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Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by wingworks »

earth-tattoo wrote: post #87
pcblues wrote: post #50

Any muscle, back and joint pain should first be met with mild strengthening, mild weight loss and mild exercise. It's like turning your computer off and on. Mostly the problems go away. Then check for other things :) Keep remembering to relax and move, from your fingers to your wrists and shoulders. And keep trying different set-ups and equipment if you can. There is a pretty magic set-up for most people. 30+ years m…

My lower back pain resolved automatically after I lost 15 kgs (100 to 85).

Same things for me, but I was already "normal" weight, but fixed my lower back pain was... exercising. Back exercises, not just walking. Go to a gym and get a plan made out.

You don't need to become the next hulk. If you sit all day, as you get older you can get away with less and less, at some point you need to start exercising (and not just 1 type, a range), your bones don't just hole up your body on their own, building muscle around them fixes a surprising amount of Aches and pains you get as you age.

Maybe it's just me but I always saw gym people are the crazy bodybuilder people, but in this modern day in age most people need some level of gym (a lot of it you can do at home too with minimal gear).

*Talking to people sedentary lower back pain people.

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by NotAstroturfin »

mpalczewski wrote: post #129
NotAstroturfin wrote: post #113

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unsure why we're forgetting some kids do things even more when told it's annoying.

Leverage, consequences and assertiveness are far better skills to learn when dealing with people including children rather than lies, shame and guilt.

Some things become too annoying to want to have the same talk about & deal with too many times, I'm sure you've had that, doesn't make you non-assertive.

it's not unfathomable that someone gave up at their 20th time to come up with such a scheme in the story about storymaking that you figured happened

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by NotAstroturfin »

ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #121
NotAstroturfin wrote: post #113

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unsure why we're forgetting some kids do things even more when told it's annoying.

Because kids never had monopoly on violence in this relationship, their parents did

so then never give up on telling them to do that thing that annoys you directly, and you're likely non-assertive if you figure a different way is more immediately effective to get your way, this is a funny conversation

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by DANmode »

hasley wrote: post #117
DANmode wrote: post #102

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Gas buildup, is the best theory I’ve read.

I am not doubting the theory of the gas getting out of the liquid. I was just referring to the "urge" to crack my fingers. I thought, maybe this instant relaxation (with additional auditive feedback) results in an addiction which creates or increases my urge to crack.

Why do you burp? There’s gas pressure - it wants out.

Don’t overthink it! =]

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by arcfour »

AngryData wrote: post #119
arcfour wrote: post #60

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> They are mostly just practicing physical therapy without a medical license Oh, well as long as they're only practicing medicine without a license, I suppose that's okay then...

It is when it is the only medical care these people can afford.

I'm sorry, but going to a quack doctor is not medical care, much like McDonald burgers would not be a healthy meal regardless of whether or not that's all you can afford.

Except at least in the McDonald's case you have to eat food to survive, so you may not have a choice. You don't have to go to a chiropractor to survive, so it's better to not go there at all than it is to go and receive possibly dangerous treatment from a con artist.

Remember, there is no science behind what they do. They don't know if they're going to hurt or paralyze you because they never went to medical school!!

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by KayEss »

ButlerianJihad wrote: post #83

Cracking one's knuckles has been a thing that men do, that is: only a minority of women would be engaging in this, but men would pick it up in groups and it would become a custom. And of course, boys at a younger age would emulate the elder men, and so you had boys cracking their knuckles, and doing it at home, in front of their sisters and their mothers, and doing it in school in front of their teachers. And it is a…

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Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by ShinyLeftPad »

NotAstroturfin wrote: post #134
ShinyLeftPad wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because kids never had monopoly on violence in this relationship, their parents did

so then never give up on telling them to do that thing that annoys you directly, and you're likely non-assertive if you figure a different way is more immediately effective to get your way, this is a funny conversation

sorry can't parse your suggestion or see relevance

Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?

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Post by mft_ »

sheepolog wrote: post #96
mft_ wrote: post #71

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Everyone’s anatomy is different: wrist rests give me significant wrist pain and stiffness in minutes. I either need my wrists a touch lower than the keyboard (I’m okay resting on the desk if the keyboard is thin) or I must hold them elevated without resting them at all (if the keyboard thicker) which always makes me feel like an old-fashioned typist :)

That's interesting! I'm curious to know: is there a bend in your wrist while typing (either with or without the wrist rest)? Also, are your arms parallel to the floor? Also also, do you rest your elbows on anything?

The typical position seems to be that my elbows are just off the edge of the table/desk, my forearms just distal to my elbows rest on the edge of the table, and my wrists and hands are suspended slightly to be able to move freely to type. My forearms and wrists like to be straight, and I use keyboards without extending their rear legs so that they're as flat as possible. There's a slight angle between the table/floor and my forearms, sloping up from the edge of the table to a point just above the keyboard.
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