Knuckle Cracking

Let's see. Yes.

I crack my neck several times a day. When I crack my fingers, I first grab the tip and I rotate it out to get a couple of pops, and then the standard push down. I also pop both joints of my thumb. I love it when someone cracks my back and end up popping my toes if I think about it. I've never cared for popping my wrists, but can do that, elbows, and knees.

My fingers actually start to hurt if I go too long without popping them, so there must be some physical reason for doing it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Elixir

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.

Uh, no, and no.

This entire paragraph is wrong.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by guyinrubbersuit

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.

Heh, perhaps Elixir...

...eh, too easy.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?