Nasty habit!!Knuckle cracking

[JosHetEi]

I have a nasty habit of always cracking my knuckles when I feel like. Is it dangerous? Should I try to stop it?

[MatthewAlphonso]

the only problem I've heard about with cracking your knuckles is that it causes your knuckles to grow larger. it will NOT cause arthritis, so far as I've seen anyway.

[Garland]

Somebody told me that it wore down the synovial joints in some manner, like erosion. This accounts for why people draw comparison to repititive motions and artritis....
But, hey, I ain't no docta, so, whateva....

[HtTKar]

I have a nasty habit of always cracking my knuckles when I feel like. Is it dangerous? Should I try to stop it?

If you have to ask yourself and others if you should stop, then you probably should. Like nail-biting, or constant washing of the hands, this could be a sign of OCD.

[MatthewAlphonso]

Originally Posted by HtTKar

If you have to ask yourself and others if you should stop, then you probably should. Like nail-biting, or constant washing of the hands, this could be a sign of OCD.

lol, I think part of the point of OCD is that you can't stop. but hey biting your nails works well if you dun have constant access to clippers, and yeah, I think most people wash their hands too much anyway.