DON'T CRACK YOUR KNUCKLES!!!

Bugler997 · 07-19-2005, 07:55 PM

I recently found out that I might, in a few years, need surgery on my left middle finger, to remove a ganglion/cyst. I don't know if it's from cracking my knuckles, but it may be.

So all that crap your parents told you about not cracking knuckles might be true after all. So please do everyone a favor and leave them alone.

FlugelFlyer · 07-19-2005, 09:37 PM

Heh, I've conciously cracked my knuckles less than 100 times in my life, and my fingers (minus the two permanently jammed ones from basketball) are the only things that aren't with some sort of pain in my body.

Tootsall · 07-19-2005, 09:51 PM

My wife never cracked her knuckles but she gets ganglia relatively frequently. I, on the other hand (pun?) can crack my knuckles literally with one hand behind my back (press fingertips against palm of hand). I've never had a ganglion.

All generalisations are dangerous.

trickg · 07-19-2005, 10:19 PM

I've been cracking my knuckles since the second or third grade so that's about 25-26 years. No ganglion cysts yet.

silverstar · 07-19-2005, 11:25 PM

I've been cracking my knuckles since 3rd grade...

I've tried to stop, but if I don't crack them, my fingers get stiff and uncomfortable.

Lara

trumpet blower88 · 07-20-2005, 12:59 AM

I can't crack my knuckels... they just don't do it, I don't get it...

alanbach · 07-20-2005, 02:54 AM

Check this link out http://science.howstuffworks.com/question437.htm

W Scott · 07-20-2005, 10:29 AM

Yeah, my mom was always telling me how I'd get arthritits from cracking my knuckles. Well, I'm 44 and don't have any arthritis. Ditto for loss of grip strength as I can still bend the heck out of a tin can...........

jcstites · 07-20-2005, 01:09 PM

I crack my knuckles everyday. I can crack them 24/7. All i have to do is squeeze them into a fist the right way and the index and middle fingers pop. Not quite as loud as the regualr way, but its kinda wierd.

Maybe im jstu a freak? who knows, lol.

Tootsall · 07-20-2005, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jcstites

All i have to do is squeeze them into a fist the right way and the index and middle fingers pop. Not quite as loud as the regualr way, but its kinda wierd.

That's what I do. I think it's the first knuckle on the middle finger that pops... both when pressure is applied and when it is relieved. I can repeat it "ad nauseum" (especially for those around me!) So I don't think it's the fluid "cavitating" (the only thing that cavitates is my stomach... when I'm hungry) but perhaps a ligament being stretched and "popping" in and out of place. Can do it with both hands.

07-19-2005, 07:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bugler997 Pianissimo User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: VA Brand: Yamaha / Monette Posts: 95	DON'T CRACK YOUR KNUCKLES!!! I recently found out that I might, in a few years, need surgery on my left middle finger, to remove a ganglion/cyst. I don't know if it's from cracking my knuckles, but it may be. So all that crap your parents told you about not cracking knuckles might be true after all. So please do everyone a favor and leave them alone.
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FlugelFlyer Piano User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Palos Park, IL Brand: Bach Posts: 320	Heh, I've conciously cracked my knuckles less than 100 times in my life, and my fingers (minus the two permanently jammed ones from basketball) are the only things that aren't with some sort of pain in my body.
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07-19-2005, 10:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
trickg Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland Posts: 2,054	I've been cracking my knuckles since the second or third grade so that's about 25-26 years. No ganglion cysts yet.
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silverstar Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa City, IA Brand: Eclipse Posts: 887	I've been cracking my knuckles since 3rd grade... I've tried to stop, but if I don't crack them, my fingers get stiff and uncomfortable. Lara
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trumpet blower88 Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Brand: Kanstul Posts: 644	I can't crack my knuckels... they just don't do it, I don't get it...
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07-19-2005, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tootsall Fortissimo User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yee HAW! Posts: 4,641	My wife never cracked her knuckles but she gets ganglia relatively frequently. I, on the other hand (pun?) can crack my knuckles literally with one hand behind my back (press fingertips against palm of hand). I've never had a ganglion. All generalisations are dangerous.

07-20-2005, 02:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
alanbach Pianissimo User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: South Wales U.K. Posts: 159	Check this link out http://science.howstuffworks.com/question437.htm
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07-20-2005, 10:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
W Scott Piano User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Carson City, NV. Posts: 490	Yeah, my mom was always telling me how I'd get arthritits from cracking my knuckles. Well, I'm 44 and don't have any arthritis. Ditto for loss of grip strength as I can still bend the heck out of a tin can...........
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07-20-2005, 01:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
jcstites Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 736	I crack my knuckles everyday. I can crack them 24/7. All i have to do is squeeze them into a fist the right way and the index and middle fingers pop. Not quite as loud as the regualr way, but its kinda wierd. Maybe im jstu a freak? who knows, lol.
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