Posts made by therma

I have always had migraines and they haven't gotten any worse since I started cracking.

YEah, it's made my fingers more flexible.

I like to push my shoulders back and together. It's not very loud, but it's quite satisfying.

Through this site, actually. I discovered it out of curiosity then tried some of the techniques I saw. I now crack my back, neck, knuckles, thumbs, toes, backs of my hands, knees, and shoulders(very loudly).

Sometime when I bend my fingers up with the middle joint bent to crack the middle joint, the back of my hand pops. It doesn't even seem to be a joint. Does anyone know how this might work?

I'm not sure. At one point I swore I would never crack my neck, but it's actually quite pleasant. Sternum sounds painful, but it probably isn't.

I'm just curious, does anyone have any ideas why joint cracking is generally considered to be disgusting? It can't be the sound alone, because for me most just sound like snapping fingers.

P.S. Also, which one do you use to gross people out intentionally? I use my thumb. I have to pull it and bend it at a weird angle and then it makes a sickening little pop.

every so often my big toes start hurting and I need to twist them to make them crack.

Let's see:
My neck only cracks on the right;
My right knuckles and thumb crack more often than my left;
My left shoulder is far louder than my right;
and my right toes crack better.

Which way do you like to crack your knuckles most?

For me, it's when sometimes my right index finger get's kind of stiff. I stretch the ligaments for a couple seconds, then push down. The base makes a loud pop, and it hurts and feels good at the same time.

8O No one else does this?

8O Aiming to stop? How dare you! My family hates it you, but I just ignore them when they tell me to stop. I go do it somewhere else or something…

This one guy can crack 512 joints. I can crack:

Both shoulders 2
Both thumbs 4
All knuckles closest to my wrist 12
Two middle knuckles 14
Neck in two places 16
Both knees 18
3 of my toes 21

Neck and a really nice knuckle crack, like when my finger is getting stiff but it won't crack, so I stretch it for a minute then push down really hard. That's the only time when I can actually say that it "hurts so good", at the risk of sounding cliche, but it does hurt and feel really good at the same time. Beats me how that's possible.

I can only crack my knees if they have been bent for 5 minutes+. Then I straighten them. Even then it isn't very loud.

Crap… mine gets stiff and needs to be cracked all the time. Like right now. pop

I'm surprised no-one has posted about cracking shoulders yet! When I do it it makes this really really loud pop(almost a POW if I haven't done it for a long time) and I can repeat it again within five minutes. I stick my arms straight out in front of my body, makes loose fists, lower them to about level with my belly button, then rotate my arms. Crack, snap, pop…