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bones stuff
well here goes.
Pretty much, my wrists "pop" alot. as does my neck, shoulder and fingers. I don't know why, i mean it doesn't hurt, but they just "pop" alot, and my neck does as well... I know why my wrists used to hurt but I don't know why they pop. my cousin told me not to pop them because it causes loosening of the joints and ligaments.. but I really don't know how to stop. I guess it's more of, I have a bad habit with poppiong my knuckles, wrists, thumbs, neck and shoulders, but it doesn't seem normal. Could someting bad result from this?
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I've been told by people my entire life to stop popping my knuckles. They say it leads to arthritis but I've since read articles that disprove such beliefs.
For me, it's a "chicken and egg" type question: which came first. I have Ehlers Danlos Disease (type 3 most probable) which is just hypermobility. I've popped all my joints for as long as I can remember. They hurt (ached) so I popped them and got relief.
So... are some people "self-medicating" an ailment by popping their joints, or does the popping itself cause the problems lol
Personally, I believe that popping is both good and bad. I think, with certain joints, overly stressing them by popping them can weaken the joint. I don't know if that is medically proven though.
I have no problems with my fingers (I pop all three joints of my fingers and my thumbs 2-3 times go figure lol) all the freagin time. They get achy at times, but they're more achy if I don't pop them.
My hips, however, are an entirely different matter. I don't pop them often. When I do, I sit with my knees side by side and my legs bent to the outside of my body and I just lean in one direction or another to pop them. Sometimes I cannot walk unless I can sit to pop the joint. The pain is unbearable if I don't.
My elbows will also start hurting BECAUSE I pop them, but only sometimes.
And don't get me started on my toes lol. I'm almost constantly popping my big toes. They cramp when I don't.
But again... the side effects I've mentioned: do I cause the pain by popping or would there be pain anyway and I'm merely relieving it?
Who knows lol
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My shoulder popped a lot ( if I moved wrong ) and I went to a orthopedic (sp?) Dr. He said if it keeps popping it loosens
I also used to crack my knuckles all the time and it hurt when I didn't crack them.. if you can get passed a day without cracking them they don't hurt anymore.
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I can understand that! I can pop my shoulder almost out of place. It looks freaky/cool lol and when I was a kid, I always had to gross people out by doing it.
As I got older, doing the trick caused lingering discomfort. I looked it up and discovered I'm weakening a socket (? or somesuch) and the more I do it, the worse it will get.
So I stopped.
But my shoulders never pop. I pop my joints even in my sleep. I couldn't go an hour let alone an entire day :O
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Cracking or popping your knuckles doesn't give you arthritus. It actually means you have good bones.
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Originally Posted by
Zhaylin
References lol ?
chiropractor that goes to my tai chi class
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very interesting... I would love to find that in print somewhere to show off to all mynagging relatives :D
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oh well thanks people. i need to try to not pop them for a whole day.. see what happens.. :P
