Posts made by AquaLiz

sorry forgot i posted in this forum already…some delete this post, please?

Neck and back… bc out of all my cracking locations those are the only two that I need to do to keep me out of pain.

Not to me… but I really hate when I'm around someone who absolutely can't stand the sound...and then they yell at me for doing it. And I have to explain YET AGAIN that I can't help it...cause a lot of my cracking (fingers) is habitual and almost involunatary. I don't actually know I'm doing it anymore. lol

But I personally love cracking... it's so addicting haha.

I started with my knuckles years ago. I saw my dad do it and was jealous that I couldn't do it too…so I started pushing on my knuckles a lot and eventually they started cracking. It's an obsession now lol. Then I started on my big toes.

My knees have been cracking for years without me trying, as well as my ankle and wrist.

I started cracking my back in high school leaning against low-back chairs. After I injured my back falling down stairs (twice in a 3 year time period...I had JUST started feeling better from the first injury and then BAM I bruise my tailbone and cause MORE back pain) and had to leave my chiropractor due to insurance reasons I self-taught myself how to crack other areas of my back that weren't being reached by using the chair back method. My entire back cracks now (upper more than lower, but most of my pain is now in the lower so I wish it cracked more often)

My neck cracking started just shortly after I started with the heavy back cracking. My neck gets really tight and stiff these days, and cracking helps loads. I never used to like neck cracking, the sound creeped me out - I just never realized how WOW it is lol.

Can't do any of it lol …and i've been cracking my joints (knuckles, especially) for MANY years.

LOL for me the big toe and little toe are the easiest. The other three are the harder ones.

LOL half the time I can't even get one, let alone four.

I find it cracks easiest when I've been sitting at the desks of my college for too long … but those things are HORRIBLE so it makes sense.
I'll have to try the shower thing.

I still think it'd probably cause long term issues eventually…even if you're not doing it all the time, I usually can't avoid doing it at least a few times a day, particulary since I'm becoming a neck crack addict and I have to roll it to crack it lol.

LOL cracking isn't weird… though I know a few people who squirm if I do it in front of them. I know, it's like nails on chalkboard to some people - I used to squirm when people crack their own necks, and honestly I still do even though I crack my own. I guess my own cracks don't sound as bad to me as they do to others...

Anyway, I have to try this - it sounds interesting. LOL

My elbows go a lot on their own, I never intentionally crack them - same with my knees.

Not right away, but in the long run?

Well, think about the damage that could be done in the long run if your vertebrae are constantly rubbing against each other. Would probably cause irritation and general wear. I'd imagine arthritis would be a big concern.

And so can good doctors, and good dentists, and any other "good" health care providers you can name. Just because mistakes can be made doesn't make an entire practice dangerous.

Not speaking of any hand injury here, because my knuckle cracking started basically because I was curious how it was done one day and boom…been doing it ever since.
But my back and my neck are the direct result of my injury - a fall down the stairs three years ago where I ended up with a vertebral subluxation. That's when the back cracking started, b/c it does tend to help the discomfort. As for the neck, it started getting stiff like a year to a year and a half ago, but I only started cracking it I think...this summer.

Can be. Depends on where you go, and what is done. Obviously you would have to choose your chiropractor wisely and pay close attention to what he/she's doing. Also would depend on what you're being treated for. Obviously there are going to be some chiropractors who treat you for everything when it's not really necassary. Which goes back to the paying attention thing.

I did a bit of research:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Neck-Injury-2727/clicking-base-skull-head.htm

Makes sense to me;

I never let him crack my neck…that was when I was still a bit grossed out by the idea and I didn't even do it on my own. He did a thing called step ladder instead. It was basically just tugging on the neck to loosen it up, though it was a bit uncomfortable. I never felt any difference in tension afterwards so I don't know what effect it actually had but whatev. The cracking of the area where it was directly injured was what really did wonders.

LOL I told you, that's what's in my signature box. Go into your profile editing area. There's a spot for sig. I'm going to put a quote there eventually but I haven't found one yet. Hence under construction.

Anyway - I wouldn't consider nose cracking…that kinda creeps me out, actually. LOL

No, that's where my subluxation is.