Posts made by carpal

i just got out of the habit of purposely cracking my jaw but now i'm doing it again :evil: i need to stop. has anyone had any serious injury from cracking their jaw? i'm mostly worried about possibly dislocating it.

@PlaidRetina:

Is this forum moderated? If so, I'm surprised that a moderator or admin hasn't stepped in because dj100 keeps putting this guy's name out there, even going as far as posting links to his Facebook page in another thread.

Without proof of the supposed incident, I can't see how this could be anything but harassment and slander. I'm shocked that the people behind this site would allow it.

uhh are you talking about me? or someone else? i don't have a facebook… and i'm a girl. :?

hey guys, thanks for all the replies. half a year later and i'm still cracking my wrists, especially the left one. i stopped for about a month completely, then started up again because i can't crack my jaw anymore - so now i'm just doing knuckles and my wrists exclusively… my wrists have been getting more attention just because they do it so frequently, i can't believe it... although i can't crack them in public because the way i manipulate them looks kind of weird, unlike my knuckles, haha.

the thing is, my knuckles NEVER hurt when i crack, i figure because i've been doing it so long. i still get that stinging pain but it's easier to handle now... and in a weird way i like it (like tinnamariee said)?! anyway, yeah, just an update.

hmm, my wrists crack the most out of all my joints actually. in fact what i usually do, will be just to sit at a desk or someplace where i'm able to rest my chin in my hand, and then just straighten my fingers out underneath my jaw and push my wrist inward (toward my face/jaw) and angle it upward a little bit. looks weird so i don't do it in public haha. i can crack it multiple times in under a minute, really big cracks too, it's amazing! the other wrist doesn't do it as loudly but it does it just as often. let me know if it works for you just as well.

lately when i move my right leg a certain way, such as getting up from sitting or climbing into a couch/bed to lay down, i get the weirdest crack in my leg. it's in the front, opposite the calf (i don't know what the front side of the bottom leg is called) and about halfway between my knee and my ankle. that area, right in the middle, cracks! it's so weird! it's a pretty loud crack and it kind of feels good but i don't know what joint i'm possibly cracking because nothing bends there. how does this happen?

my wrist has started to ache very badly. it also feels like the tendons/ligaments whatever are itchy. it has to be related to my cracking, it's driving me crazy. but i'm going to try to stop because i'm worried about how much more damage i could do, if this is only a month into it. i wish i had a cast or something to lock my wrist in place! it's going to be very difficult not to force that crack, it feels so good… but it causes a lot of pain at the same time. too bad

about a month ago i was cracking my knuckles (usually the only joints i crack) against my face, and i was surprised that it made my wrists crack! ever since then i've been manipulating them like that and they sing to me.

however, i feel like it's a bad obsession now, particularly with my left wrist. it will crack several times in just a few minutes if i bend it a certain way. the problem is, i think i'm over-cracking. it often hurts, a stinging deep pain. i know i should leave it alone but instead? i just make it crack more. it actually makes me shudder because the cracks are so loud and harsh. but i can't stop doing it! it's like a drug. i feel like i'm abusing my wrist though - should i be concerned about the pain?