Not in my house. It's annoying.
I have bad news for you about what happens your joints as you get older
I am older. ;-)
Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
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Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a con like osteopathic "medicine". D.O. should be shunned and rejected because it's pretending to be legitimate and/or legitimized.
DOs are sorta weird in the US. They go to real medical school for 4 years like MDs and practice actual licensed medicine at the same level as an MD. They can even call themselves physicians. Non DO osteopaths are not trained with any sort of scientifically backed curriculum.
I have a cousin who is a DO (in the US). It seems like it's basically an out to get effectively an MD with a slightly lower bar for admission.
Once you're in the program, it's basically the same as an MD program, and then you go through residency programs on an equal basis with MDs.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#33This is good to read about, and nice that it has and research referenced. It's interesting to know that it's gas collapsing. And nothing to do with the bone rubbing. And it makes you wonder what chiropractors are actually doing when they're popping your back... It's probably not doing anything to help you with your pain. And it's probably not actually adjusting anything.
I have difficulty breathing sometimes but when bones were adjusted on my back, it was an instant relief, breathing like I have never experienced for a very long time that I almost forgot. Effortless and deep.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#34Bruce Lee cracked his knuckles a lot, and he died in his 30s. He was in great shape too. But I think it's mostly just escaping gases. Edit: ^ is my way of asking why this is on HN, which I never do, cause then someone could ask the same about me.
Yup. Bruce Lee drank water. He died. Anyone who drinks water will eventually die. It's a fact.
You know, water is basically made up of rocket fuel. And they put it in our kids' schools.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
If a chiropractor could adjust something by pushing on your bone, imagine what tripping and falling would do.
Tripping and falling can mess you up for a long time. And I don't mean broken bones.
Just tripping a bit messed up my SI joint pretty bad a few years back. It didn't even seem serious at the time, just a bit of a stumble off of the curb, but the next day I could barely get out of bed and was in pretty serious pain for several days. Couldn't go up stairs and had a tough time getting my pants on. Still acts up sometimes.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recommend reading up on the actual history of chiropractic ... I've seen articles that seem to make it clear that it was long con right from the start. I acknowledge that this is not the only view on the history.
Its a con that is trying very hard to become legitimate. Chiros started as a scam, continued as a scam, and are now a widely accepted scam. The legit work they do is often just physical therapy. Just go to a physical therapist.
Its such a scam that professional sports teams all hire chiropractors to work on the bodies they invest millions of dollars into each year.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its a con that is trying very hard to become legitimate. Chiros started as a scam, continued as a scam, and are now a widely accepted scam. The legit work they do is often just physical therapy. Just go to a physical therapist.
Its such a scam that professional sports teams all hire chiropractors to work on the bodies they invest millions of dollars into each year.
none of us is as dumb as all of us...
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#38Not in my house. It's annoying.
Sorry to see the down votes you are getting. I am an inveterate knuckle-cracker, but I very much understand that a subset of people find it unpleasant and irritating to hear.
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#39This is a bit weird, but I started getting mild wrist pain from computer use in college, and I credit two things with reversing it. One was rock climbing which strengthened my forearms and wrists, and the other was developing a habit of cracking my wrist joints. I stopped rock climbing many years ago but I continue to crack my wrists to this day. The habit causes me to flex and stretch my wrists every so often while I'm working and I really think that has helped prevent the development of repetitive strain injuries from mouse and keyboard use.
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#40Really BBC ?