I’ve injured two knuckles trying to get them to crack when they wouldn’t. Eventually I broke the habit of cracking knuckles at all to prevent further injury.
For those who read about the doctor who popped one hand with no issue is only a sample size of one and he only popped the knuckles on that hand once a day. When I started trying to break the habit I was tracking and I’d often crack a single knuckle 30+ times a day and did for 20+ years.
Crack responsibly, unlike me, and you’re probably fine.
Same, when coming out of surgery on anesthesia my nurse kept trying to remove a line from my hand and i wasn’t having it. Had knuckles to crack. The habit for me is just that ingrained.
I kept track of every single knuckle pop, so if I popped one whole finger it would be 3 pops. I started by measuring my baseline and then setting goals. If I made my goal that day I could do something nice for myself like play video games or get desert with my family.
Took me almost 2 years.
And for 3 to 4 years after occasionally I’d have nightmares that I started popping them again. And over that same time period as winter would approach the desire to pop them got really intense.
I’ve injured two knuckles trying to get them to crack when they wouldn’t. Eventually I broke the habit of cracking knuckles at all to prevent further injury.
For those who read about the doctor who popped one hand with no issue is only a sample size of one and he only popped the knuckles on that hand once a day. When I started trying to break the habit I was tracking and I’d often crack a single knuckle 30+ times a day and did for 20+ years.
Crack responsibly, unlike me, and you’re probably fine.
How did you eventually break the habit? I’ve found it the most difficult thing to stop, because I do it when I don’t even realize.
Same, when coming out of surgery on anesthesia my nurse kept trying to remove a line from my hand and i wasn’t having it. Had knuckles to crack. The habit for me is just that ingrained.
I kept track of every single knuckle pop, so if I popped one whole finger it would be 3 pops. I started by measuring my baseline and then setting goals. If I made my goal that day I could do something nice for myself like play video games or get desert with my family.
Took me almost 2 years.
And for 3 to 4 years after occasionally I’d have nightmares that I started popping them again. And over that same time period as winter would approach the desire to pop them got really intense.
Jeez dude. I’m a habitual knuckle cracker but it’s pretty easy for me to tell when it will or won’t and never needs more than slightly firm pressure.