@samjones:

Thank you. hips are possibly my favourite joint to crack, they give a load deep, and almost unhuman crack, lol

Mine also! Thanks for your input…

Please join! You will be amazed with the amount of support…

About 5 years of more joint cracking "experience" prompted me to update my personal long time observations.

@Happy:

I have noticed that my distals (sp?) are more prone to clicking than cracking in cold weather… Warm weather seams to almost void all distal and mid joint cracking...

By distal joints you probably mean the terminal limb bones located at the tip of the digits (i.e. fingers and toes)? Quite advanced joint lingua! Yes warmth clearly has a positive effect on joints. Come to think of it I don't think I do ever (or very rarely) crack my distal finger joints, I only crack my metacarpals.

Hi! I crack my neck, "regenerating" about five or six times per day. My neck will crack about four to six times each side. I always thought this was bad, as told it was my spine, but now I'm beginning to think otherwise. Is this possibly really my neck? Thank you… P.s. I crack it from side-to-side.

@dj100:

@calciumphosphate:

unless its like minus 80, then you could probably crack a blood vessel.

lol

lol x2

Yeah, I can do it on my husband, but he can't figure out how to do it on me! He's scared he's going to break me, so all I get is a slow, exaggerated neck and shoulder stretch.

I scored 9 out of 9 and suffer enormously. I'm in constant agony and would like to know a good way to relieve it! X

Welcome, you're not alone. I used to drive my husband nuts with it, but we've been married 14 years now, and he's used to it.

@MasterCracker:

Massage Rules! […]
It can Definitely instigate cracking! This depends on the modality of course
you have better chances at cracking receiving Shiatsu or Thai massage
Than Swedish or Deep Tissue for instance
[…]
One of the best Cracks I've ever had was by a little older Thai lady
Some sort of spinal twist that got like 9 vertebrae at once
beautiful

I can wholeheartedly confirm that massages by Thai masseurs can intentionally induce cracks. The modality of the massage does not matter that much, the masseuse matters most!

I have the luxury of spending a few weeks in Thailand. In pretty much all full body Thai massages I have had, both finger and toe knuckles were explicitly cracked by pulling. The cracking procedure was clearly purposeful: It was repeated for each knuckle when necessary.

Today, I had a really unexpected massage which inclined me to post about it. I booked a one hour Swedish oil massage with an 40ish year old Thai lady. I'm pretty sure Swedish oil massages usually do not include purposeful cracking of your joints. But oh this one did!
My Thai lady did not only crack my finger and toe knuckles deliberately, she also cracked my neck by twisting both ways, my upper spine with my fingers interlocked behind my head and my lower and middle spine with a sophisticated spinal twist, again both ways. Each time I let go a series of loud cracks. I lost count how many vertebrae she cracked, it felt as if she got all of them. She wasn't surprised about my finger and toe knuckle crack sounds, but each spinal crack she was pretty shocked at the effect her procedure had on me, asking me each time if I was okay. I was.

She seemed very experienced, I felt really good after her "Swedish oil" message. 😛

Massages are very affordable in Thailand, so you will want to receive one pretty much every chance you get. While the full crack treatment feels very nice, I don't want this every day..
So for future full body massages by Thai masseuses (irregardless of full body massage modality) I might explicitly ask them to refrain from cracking all my joints, especially my neck. :roll:

Hm. me and my best friend tried this method the other night, and didnt seem to get our backs to crack.. :?:

I don't know what to do? I crack my back, neck, wrists, fingers, knuckles, ankles, toes, knees, elbows, groin..EVERYTHING! And I have no idea what to do to stop 😞 am I damaging my body long-term? someone help me, i am addicted to cracking! So glad i'm not the only one!