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Junior Jointcracker Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 5 Does anyone else crack their elbows?? My boyfriend does it and it sounds painful! He like... pushes on his palm with the other hand and twists his arm and it pops really loud. I can't do it cuz I'm afraid it will hurt. But he says is 'hurts so good'. What do you guys think about it?? Back to top PJ Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:49 am    Post subject: Not my favourite Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jun 09, 2006 Posts: 8 I can and have cracked my elbows, but I must admit it's not one of my favourites! It's more a disturbing feeling than relief... Back to top Mhillqt Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:07 pm    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 16 I crack my elbows constantly and it feels great....I bend my lower arm toward my body, tense it and thenunbend it and there is a HUGE crack. Back to top jnkml Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:31 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 2 I crack my elbows quite often, and my knees as well. Usually I can only do each one about once a day, though. The knees in particular are very satisfying to crack. Back to top JointCracker Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:37 am    Post subject: Administrator Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 196 I have never cracked my elbows and after reading this tread I'm kinda glad I never felt the desire to do so. Back to top kfk75 Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:41 pm    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 2 I tend to crack my elbows after a period of them being relatively still - ie: after a while being at the desk/computer. I just extend my arms quickly to lockout and *crack*. Back to top breticles Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:21 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 3 i crack my "bows" and other peoples, mostly just my friend allie's, but my left elbow seems to crack a lot better and more often than my right (i'm left handed, that may be the reason) I just extend my arm out all the way, pretty fast, and "lock" it for just a second or two and it cracks pretty loud. but to crack other people's (usually allie's) i take her arm and hold on to it with one hand (at her forearm) and put my other hand on her elbow and press down with the hand on her forearm and up on the hand on her elbow. sorta like im trying to break her arm. but she loves it. i also crack her fingers and her wrist Back to top crackdaddy Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:50 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2006 Posts: 1 I pop my elbows, and just about everything else on my body. It drives my wife crazy, but not in a good way. I just stretch my arm staight out until it pops. My joints pops when I stretch, and I stretch extensively before I work out (about 5 days a week). It usually feels better once they pop, although I would very much like to stop. Back to top poppoppop Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:54 pm    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Aug 26, 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Tennessee I've popped my elbows too, and it sometimes doesn't feel too good. The "pop" sound is very low, and it's quite painful. But sometimes, I pop them and get a good pop! Last edited by poppoppop on Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:03 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top kzooteague Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:12 pm    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Sep 03, 2006 Posts: 8 I only crack my elbows maybe twice a day, but when I do look out. It's gnarly. I get a thoroughly satisfying crunch, not pop. Im sure I am damaging my elbows but they are destroyed from years of skateboarding anyway. Back to top ZPitcher Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 17 I can crack my elbows just by rotating my forearms a certain way. Sometimes I just extend the arms and make the elbow joints push "up", and sometimes rotate both forearms outward. The safe way I do it for my right elbow if the elbow is feeling tender is to cup the right elbow with the left hand and extend the right arm all the way out slowly with the palm facing up and away from the body. I can also pop them by pulling the arm all the way behind the back and pushing down on the elbow with the other arm. In fact, I can even pop it just by using the fingers of my left hand and "tightening"/massaging the joint a certain way. I practice baseball pitching a lot and am completely double-jointed, making me more flexible but also more injury prone. I've had no serious arm injuries the last few years since I developed a system of joint cracking and stretching to limber up the joints and muscles, but since getting away from it recently have had to go back to it. Anyway, when I feel that elbow hurting massaging the elbow to make it pop generally is a major factor in the recovery. Today for example, I really messed the elbow up so bad it was swelling up near the area during a softball game where I was in the outfield. I requested a move to the infield during the informal game but no one would swap. Anyway, I played through it and really messed myself up. Now just hours later my elbow is feeling good enough that I'll probably play on it again tomorrow, due to my long-time system involving elbow popping. I believe strategic manipulation of joints (I don't really have a "system" so much as just knowing what my body/joints feel like and how to manipulate them to achieve results) is key in making rapid recoveries from injury, which is why I pop my elbows and other joints. I believe it also keeps them more limber and effective in multiple activities including sports (I play baseball, basketball, and football every chance I get and even armwrestling, jogging, volleyball, and other activities occasionally as well) and typing. Despite years of typing in awkward positions at 60+ wpm (laying down with feet propped sideways on a chair or desk, a favorite position) I have zero arthritis or finger problems, I believe because of my cracking practices. Back to top JointCracker Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:48 pm    Post subject: Administrator Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 196 ZPitcher, thank you very much for your elaborative post on your cracking "system". I'm glad to know your joint cracking helps you to achieve top performances and keep healthy joints. It is fascinating how different joint cracking works for different people. I would be curious to learn more about your system. Can you give an estimate how often you crack each joint over the course of a day or say a week? Or per hour, whatever unit you feel most appropriate. I understand you crack your joints not because you feel a strong desire to do so, but to counter-balance physical strain on your joints in a beneficial way. Back to top crakanut Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:50 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Sep 21, 2006 Posts: 1 I agree with ZPitcher that joint cracking can be beneficial in keeping healthy joints especially as I am not a very active person as I do most of my work sitting down at a desk. Alot of people who sit at a computer for hours at a time have pain in their wrists, back or whatever. I have no aches or pain to complain about, however, and when I do get active there are no adverse effects (except maybe sore muscles lol). I credit that to a little stretching and joint cracking. Alot of my joints crack, not just my elbows. I believe its because of the stiffening of my joints when I am not very active, like when I am sitting at my computer. When I get up after half an hour or so and stretch a bit all my joints crack or pop. They range from huge cracks in my knees and shoulders and tiny crackling in my spine and neck area. It feels sooo good! Cracking also happens when I overuse a joint, like say when I spend two hours furiously writing with a pen or pencil. The finger joints stiffen, especially my forefinger and to get it mobile I have to crack it. This is when it hurts to crack. I'm not a knuckle cracker though, I try to avoid it whenever possible, so maybe that's why I get pain in my fingers then. I find that cracking my wrist makes my hand feel better, so I do that every once in a while as a preventative measure. Cracking my shoulders also makes them feel them and the upper back area feel better. I think that there is a minor area of effect that relieves pain or stiffness around the area of the joint you are cracking. Combined with stretching, cracking joints is an effective way of relieving stress on your body. I do caution, however, that you shouldn't force your joints to crack, and that they should crack naturally when you stretch. Forcing a joint to crack can be very painful, and I say this from experience, and painful means harmful. A good way to crack a joint is by stretching, say your arm, and then rotating and while moving it, your arm, to the side or whatever. Back to top lady_crackster Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:11 pm    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Oct 27, 2006 Posts: 12 i wish i could crack my left elbow. the only time it cracked was when i snapped my humerus, and because i'm a crazy little freak, i didn't rest it, and i now have severe arthritis in it, and when it's cold, it seizes up and i get a little t-rex arm. if i cracked it, my arm would probably fall off. _________________ ..........the trick is to keep breathing........... Back to top Oric Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:49 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 3 Oh yea, I can do that one. I just stretch my arm out, with tension on the elbow, and it'll pop. Usually about three or four times a day. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First     Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next Page 1 of 3 Jointcrackers Forum Index » Joint cracking » ELBOWS! I mean really! 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