How do you crack your knuckles?

Answer 1

What's really happening when you "crack" your knuckles:

The noise you hear is actually the creating of small bubbles of nitrogen. This is an absolutely harmless thing to do despite all the "old wife's tales" to the contrary.

Answer 2

Cracking your knuckles is something you might do out of habit. Many people find the noise of it to be annoying. You stop cracking your knuckles as you would stop any other habit, by turning your attention to something else when you go to do it. With time, you should find that you are cracking your knuckles less and less.

Answer 3

Bits of cartilage are torn away every time you crack a joint. When you feel like you need to crack a part of your body you often dont crack the right place. The only reason you feel good is because there is a chemical release in the body that tells your brain "that feels good."

the effects of cracking joints are injury of the ligaments surrounding the joint or dislocation of the tendons ( attachments of muscles to bones) which improved with conservative treatment. also studies have been shown that people who crack their knuckles have reduced grip strength than people who dont.

Answer 4

first put your hands to where your fingers are crossing each other then push your palms down but keep your arm where it was. if this did not help then it means that your one of the people who will never be able to crack there knuckles or you are doing it wrong.

Answer 5

Small bubbles in your knuckles are filled with air, pulling them can release that air.