Cracking Joints = Bad?

[black_dust]

I can get my knuckles, fingers, elbows, shoulders, neck, back, penis, knee, foot, ankle and toes.

Generally, when I'm getting ready to seriously crack down and do some work [no pun intended], I have this weird tick where, I interlace my fingers and crack then towards me, then I ball up my hands like I'm making a fist to crack my knuckles, stretch my arms out to crack my shoulders and elbows, and then I crack my neck.

Basically same here, cant say i can do my penis but if i squeeze my legs around something i can crack what i could only imagine to be my pelvis

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

Oh,yeah. I totally forgot I can crack my elbows as well. I think in 2ns grade, I cracked my left wrist really bad cuz it felt good afterwards but I dunno... I Still kinda can though.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I can get my knuckles, fingers, elbows, shoulders, neck, back, penis, knee, foot, ankle and toes.

Generally, when I'm getting ready to seriously crack down and do some work [no pun intended], I have this weird tick where, I interlace my fingers and crack then towards me, then I ball up my hands like I'm making a fist to crack my knuckles, stretch my arms out to crack my shoulders and elbows, and then I crack my neck.

Like right before you're about to kick some guy's ass?

 

[Warhammer]

Hah, bones aren't supposed to be cracked.

The joints are the other hand.

Y'all knew what I meant.

 

[Warhammer]

So I've come to the conclusion that cracking is not bad?
Just air bubbles?

OK.

 

[Drakon]

Like right before you're about to kick some guy's ass?

Hah. No. Last time I had to get physical with some joker, it ended horribly for him. He decided to charge me on my right side, since that's the side with the fake leg. Well, I saw him with my peripheral [sp?] vision, and decided to let him take me down. But what I did was I grabbed my pant leg and pulled my leg up, so that he'd come face first into the wooden shin. When we fell down, I ended up rolling to the left to dodge him landing fully on top of me, and punched him in the back of the head, and held his arms in a butterfly lock until the guy who owned the house threw his ass out. [Butterfly Lock was something I mastered back when I was doing that backyard wrestling crap].

He ended up losing his temper, his left front tooth, his dignigty for getting his ass beat by a cripple, and his woman, and all I lost was my balance.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

He decided to charge me on my right side, since that's the side with the fake leg.

Lol, what an ass****, hahaha.

 

[Drakon]

That's not even what makes him the ass****. He was getting pissed at me because "I was messing with his wife". She had never even met the dude before that night [she came with her sister who was dating my guitarist and her boyfriend], and secondly, the girl came up to me after our last set, it wasn't like I was actively trying to persue her or anything.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

did you nail her afterwards?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

cracking bones... is bad... cracking joints.. no... the popping you hear is a build up of carbon dioxide in your joints... its an old wives tale that it gives you arthrihtus when in fact doctors will say the same thing... hell chiropractors make a living out of it... they crack your back to re-allign it... and in many cases thats what the cracking actually does

 

[Drakon]

Nah, we got hot and heavy, but I didn't bother taking her to home base.

 

[Warhammer]

cracking bones... is bad... cracking joints.. no... the popping you hear is a build up of carbon dioxide in your joints... its an old wives tale that it gives you arthrihtus when in fact doctors will say the same thing... hell chiropractors make a living out of it... they crack your back to re-allign it... and in many cases thats what the cracking actually does

Ok, Drakon, may you change the title of the thread to "Cracking Joints = Bad?"

Cool summary, spideyboy.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Ok, Drakon, may you change the title of the thread to "Cracking Joints = Bad?"

Cool summary, spideyboy.

Thanks and no prob... I've got alot of useless knowledge in my head.. its always good to actually put it to use t:

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Thanks and no prob... I've got alot of useless knowledge in my head.. its always good to actually put it to use t:

Well, who died and made you smart?

Nah, cool story man.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Well, who died and made you smart?

Nah, cool story man.

shh.... I'm really Layla Miller

 

[Lurk]

I've been told that cracking/popping is good as long as it isn't forced. For instance, if you sit with your back straight and twist, using the back of the chair for support and NOT to push beyond your natural flexibility, you should be okay. I had a bad crick in my back and wrenched on it to crack it - it popped, but a half hour later I couldn't stand up. Now I'm extremely careful to not put too much pressure on the joint. Most of the time now, I don't even need to push against something (using a chair, head against hand, knuckles against palm, etc.), I just need to flex the joint(s).

 

[Lurk]

Can anyone else pop the joints in their foot (not toes or ankles)? I guess it would be the joints of the metatarsals. I sorta bounce on the side of my foot and a joint on the inside behind my toes pops.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Lurk.... you don't sound to healthy.. lol all i say is if your joints are stiff... and feel they need cracked, then crack them... but don't destroy your joint by wanting to crack something that obviously doesnt want cracked at the time... if it wants cracked, it should be pretty easy to do so

 

[Cobblepot]

My knees crack all the time when I take a stroll.

 

[Eddie Brock]

My knees crack all the time when I take a stroll.

you need to oil those suckers up

 

[spideyboy_1111]

my ankles crack whenever i walk up stairs

 

[Eddie Brock]

ok guys, let's get crackin'

(i love cracking puns)

 

[Lurk]

Lurk.... you don't sound to healthy.. lol all i say is if your joints are stiff... and feel they need cracked, then crack them... but don't destroy your joint by wanting to crack something that obviously doesnt want cracked at the time... if it wants cracked, it should be pretty easy to do so

What doesn't sound healthy, besides the back wrenching which I said was bad? My whole point was to "not push beyond your natural flexibility" and hurt the joints like I did that one time with my back. I don't even crush my knuckles into my palm like most people do when they crack, I just flex my fingers in a fist. It's pretty obvious when a joint needs to be popped, it's just a matter of if you can work it out yourself or if you need a massage or alignment, or just some time. The only joints I usually have trouble with are right between my shoulder blades, but even those I can get if I flex and stretch the right muscles.

 

[The Punisher]

The only thing that craks is my back. It cracks most of the time. When I sit for a long time, and get up that's when it'll crack.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

What doesn't sound healthy, besides the back wrenching which I said was bad? My whole point was to "not push beyond your natural flexibility" and hurt the joints like I did that one time with my back. I don't even crush my knuckles into my palm like most people do when they crack, I just flex my fingers in a fist. It's pretty obvious when a joint needs to be popped, it's just a matter of if you can work it out yourself or if you need a massage or alignment, or just some time. The only joints I usually have trouble with are right between my shoulder blades, but even those I can get if I flex and stretch the right muscles.

i guess.. but cracking your foot wich really doesnt have any joints other then ankle and toes... sounds bad