Do you crack your knuckles? Options

[markmejia]

I used to always do it for a while, cause I thought it made me look cool. But I stopped cause I got paranoid of getting arthritis from it in the future.

So do you crack your knuckles all the time? Is it really bad for your joints?

[*Steven*]

I crack my ankles, toes, knees, back, elbow, neck, fingers, thumbs repeatedly, wrists, and elbows. I used to crack my back in 3 different ways but now I only do it where I lean backwards, put my arms behind and push in while i lean back into it. I used to find a chair or something and turn to the right or left and pull to crack my back, but that turned out to be bad for my not so normal vertebrae that's got a fracture on it. I also used to pull my head forward to crack my upper back / neck more, but now I just tilt my head to the left or right to crack my neck that way. The way I was doing it got me a pinched nerve, which is no fun.