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Yes, a lot Yes, a little No difference at all No, it is actually a little slower No, it is a lot worse Have not been around long enough to compare Results Polls Votes 73  Forum FAQ  •  Search  •  Memberlist  •  Usergroups   •  Register  •  Profile  •  Log in to check your private messages  •  Log in Jointcrackers Forum Index » Treatment » Willpower    Goto page 1, 2  Next  Willpower « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Author Message Blaze Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:39 am    Post subject: Willpower Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden I used it and stopped for 3 weeks until i was nervous in a p.e lesson and clikced. I was so annoyed with myself for it. Since then never been able to accomplish the same feat Back to top JointCracker Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:03 pm    Post subject: Administrator Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 196 From my personal experience so far, willpower is the only treatment which works. The less you crack by means of willpower, the less future crack-desire you'll have, thus the less future willpower you'll need. If you give in, you trigger the viscous cycle again which is initially again hard to break. As you wrote, it doesn't work all of the time. Especially in high stress situations, I do eventually give in and crack the joint which feels the worst. For some reason in high stress situations the uncomfortable feeling is the most pronounced. The knowledge that I can later easily control the behavior (thanks to lots of practice) makes it easy to give in once in a while for best comfort. I have reduced my own Jointcracking behavior by at least 95% through willpower alone. Back to top Blaze Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:23 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden i probably joint crack more now than i used to Back to top JBran713 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:49 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 5 Man . I'm starting to get annoyed with myself, I'm constantly trying to pop something whether it be my chest, wrists, 3 parts of my finger/thumb, toes, ankles, knees, elbows, shoulders. If I really want to quit I guess willpower is looking like the only way to go. Back to top Blaze Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:27 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden Should update this because i have successfully quit my fingers since new years day and now moving onto my neck. I only do it when i am nervous now and that is like one finger and by mistake Back to top bod8 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:15 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly Nice one for giving up The problem with neck is when its stiff cracking it seems to be the only way to relieve it. I'm wanting someone to tell me i'm wrong though... Back to top metakine Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:26 am    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Apr 07, 2008 Posts: 11 I think for people who are seriously uncomfortable when they feel like they need to crack something (especially the spine/neck), willpower can only go so far. If I can't sleep or do normal everyday things without relieving some of the pressure that's built up, willpower will have its limits. There are actually a lot of exercises that will make my spine/neck crack when I do them, so I don't think its always bad. Back to top bod8 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:01 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly what sort of exercises do you do metakine?? Back to top metakine Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:32 am    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Apr 07, 2008 Posts: 11 I put one of the neck ones in another thread... For the back: Lie on your back and pull one knee up to your chest, then the other one, then both at the same time. Then, lying on your back with your knees bent, drop your knees to the left and hold for a few seconds, same on the right. You can also get on your hands and knees and bend your spine down and then up (down like there is a weight attached to your belly-button and up like a mean cat does when it sees another cat). Also, if I just stand and stretch my arms and spine backwards (like you yawn and stretch when you wake up) I can usually get my sternum to pop... although my sternum doesn't pop nearly as much as it used to and also doesn't feel like it needs to be, which is good news. Any good pilates book will have a lot of exercises that might induce some healthy cracks. Also, I'm going to a chiropractor right now, and for $25 for under 10 minutes, the cracks that he produces better be worth something... Back to top bod8 Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:36 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly Interesting exercises, I might give the back ones a try.. Back to top Blaze Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:09 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden Yes Metakine, i have had to crack my left thumb twice to relieve pain but that is mainly it. Neck is going to be a huge challenge. _________________ Leaving on June 4th Back to top bod8 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:28 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly I don't think I will ever stop clicking my neck. Only way is if a doctor stops it clicking in the first place. Back to top Blaze Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:15 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden Believe me - if you were in my shoes, you would know that it was time. _________________ Leaving on June 4th Back to top bod8 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:42 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly lol well good luck anyway Back to top Blaze Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:37 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden I finally gave in but my desire to crack is less. 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