Comments on: Is it unhealthy to crack my back/neck/fingers/anything else? http://treatingarthritis.info/18250/is-it-unhealthy-to-crack-my-backneckfingersanything-else/ Arthritis Treatment and Cures! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:49:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Helios http://treatingarthritis.info/18250/is-it-unhealthy-to-crack-my-backneckfingersanything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-8059 Helios Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:27:18 +0000 #comment-8059 No - it's fun and won't hurt you. The Old Wives (or Husbands) Tales are based on pleasure. If something feels good - THEN it just has to be bad for you!! If something is fun then it's a sin. It's great when you can snapple your bapple like that - although it does tend to drive some people nuts - so you just have to do it when you have company who loves the sound. No – it’s fun and won’t hurt you. The Ancient Wives (or Husbands) Tales are based on pleasure. If something feels excellent – THEN it just has to be terrible for you!! If something is fun then it’s a sin.

It’s fantastic when you can snapple your bapple like that – although it does tend to drive some people nuts – so you just have to do it when you have company who likes the sound.

]]> By: Repeat the Question http://treatingarthritis.info/18250/is-it-unhealthy-to-crack-my-backneckfingersanything-else/comment-page-1/#comment-8058 Repeat the Question Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:19 +0000 #comment-8058 Cracking your whatever is just releasing carbon dioxide from the joint. I believe that there aren't any exact correlations to arthritis. BUT you are stretching your tendons to a certain length and could possibly sprain your joint. In the end, it is considered harmless. Just try not to over do it. Also, I realize that your source is a fitness/trainer type person, but cracking a joint is not an indicator of joint flexibility. Cracking your whatever is just releasing carbon dioxide from the joint.

I judge that there aren’t any exact correlations to arthritis. BUT you are stretching your tendons to a certain length and could possibly sprain your joint.

In the end, it is considered harmless. Just try not to over do it.

Also, I realize that your source is a fitness/trainer type person, but cracking a joint is not an indicator of joint flexibility.

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