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Can you get arthrites from cracking your knuckles?
no. the cracking u hear is actually the nitrogen bubbles in your joints popping. its not when the bones in your knuckles are grinding together ~answeringchampion!
How can you stop the habit of cracking your knuckles?
I used to crack my knuckles all the time, but i managed to quit. how? well, whenever i felt like cracking i bent and straightened my fingers until the urge was gone, and after, maybe a week, i managed to stop
Does cracking knuckles make the knuckles bigger?
The following are some views from WikiAnswers contributors:It doesnt make them bigger, and it doesn't harm them, its just the air being removed from in between the joints. I don't know but I HAVE to crack my back and neck or I can't move sometimes. I did suffer a lower back injury in 1993 when I fell about 12 feet at work. I landed basically 'sitting down'. Anyway, I can crack my toes, ankles (on occasion) knees, knuckles, neck, back, right elbow, and sometimes even my sturnum. Weird I know, I have relieved headaches in both other people and myself by either cracking the neck or back... Thoughts?I have been cracking my knuckles for as long as i can remember I'm only 22 and yes it makes then bigger i can feel the joints in my fingers huge! i don't pull them i bend them into the palm of my hand and with my other hand crack the joint closet to my nail then proceed to crack the joint above that with the thumb for that hand. I've stopped cracking them for about 2 months now and i have serious pain, I've been told its the liquid between my joints coming back (in case you don't know the pop/crack you hear when you crack your knucles is a liquid/cusion between your joints/bones to move them efficently and comfortably) So when you crack/pop you are cracking that cusion so its bone rubbing against bone! and when that cusion starts to build back up you crack it again! Its hurts for me now not to crack because i keep stopping and like a nervous twitch I forget and crack them which relieves the pain! But the long term effect will happen to the point that you cant even crack them to relieve the pain that's arthitist people! Some people who read this might not understand because they haven't experienced this yet but trust me if you've started please stop and if your like me and been doing it forever do what i do, think about that liquid/cushion popping creating you bones to rub against each other even though i forget once in a while my fingers hurt way less now that I've stopped then when i first starting to end my finger cracker.I am 20 i have been cracking my knuckles since i was about 6 years old and i have never had a problem yet. so if you are a person that think cracking your knuckles causes you harm your wrong and i am living prof of that.Yes, it will make them bigger and it usually becomes like an OCD which means its an like addiction and hard to stop. At 20 the above poster is still young enough to not have any serious problems BUT later in life there is the possibility of things like arthritis. I've been doing it for about 6/7 years and at 29 my fingers are starting to hurt every time i do it, and hurt for a long time after i do it and hurt when i don't do it until i do it again to ease it - (creating a vicious circle). My fingers and joints feel swollen (but don't look it). Also I had no problems before i started doing it. So i have stopped. I advise you do NOT take it up, its like any other habit.I heard that cracking your knuckles doesn't really make them larger. Just an urban legend. Could be wrong though.I believe so. I had small knuckles, picked up cracking my knuckles, and they got big. I quit for about a month or two and they became small again. To test it further i cracked only one finger for a week and it got bigger. Also i have 5 friends in my group, one cracks there knuckles and there huge. The rest who do not have small. Some people may not suffer from it... but i believe cracking your knuckles does add to making your knuckles bigger. It depends on the person, but for the most case, yes.If you want to try and make your knuckles bigger try lightly hitting a solid surface like a wall, your bones will re-heal and case over, also it kills the nerves so you can hit harder without it hurting as much. But cracking them does not lead to bigger or stronger knuckles.I used to crack my knuckles and they used to be small and I cracked them for about 3 years and now they are big. i quit now and they don't get small agin! now that I stoped its like a craving and I gotta mingle with my fingers insted of cracking them. My suggestion is don't start and, if you have, stop.Yes, it does make them bigger and it can cause you to have arthritis when you are older so I would advise you to stop doing it because it is kind of addicting. My hands hurt all the time now due to cracking my knuckles. Now that I'm older it causes me to have severe pain in my hands and fingers!No, it doesn't. My mom is 53 and she has been cracking her knuckles since she was 7 and no problems.I say it does make your knuckles bigger. I'm only 13 and started cracking them when i was 9 and they are fat and don't fit into my mom moms wedding ring very well.Actually, it does not make them bigger. there's what I believe a wall of mucus or something between the knuckle and the finger. pull your finger as hard as you can to test it out. you can also see like a little hole between the knuckle and finger when you pull it. I punched walls and now my knuckles are bigger, I tested this with my right, now my right knuckles are bigger than my left knuckles. My right knuckles are also more harder.I don't think that popping your knuckles makes them any bigger I am 11 and i have been popping my knuckles since i was 7. When you pop your fingers a gas (nitrogen?) is released and that is what makes the popping sound. Yes, I do have slightly larger knuckles than my friends its not even noticeable though. I have always had slightly larger knuckles though. also you feel immediate relief and you feel more supple. I also pop my neck and back.
Do you damage the cartilage in your knuckles when you crack your knuckles?
No!
What if your finger hurts after popping fingers too much?
The noise when a finger joint pops is caused by cavitation of the fluid lubricating the joint. While this can cause temporary pain, it cannot cause any real damage to anything.Just give your fingers a rest and the pain will soon go away.
Will popping your fingers make them bigger?
know it just takes off the joint. But if you have big knuckles you will die in 3 days.
Do your fingers have knuckles?
No. They don't. your knuckles are where they should be... farther down your fingers... those are your only knuckles.
Does Knuckles have fingers?
Knuckles the Echidna has only three fingers because echidnas have connected fingers
And idea to stop cracking your fingers to prevent arthritis help?
Um, yeah hate to burst your bubble but that is completely untrue. But if your insistant just tape your fingers together THANKS FOR READING. KEEP THOSE KNUCKLES POPPING
Does popping your knuckles cause long term problems?
No it does not.
What is the popping sound when you ack you knuckles caused by?
It is caused by a gas being released from a part of your knuckles ;D
Will cracking your fingers will mess up your knuckles?
No. There is no evidence that cracking your knuckles or fingers will lead to any adverse consequence (not even arthritis).
Where are the knuckles located on the body?
Fingers & Toes
Why don't i have knuckles i have regular fingers but my knuckles on the bottom joint just are so small that they aren't seen so it looks like i have no knuckles please help?
It's a birth defect. My daughter has no pinky knuckles and no knuckle on her left ring finger. They are the very bottom knuckles, also her knuckles fingers are stunted slightly. Look closer at your fingers they may be abnormally short, but don't worry this just makes you awesome. :)
Can cracking your knuckles cause your fingers to go crooked?
No. Cracking the knuckles does not damage tot he joint.
Does cracking your knuckles wrinkle the skin on your knuckles?
Bending your fingers is a more likely reason that they are wrinkled.
Crack your knuckles?
The popping or crackling noise heard when "cracking your knuckles" is caused by synovial fluid filling the vacuum left by the joint's displacement.
