Cracking your knuckles joints does not cause arthritis.
It has been said that cracking your knucles throughout your lifetime will eventually cause arthiritis. Seen I can remeber the bad habit of craking joints runs around my family. My mother specially cracks her finger approximately 5 or more times a day. It got to the point that when growing up she will crack her fingers first and will continue with mine. Now I have the same bad habit as her.
I realize that I only crack my finger joints when I have anxiety, stress, and specially when I'm nervous. Cracking my knuckles has become an everyday thing and it got a lot worst when I started college.
The sound of cracking, popping, grinding and snapping noises can it be a harmless habbit?
Cartilaginous joints are made of cartilage that binds bones together. Our fingers and joints are held in place by ligaments and tendons. The movement in our extremities are controlled by forearm muscles pulling on our finger tendons. Fibrous joints are compose of collagen fibers. Syndesmosis joints holds the ulna and the radious of the forearm together.
Arthiritis is cause by inflammation of the joints. Many cases of arthritis are caused by autoimmune problems, bacterial infections or sexually transmitted diseases. Studies have been done among the worst knuckle crackers and the results have shown no signs of arthritis. However, the more the joints are cracked over time, more damage to the ligaments and tendons, that can reduce the grip and stregth of the fingers.
My mother is now 45 years old and she has never suffer from any type of arthritis, but over the pass few years she has suffer of pains and cramps in her hands. If I keep cracking my knucles I might have the same ligaments and tendons problems in the future.
It has been said that cracking your knucles throughout your lifetime will eventually cause arthiritis. Seen I can remeber the bad habit of craking joints runs around my family. My mother specially cracks her finger approximately 5 or more times a day. It got to the point that when growing up she will crack her fingers first and will continue with mine. Now I have the same bad habit as her.
I realize that I only crack my finger joints when I have anxiety, stress, and specially when I'm nervous. Cracking my knuckles has become an everyday thing and it got a lot worst when I started college.
The sound of cracking, popping, grinding and snapping noises can it be a harmless habbit?
Cartilaginous joints are made of cartilage that binds bones together. Our fingers and joints are held in place by ligaments and tendons. The movement in our extremities are controlled by forearm muscles pulling on our finger tendons. Fibrous joints are compose of collagen fibers. Syndesmosis joints holds the ulna and the radious of the forearm together.
Arthiritis is cause by inflammation of the joints. Many cases of arthritis are caused by autoimmune problems, bacterial infections or sexually transmitted diseases. Studies have been done among the worst knuckle crackers and the results have shown no signs of arthritis. However, the more the joints are cracked over time, more damage to the ligaments and tendons, that can reduce the grip and stregth of the fingers.
My mother is now 45 years old and she has never suffer from any type of arthritis, but over the pass few years she has suffer of pains and cramps in her hands. If I keep cracking my knucles I might have the same ligaments and tendons problems in the future.
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