Comptine
Jan 6 2009, 01:42 AM
..ing different joints in my body. =)
How many of you this bad habit? I crack my neck, back, and knuckles the most. I am not a very dainty lady.
Rachel
Jan 6 2009, 02:52 AM
Gross no, and I despise when others do it around me. It sounds disgusting.
IVIike
Jan 6 2009, 12:30 PM
I used to, but now I get grossed out... especially when other people do it
Slightly
Jan 6 2009, 12:45 PM
I do it. My toes, my neck, my back and my fingers. Sometimes I do my ankles.
I know I'll regret it in about 20 years, but it's a habit.
salcha4u
Jan 7 2009, 01:54 AM
Just my neck cause it looks badazzzzz.
Can't stop ):
hi-C
Jan 7 2009, 01:56 AM
My roomate and I used to have joint cracking contests.
IVIike
Jan 7 2009, 10:07 PM
QUOTE(salcha4u @ Jan 7 2009, 01:54 AM)

Just my neck cause it looks badazzzzz.
Can't stop ):
hahahaha well it's ok for the sake of being bad ass
karmakiller
Jan 8 2009, 12:17 AM
Not intentionally.
I used to have a nervous habit of cracking my knuckles, but I stopped that a few years ago.
Joanne
Jan 8 2009, 12:21 AM
QUOTE(Rachel @ Jan 5 2009, 11:52 PM)

Gross no, and I despise when others do it around me. It sounds disgusting.
This.
I don't know how to do it intentionally anyway. And I heard it's a recipe for disaster when you're older; the joints in your bones get all weak and loose and you'll just fall apart.
Gigi
Jan 8 2009, 01:25 AM
^ Urban myth!
And yes I do it, totally absentmindedly too. Blame my mom/brother for starting it.
KINGdinguhling
Jan 8 2009, 01:52 AM
this topic confused me, i refuse to reply!
brooklyneast05
Jan 8 2009, 02:06 AM
QUOTE(Rachel @ Jan 6 2009, 03:52 AM)

Gross no, and I despise when others do it around me. It sounds disgusting.
Reidar
Jan 8 2009, 02:51 AM
It does not degrade joint cartilage or anything of the like. One study concluded that it can lead to hand swelling and diminished grip strength, but the correlative evidence of it has been refuted. It's more likely that metacarpophalangeal joint laxity entails both knuckle cracking and impaired hand functions, which would mean that it isn't a causal effect.
Comptine
Jan 8 2009, 03:54 AM
^Yeah. When people reproach me, I always tell them science proved that false.
One thing I hate about cracking my knuckles is that my fingers aren't slim and pretty. It makes manicures look weird.
KINGdinguhling
Jan 8 2009, 04:55 AM
QUOTE(Reidar @ Jan 7 2009, 11:51 PM)

It does not degrade joint cartilage or anything of the like. One study concluded that it can lead to hand swelling and diminished grip strength, but the correlative evidence of it has been refuted. It's more likely that metacarpophalangeal joint laxity entails both knuckle cracking and impaired hand functions, which would mean that it isn't a causal effect.
you know, you couldve just said theres no long term damage. i was going to ask if it led to arthritis but thats out of the question
Reidar
Jan 8 2009, 05:03 AM
I could do a lot of things.
KINGdinguhling
Jan 8 2009, 05:13 AM
is that a sexual innuendo towards me? you are making me feel very uncomfortable
Reidar
Jan 8 2009, 07:10 AM
You sound like the kind of person who watches nature documentaries and gets antsy-pantsy when the male elk douses himself in urine to attract the female.
KINGdinguhling
Jan 8 2009, 03:51 PM
no thats my favorite part, in fact, i always loved R Kelly
salcha4u
Jan 9 2009, 02:58 AM
Hey Kevin does this sound familiar
QUOTE(Reidar @ Jan 8 2009, 04:10 AM)

You sound like the kind of person who watches nature documentaries
LOL
KINGdinguhling
Jan 9 2009, 03:36 AM
QUOTE(salcha4u @ Jan 8 2009, 11:58 PM)

Hey Kevin does this sound familiar
LOL
thats why i said
QUOTE(KINGdinguhling @ Jan 8 2009, 12:51 PM)

no thats my favorite part
rofl SO SLOW
potatoface
Jan 12 2009, 04:59 PM
I thought this was about the 'CRACK' for some odd reason...
But I do crack sometimes... It's not intentional but,, it's somewhat natural thing for me now because I do it everyday. It annoys my parents and some of my friends. Any way to stop this??
Eww
Jan 12 2009, 06:26 PM
Aw man I hate it so much. I think it's disgusting. My body always does it unintentionally. My knees crack, my neck cracks, my elbows and the part where like my thigh and pelvis connect? It's f*cking gross I hate it D:
But, I do occasionally crack my fingers and toes D:
Not too often though. Only when it feels really.. I don't know the word for it. But I'll do it when I feel that I should o_o.
ArjunaCapulong
Jan 12 2009, 07:37 PM
^ tight?
I personally never got what was so gross about cracking
superstitious
Jan 12 2009, 07:44 PM
I can't help it... must....crack.
KINGdinguhling
Jan 24 2009, 12:26 AM
i think the word crack sounds funny oll
gojira
Jan 24 2009, 12:55 AM
i love crack too.
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