I thought you were only supposed to be able to crack these things once every minute or so... I can crack my ankle continuously, my neck nearly all the time and my knuckles almost continuously...

It is like a stress reliever I guess, but I don't do it around people because I'm sure it could get annoying.

Free thread I guess...

[Edited on July 21, 2009 at 1:21 AM. Reason : holy shit, I'm over 30,000... FML]

7/21/2009 1:21:01 AM

free thread ITT

7/21/2009 1:22:23 AM

7/21/2009 1:23:16 AM

takes me an hour or like 30 mins at least to pop my knuckles. prolly could pop my back like 4 times a day if i felt like it but usually only get 1 or 2

7/21/2009 1:24:02 AM

isn't popping things bad for you? or is that another one of those myths.

7/21/2009 1:25:30 AM

I just popped everything I could: ankles, knuckles, neck, back, wrists, toes.

7/21/2009 1:26:03 AM

I don't know, but I have a feeling my back and neck is all out of whack. I have a pinched nerve that makes it so I can hardly move my head if I lay at a certain angle. Shit sucks and only feels better when I crack my neck.

7/21/2009 1:27:07 AM

well done

7/21/2009 1:27:13 AM

I can crack my butt

7/21/2009 1:27:48 AM

I cracked my head open when I was little...got them stitches, not the lol variety

7/21/2009 1:28:44 AM

i think its a myth. i've talked to ppl that say its true but part of me thinks the person just was one of the unfortunate ppl that gets it

7/21/2009 1:31:14 AM

^agreed

7/21/2009 1:31:38 AM

Alzheimer's or lung cancer are probably the 2 diseases i can't really get upset if i get. anything else and i got a legit reason to say "why me"

7/21/2009 1:34:14 AM

Quote :

"isn't popping things bad for you? or is that another one of those myths."

it is indeed bad for you, though not in the way people tend to think. most people claim that it will give you arthritis, which it does not. however, it decreases your grip strength by making your joints hyperflexible.


/the more you know

7/21/2009 1:43:34 AM

hm that is really interesting. u got a wiki link to back that up?

[Edited on July 21, 2009 at 1:44 AM. Reason : as i pop my knuckles]

7/21/2009 1:44:12 AM

When I try to grip something really hard my knuckles crack. Sad, sad irony.

7/21/2009 1:44:56 AM

^^neg, read it in an article by a physiologist

7/21/2009 1:46:34 AM

how has mythbusters not tested this one? can't you send in suggestions?

7/21/2009 1:48:50 AM

Neck Cracking Raises Stroke Risk

http://www.webmd.com/stroke/news/20030512/neck-cracking-raises-stroke-risk

7/21/2009 3:11:00 AM

I was always lead to believe that it was because each time you do that you release a bit of fluid from your joint (whatever you cracked). My friend cracks everything including her neck. It freaks me out.

7/21/2009 3:29:30 AM