I have this habitude of cracking my fingers, when i started it hurted but now i can do it easily..
Some people tell me not to do it cause they say it causes arthrytis (not correctly written i believe) but i read somewhere that it only fragilizes articulations
So discuss cracking fingers..=P Is it harmful, what does it do?

It's a big habit of mine. I do it regularly, and can even crack my right wrist. I've had to have my mom refute countless claims by relatives that "cracking your knuckles is bad for you." My mom is a nurse, and cracking them does nothing bad for you. All they are are little air pockets in your fingers. No problems to worry about.

Should ask google answers ...

Not only will you find answers to your question:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=121033

but also to questions like .. " Why does a fart sometimes smell and sometimes not? ":
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=392844

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yeah i searched google but all i found was explaining how fingers cracked

I heard it increases your chance of suffering from Arthritis later on, but I'm not sure how reliable this information is...

One thing I know is that it's quite annoying :S

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guess i learned the hard way.

quote:

Depending on your point of view, knuckle-popping sounds disgusting or cool. There is no evidence that cracking your knuckles inflames the joints and leads to arthritis. The cracking causes the bones to pull apart, forming a gas bubble and breaking the adhesive seal in the joint. Crack! About a quarter of the people in the U.S. crack their knuckles and might begin to lose their grip a little. Constant cracking can weaken the fingers.

http://my.webmd.com/content/article...stselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

oh damn..
seeing the pic i remembered one thing: does cracking distorts fingers? i mean, imagine your finger was streight, then with the cracking, it would turn direction after the finger node..

i crack things a lot. i think the knuckles on my fingers are fatter because of it. plus people find it disgusting. also, i dont know if this is coincidence but i seem to have the most problems with the joints that i crack the most.

I crack my fingers as well. I also crack my toes at times, and my knees, and my shoulders.

One of my fellow classmates were told by a nurse that it was ok to do it. So I have no idea where all this talking about that it's not good for you comes from...

i constantly crack my fingers, and I have since like 4th grade. I still don't have arthritus :P.


I also crack my toes, neck, ankles (ever since I broke em both), shoulder, chest (sometimes...its wierd), elbows, wrists....oh and on occasion my hip, that one feels sooooo damn cool.

i crack my back lots...

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