I used to a lot, but I eventually gave up that habit, although I do it unintentionally once in a while, while I am stretching.

Do you crack your knuckles?

Sometimes, though not often. I'll also do it unintentionally when stretching sometimes.

Ya I do most of the time. I just sit there and if my knuckles hurt then I will crack them. Though if they do not I will not crack them.

Only when my knuckles feel uneasy or numb that's when I want to crack them.

Yeah, I crack them a lot. I really don't know why.

She may have crooked fingers, but it is not due to popping knuckles. The bent up fingers she is talking about is likely Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is painful and can disfigure your hands. But the cause of this is not actually known. It is known it is not due to popping knuckles. The current suspected causes are a virus, fungi, or bacteria. It is also suspected to be inheritable. But it is a misconception that popping knuckles damages your joints or causes any kind of arthritis. All it is is the gas built up within the synovial fluid in your joints being released from the pressure. But there has actually only been one PUBLISHED study on joint popping. No connection was made between popping and arthritis. There was a tendency for knuckle poppers to have less grip strength, but that is the extent of it. There have been observed benefits of popping knuckles. It is often used as an effective way of loosening up to temporarily slightly increase joint mobility because the pressure within the joints is released. So don't worry about getting disfigured hands from Rheumatoid Arthritis. If you get it, it won't be from popping your knuckles.

Sometimes.i can sometimes do my neck too.i do it to annoy people,lol.

Yes, I occasionally crack my knuckles. I have no idea why, but I have found that it whenever they get tight/numb, cracking helps relax them.

Yep I do everyday.. heckk.. just while reading this I poped my knuckles and my neck lol =P

If I'm stretching, I can make small pops in all my joints sometimes, but I am in no way a hardcore knuckles cracker. It's kinda gross honestly... =|

Yeah, I do it all the time, but I guess I shouldn't, since I heard it makes your joints weaker when you do. x3

I will accidentally crack my knuckles once in a while, but no, I usually do not.

I use to crack my knuckles, until I was informed by my aunt who is a Nurse that cracking your knuckles can cause arthritis in the future. I stopped immediately!

Yeah i do a lot but my mom say's i shouldn't because you can get arthritis (have no idea how to spell) so i try not to

Yeah, I do it. Ever since I learned how, I just do it on occasion; usually if I'm bored or something. I heard that the arthritis is just a myth and there is no proof to back it up. I could be wrong on that though.

Yes sometimes I do tend to crack my knuckles sometimes. It's more of bad habit

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You don't have to worry about it. There really is no support behind the arthritis tale. It is just stipulation. There has only been one real published peer reviewed study on this topic, and it showed no connection on knuckle popping (refer to my first post here to get more detail on that study). So pop away