Lol :lol:

Well he made the competition lol and i don't think they can crack their 'crown jewels' :lol:

Well there are many stories if you look around.

The idea of people thinking of themselves as less because of jointcracking is wrong i feel.

!!!!!!!!!

I'm surprised when you walk you don't crack all the time!

That is a humongous list!

Really?

I got like 10 this morning. They like all crack at once on one side accumulating to about 5/6.

@Bigchrome:

New here :oops: Seems like everyone here actually likes the cracking they experience…but maybe that's because they are largely in control of it? My upper back and neck pop when I breathe in and it hurts like a b***h 😞 My wrists also crack and so does my jaw when I eat (sometimes pops fully out too) One of the worst though is my left shoulder...I have to keep it elevated constantly or it dislocates... I'm seeing a chiro and I've had xrays done (which showed that my back is badly damaged) but no one can actually help me. Curious to know if anyone is in the same boat?

That must be very painful with your shoulder

As kami said - i would suggest you get an x-ray too.

Wowwowweewa 8O

About when you crack your backs

I only crack it at school because that is where the chairs are that are the ideal for it.

I know what you mean.

I crack my neck too and you move your head to the side to get that click thats down far. It feels horrible if you fail.

Your neck starts to ache when you don't crack and when you move it feels like it is pulling and you just want to relieve that by cracking it.

@richworth:

HI all i'm currently in my final year at the european school of osteopathy and am mid way through my final research paper. i am searching for research my the medical profession in to a change in grip strength after finger cracking. if any of you know where there is some research i'd love to get hold of it. please let me know. thanks in advance for helping.

rich

Well i am 14 and i used to crack my fingers. It was my New Years Resolution to stop and i have successfully - i only succumb to the temptation when i am nervous. But when i used to wake up - i would have very little grip and i would crack to get feeling. Even after that it was still hard to.

Hope this helps - next to stop cracking, my neck

Blaze

I can't even get my knuckles to crack :? Push Pull Bend Nothing lol

Whats the easiest way to get your knuckels to crack? You all make it sound as though it feels so good

I agree joint cracking really does ease a lot of tension. I also agree at small, low doses it might be really therapeutical.

Personally, I toned down my joint cracking a LOT since I started this project and all. I feel much better about it.

I also do type a lot which is why I should invest in a decent ergonomic keyboard, too.

Jointpoppers eh? I just let these two terms do a google fight for fun. 😎

Here are the results:

Round 1
"joint cracking" vs. "joint popping"
And the winner is "joint cracking" with 3,160,000 results vs. 1,470,000 results.

Round 2
"jointcracker" vs. "jointpopper"
And the winner is "jointcracker" with 880 results vs. 461 results.

Round 3
"jointcrackers" vs. "jointpoppers"
And the winner is "jointcrackers" with 1360 results vs. 0 results.

Okay I admit, with the last one, I'm partially to blame. :lol:

There is no limit in the number of posts you are allowed to make. 😎 Bring it on! This site is here to stay. 🙂
I agree that joint cracking and posting are addicting.

Maybe posting about an addiction is even more addicting than posting usually is? :lol:

I also kinda stopped posting or slowed down at some forums I have been a regular on for the following reasons:

lost interest in the discussed topic resolved the problem/issue I intended to solve with the forum, thus
I achieved my goal for coming to the forum in the first place lack of time no more things to say

So of course you run out of thing to say at some point. Which is why you need new input and new ideas to write about.

Just check back regularly when you leave and maybe you'll find an interesting new post or idea to follow up on.

It is like that with my all favorite forums.

Glad you like the site. I am always open for ideas for improvement.
The site thrives from your invaluable posts.

I know what you mean about coworkers. I try very hard to avoid cracking at work for that reason unless I'm alone.

Once, though, in the middle of a meeting I was attending a lady cracked several of her knuckles one by one while making a comment. It certainly didn't bother me, but others were exchanging glances and I don't think her point got across very well. I suppose there's a time and place for everything!

Read the first post here.

I believe it is a bit of both. Cracking or rather streching the joints will create tense liagments which will cause uneasiness in the joints until you click them again and again and….
However, you are also much more likely to click joints when you are in physiological stress. The last 2 days I had high stress like that and threw my resolve to reduce cracking overboard. The worries I had were overshadowing the Joint cracking ones for this time so I couldn't bother being annoyed by them too.
It is kinda silly, but that's how it works I guess.

When you have cracked your joints for many years, llike I have, it will take a very long time to totally stop if ever.

Good news, it's been a few days of constant thumb cracking and the pain seems to have gone away. I suppose it was because I really upped the frequency of cracking (from only a few times a day to nearly every minute). On another note though, it tends to feel a little sore in the morning, but feels much better after a hot shower. Maybe warm/hot water helps with joint pains?

I just stumbled upon a post from IMA_FARANG at thaivisa.com which is a good match to the initial post in this thread:

I have been told by many busy-body types that my habit of clicking my joints (fingers, toes, etc) will cause me problems later "when I get older" since I was 12 years old. I am now almost 60, and I haven't seen the effects yet. For that reason I have to vote with the "no bad effects" side.
My understanding is that the click is simply a release of gas around the joints, and totally harmless. However, I expect their will be some expert on here who will tell me differently.

You would think somebody would have done a site like this earlier.
Thanks for starting it up.

I don't think that that cracking your knuckles would have caused them to get bigger. If that was the case my spine would be popping out of my back!

hello,

does anyone have major headaches from cracking the next….i have a headache all day and night.....anyone else have this problem...?

thank you