Do you crack your knuckles?

[ONE BAD OMEN]

I have been cracking my knuckles, toes, elbows, knees, back, and neck for about 7 years now. I've tried to quit doing it, but I've been doing it for so long that I subconsciously crack everything without even realizing it half of the time. If I don't crack my elbows for a day then the pressure builds up and when I finally do pop my elbow it makes a very loud noise. I would imagine that it's harder to quit than smoking (I don't smoke... cigarettes anyways) because no matter how bad your smoking addiction is - it's still possible to quit if there are no cigarettes around to smoke. That's not the case with cracking your knuckles because they're always in front of you no matter what.

Who else cracks their bones (or used to)?

[Kopkiwi]

I crack my neck and back, feels so good.

Also click my wrist and that's now stuffed, along with my right shoulder, which now because of the clicking needs complete reconstruction, awesome!!

[Kopkiwi]

I crack my neck and back, feels so good.

Also click my wrist and that's now stuffed, along with my right shoulder, which now because of the clicking needs complete reconstruction, awesome!!

[The_Joker]

Used to crack my knuckles all the time but eventually managed to stop as I new that wasn't good for em. If your trying to stop then my advice is stop slowly, gradually stop cracking your knuckles and you will eventually be able to stop altogether.

[SoDev]

I do, too much, too many places... reading this is like... cause it's not good.

And no, not many addictions are harder than stopping smoking cigarettes, so don't ever start!

[metalhead]

Yeah I only crack my knuckles or my back. I find that cracking my back feels really good.

[Thorzilla]

Well, I think that cracking your fists, your back or your neck every once in a while is a great way to relieve stress, but I don't do it too often because I think it might be bad.

[bobabooy?]

I do and I dont see what is wrong or bad about doing it..

[Shaunyac]

If you do it too often its supposed to give you Arthritis.

[UberNerD20]

i do, and as i seen this thread i cracked them just to see if they would crack, damn yous.

[sn818]

I crack my back and fingers regularly. Can't stop

[Husker86]

I do all the time. I love cracking my back, but can only really do it when I'm in a chair with a low back rest. I actually snapped one of the chairs in one of my classes a year or so ago...I've learned that those chairs are not made to support back crackers.

[MiThRaZoR]

If you do it too often its supposed to give you Arthritis.

I dare Arthritis to catch me.

[Jaeger]

I crack my knuckles from time to time, but I don't really notice I'm doing it. It's more of a subconcious thing, really.

[the_End]

I crack my toes, ankles, knuckles, neck, back, elbows, wrists, and shoulders. However, I don't crack my neck, wrists, ankles, and elbows as much if not at all anymore.

[ONE BAD OMEN]

I probably crack my knuckles AT LEAST 3 times a day.

(3 times a day) * (365 days a year) * (About 7 years) = 7,665 times I've cracked each knuckle... and my fingers still work!

[DarkVincent07]

I crack my knucles somtimes, the way they do it on DBZ, hand over the over adn push the palm. lol
I also crack my neck often, and back and ankles sometimes.

When i hug my girlfriend tight i crack her back up to 5 times in one go,l she says it feels good, so i think im doing her a favor. lol

[Tyrien]

I used to but somehow made myself stop doing it. It sort of hurts a little to do it now.

[boogernose]

I crack my knuckles 100 times a day if not more. Sometimes I'll catch myself doing it every 15 minutes or so.. it's scary!

Things that crack but less frequently: back, neck, wrists, knees.. oh, and elbows.

[mickice]

I do it all the time, it's always good to crack your fingers before a long Guitar Hero session.
I don't force my fingers to crack, I just wait a little bit and bam they crack so easily.

[Treefrog]

My ankles crack all by them self when I'm walking, which can be really off putting some time. I do crack my knuckles and neck occasionally but i should really try to stop that.

[Tribunal]

Cracking ones back is full of nothing but win.

Sometimes right when I wake up the popping my neck also feels really good.

Fingers I do subconsciously. And the wrists only ever so often.

[kidd0218]

Ive been cracking my joints til I was about 9 or so. First discovered to crack my fingers was like heaven! Then I learned how to crack other joints as well.

For me the most satisfying stress relief by cracking is when you crack your back. Any type of crack is good as long it does not the harmful type, it is even more relaxing when you crack a few more from your back. Also the big toe on our foot is also one of those satisfying joints to crack, along with the ankle, and the neck.

[Xelis]

Pretty much every bone in my body cracks, I crack my fingers, toes, ankle, knees, back, neck, elbows, wrists, even my jaws starting to join in, that hurts though and mainly cracks in the morning when eating breakfast.

I've tried to stop but when you know you need to crack your knuckles or back it becomes seriously irritating.

Gamers probably do it most because I've noticed when I complete a level or something while waiting for a load I crack my knuckles in accomplishment waiting for the next bit.

[DINAMO788]

If you do it too often its supposed to give you Arthritis.

thats basically a myth since the popping sound comes from what i remember hearing is liquid buildup in between your joints and their either bubble up or just pop from the squeeze and need to form up again which is why you have to wait for the liquid to back up to pop them again. its not such a bad thing but it isn't good so there should be no reason to do it.

the only thing that i know is harmful is cracking your neck. im not talking about small cracks that you get with a little twist but if you have to actively use your hands to force a neck crack then that is harmful and should be stopped