Knuckle Cracking

Originally Posted by Dullenplain

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.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

Uh, no, and no.

This entire paragraph is wrong.

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

Originally Posted by wikihow

1. Educate yourself on the possible dangers of knuckle cracking. Although several studies have shown that knuckle cracking does not lead to arthritis, (although, in fairness those same studies have not shown that it doesn't, either), what you are doing when you crack your knuckles is basically the same thing as dislocating your shoulder, pulling the bones and cartilage apart to release a gas (called synovial fluid, made mostly of carbon dioxide and some nitrogen) that makes the popping sound. People who have continued to crack their knuckles for very long periods of time have developed symptoms that include:

* Reduced hand strength, probably the most common effect.
* Swollen or painful hands.
* Soft tissue damage to the joint capsule(s).
* Damage to the hand's ligaments, the soft tissues that connect our bones.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've found myself lately cracking my knuckles while playing games with a lot of hand movement (ie. Pop'n Music) or typing.

It's sort of scary how easily I can pull it off. They just click in a millisecond like they're really loose. I hope it's normal because I don't want to end up with hand troubles when I'm older (no hands = no gaming, typing, basically it'll cut me out of doing a lot of activities which happen all the time).

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