Does cracking joints(e.g.fingers) increase the risk of arthritis?!
Question: Cracking your knuckles/joints breaks the bursa sac that helps to lubricate and ease the movement of your joints. It does increase the risk of arthritis, but on such a small scale that its almost insignificant. You would have to crack your joints almost constantly to affect you. Factors such as genetics and lifestyle have a much greater effect on whether you will develop arthritis.
Answers: Cracking your knuckles/joints breaks the bursa sac that helps to lubricate and ease the movement of your joints. It does increase the risk of arthritis, but on such a small scale that its almost insignificant. You would have to crack your joints almost constantly to affect you. Factors such as genetics and lifestyle have a much greater effect on whether you will develop arthritis.
No, it does not cause arthritis. That is an old wives tale. Trust me---I have arthritis in my fingers, hands, wrists, and feet. I hardly ever popped my fingers. The sound you are hearing when you pop your fingers are the tiny pockets of air that are in your fingers. It does not cause arthritis.
Nope. That's a common health myth that people tell others to stop them cracking their knuckles! The "crack" is the oxygen between your joints being released when you press your knuckles. That's why, once you've cracked your knuckles, you can't do it again immediately - because there's no more oxygen there! :)