How many joints can you crack?

kfk75

How many joints can you crack and how? Pretty straight forward.

Here's my list, from top to bottom:

Jaw; by opening and pushing on joint at the same time
Neck; either by tilting my head either side, or by turning my head to full turn and pushing with my hand
Middle of my back; by pulling my shoulders back, or by lifting my arms and pulling them down whilst pulling my shoulders back (like the movement you'd do on the lat machine at the gym)
Elbows; by extending my arms quickly from bent to full lock out
Wrists; by pulling and twisting my hand whilst flexing the wrist
Hand (fleshy bit where the thumb meets the hand); by pressing on the fleshy bit of the hand next to the thumb and bending the thumb back
Fingers/Knuckles; everyone's favourite - by pressing the fingers down onto the hand at the knuckles, or by twisting the fingers individually at the joints
Lower back; by twisting my trunk at the waist
Ankles; by fully extending my foot and pushing it further either with my hand or the other foot
Toes; either by flexing the toes hard, or by pulling them individually at the joints

bod8

wow interesting post. It's basically 2 years since you posted this but i'll reply anyway lol

Neck
Back
Jaw
Knuckles
Toes
Elbows
Knees

Descriptions are practically identical to yours

MasterCracker

neck (7 cervical vertebrae)x2
Shoulder (several ways+ more than 1 joint on each side(bilateral or x2)
glenohumeral joint, and acromioclavicular A/C joint
Shoulder blade(scapulothoracic joint) x2
Mid spine/back (12 thoracic vertebrae) x 2, spinal rotation each side
Lower spine (5 lumbar vertebrae) some x 2, w hip rotation to each side
Elbow x 2
Wrist x 2
Finger (all knuckles)x2
Hand (carpals) only sometimes/ rarely x2
Hip x 2 for each side
Knees x2
Ankle x 2
Toe ( all knuckles) x 2
Foot ( tarsals) x 2

Sacroilliac joint? I 've read on this site that this joint can be cracked. It makes me wonder if I have been doing it with spinal extension/back bends. Every now and then a backbend will give me "the mother of all cracks' in my rear pelvic area right in the area of the SI joint. I always thought it was The lowest lumbar , which has one of the largest vertebrae that can be cracked. after reading about the SI joint thing I've been wondering if I've been cracking it right along. Any Chiropractors or any one else, out there know for sure?
Can you crack/manipulate the SI joint??

the only joints i've heard of cracking, that don't for me are
the jaw x2 (mine has poor ROM)
and the sternum x2 Sternoclavicular(S/C) joint(can't seem to figure it out)
anyone have a good stretch/move to crack the Sternoclavicular joints?

And there are technically dozens of other tiny joints throughout the body , neck, and spine that it would be truly hard to say wether or not they are cracking also. Joints such as Craniovertebral joints, and costovertebral joints are new information for me. In part because of this site,

THANKS JC, your the Man.

bod8

@MasterCracker:

neck (7 cervical vertebrae)x2
Shoulder (several ways+ more than 1 joint on each side(bilateral or x2)
glenohumeral joint, and acromioclavicular A/C joint
Shoulder blade(scapulothoracic joint) x2
Mid spine/back (12 thoracic vertebrae) x 2, spinal rotation each side
Lower spine (5 lumbar vertebrae) some x 2, w hip rotation to each side
Elbow x 2
Wrist x 2
Finger (all knuckles)x2
Hand (carpals) only sometimes/ rarely x2
Hip x 2 for each side
Knees x2
Ankle x 2
Toe ( all knuckles) x 2
Foot ( tarsals) x 2

Sacroilliac joint? I 've read on this site that this joint can be cracked. It makes me wonder if I have been doing it with spinal extension/back bends. Every now and then a backbend will give me "the mother of all cracks' in my rear pelvic area right in the area of the SI joint. I always thought it was The lowest lumbar , which has one of the largest vertebrae that can be cracked. after reading about the SI joint thing I've been wondering if I've been cracking it right along. Any Chiropractors or any one else, out there know for sure?
Can you crack/manipulate the SI joint??

the only joints i've heard of cracking, that don't for me are
the jaw x2 (mine has poor ROM)
and the sternum x2 Sternoclavicular(S/C) joint(can't seem to figure it out)
anyone have a good stretch/move to crack the Sternoclavicular joints?

And there are technically dozens of other tiny joints throughout the body , neck, and spine that it would be truly hard to say wether or not they are cracking also. Joints such as Craniovertebral joints, and costovertebral joints are new information for me. In part because of this site,

THANKS JC, your the Man.

wow that's quite a lot MasterCracker!

Blaze

A few but not as many as MC

Edit: Ah my bad didn't see it was MC

jinnon

What I usually do to crack my sternum is to inflate my chest as much as possible and lean backwards, it doesn't take a whole lot of force. I think that, like other joints, it helps if you stretch and keep it limber (though it is something that is strange to loosen up). If you want to be able to crack it, look into some yoga or contortion (specifically frontbending).

Blaze

Hmmm that sounds a little dangerous.

MasterCracker

To a scaredy cat .

I do stretch often and am very flexible.
But no sternum cracks yet.
Thanks for the technique though.
I'll keep trying.

Blaze

Yes ok - a cautious scaredy cat who doesn't mind doing dangerous stupid things in real life.

bod8

@Blaze:

Yes ok - a cautious scaredy cat who doesn't mind doing dangerous stupid things in real life.

huh?

Blaze

Well on here MC said i was scared of cracking the sternum i think it was.

But in real life, i do dangerous things. Like when i went on holiday, i along with others, jumped off cliffs into the sea :lol:

bod8

@Blaze:

Well on here MC said i was scared of cracking the sternum i think it was.

But in real life, i do dangerous things. Like when i went on holiday, i along with others, jumped off cliffs into the sea :lol:

it was on the news that some people died from doing that!! :?

Ben

These ones:

Neck
Jaw
Back
Toes
Ankles
Hips
Fingers

Blaze

@bod8:

@Blaze:

Well on here MC said i was scared of cracking the sternum i think it was.

But in real life, i do dangerous things. Like when i went on holiday, i along with others, jumped off cliffs into the sea :lol:

it was on the news that some people died from doing that!! :?

For real?

It was in some place…..big surfing place and seaside etc and everyone was doing it so i did it too as where we were jumping into was not very deep or far into the sea. Kind of an enclosed space.

However one muppet jumped and his knee was so far out that he nearly smashed his leg on this rock and could have shattered it.