Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
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Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#2TL,DR: No, unless you're doing it so hard that you're straining your joints. But don't crack your neck.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#3TL,DR: No, unless you're doing it so hard that you're straining your joints. But don't crack your neck.
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Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#4This 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.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#5Not in my house. It's annoying.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#6TL,DR: No, unless you're doing it so hard that you're straining your joints. But don't crack your neck.
> don't crack your neck
The article makes a point to mention specifically that excessive/forceful neck cracking can be dangerous, but then switches to just "Cracking your own neck is not recommended"... but to me it sounds like they're referring more to the forceful kind, such as the manipulations on youtube they reference.
I suppose it's like asking people to stop using q-tips... they're probably not going to, and the amount of people accidentally injured from either seems to be quite low.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#7Not in my house. It's annoying.
I have bad news for you about what happens your joints as you get older
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#8This 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.
If a chiropractor could adjust something by pushing on your bone, imagine what tripping and falling would do.
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#9Betteridge says?
Re: Should you stop cracking your knuckles?
#10This 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 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.