my feet and ankles, neck, and vertebrae.

Oh dear lord that's gross dull :<

It isn't "cool" to crack your knuckles. It doesn't improve your gaming skill, or relax your muscles. I haven't found any benefits apart from perhaps a looser feel.

I occasionally crack my knuckles. It isn't something which I do on purpose, it just happens. Since it's basically the same as dislocating your shoulder, it isn't a natural thing which should be done. It shouldn't. I don't like doing it because there's a huge ass chance of having big, ugly knuckles pointing out of your skin when you're older.

I guess it'd be okay if a chiropractor did it, since he or she would know what they're doing (I hope) but then you would have to trust them to do so.. I'd still rather not.

I pop 'em all the time. No problems so far. I can go nonstop since I don't think they ever stop cracking.

I do it occasionally, and some of my joints just crack on their own sometimes - like my hip joints. I don't think it has anything to do with my age, since my hips have been doing that since I was a child.

About knuckle-popping, though, it really annoys me when people do it in a public setting, like at dinner or at a party. It sounds gross and to me it's almost as rude as picking your nose in public. Especially the neck/back popping. No one wants to hear that deep wet crack of bone upon cartilage while they're eating lobster.

Nah, I can't really intentionally crack my knuckles anyway. Besides, my knuckles hurt if they crack for any reason.

Uh, no, and no.

This entire paragraph is wrong.

When I crack any joint in my body I do get that loose feeling, but it does seem to make for a better reflexes while I am typing or playing certain games. Though that only pertains to my fingers. As for other parts of my body, I crack them to relieve pressure that builds up from old injuries. It is quite a comfortable release until there is a point that you can't crack something at the moment you want to.

http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Cracking-Your-Knuckles

I cracked my knuckles all the time as a kid, and now I have huge obvious knuckles when my hand is in a fist position. From what I've read it's false that cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis (playing with an original xbox controller might, or something, lol), but it isn't something I'd recommend to others.

Either way, it doesn't have to be done, nobody's forcing you to do it, so yeah. Unneeded worry.

I usually crack my knuckles, or pop my neck, ankles, or wrists, for that reason. However, there are those times where they pop by accident.

Oh hay awesome Elixir thinks everything he reads on the Internet is true.

1) Dislocating your shoulder means just that: the bone actually comes out of the joint. When cracking fingers, they are simply stretched.

2) Those symptoms that are listed are things that many people feel with time, bone cracking or not. Simply saying that two things happen concurrently doesn't indicate that they are related.

I also type this with the knowledge that no one will ever have to explain it to Elixir again, since, as has been established, he'll believe anything he reads on the Internet.

Are you sure that's just not the way your body is? I crack my knuckles all the time, done it for a long while and my knuckles are fine. I'm sure if you're a small body build, your knuckles will be much more prominent than someone who has a medium or heavy set build.

I crack my knuckles on occasion (I did literally right before I typed this). It takes around 2 hours for me to be able to do it again, though.

Yeah, I do it. My hands feel weird if I don't.

Heh, perhaps Elixir...

...eh, too easy.

I can only seem the crack the pointer finger and middle finger on both my hands. My thumb, ring finger and pinky all don't seem to be able to produce a crack, much to my frustration. For that reason I don't crack my knuckles very often, I feel wierd only cracking two of my knuckles on each hand.