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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 » Joints in general » Possible correlation between double-jointedness and cracking  Possible correlation between double-jointedness and cracking « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Do you think double jointedness and cracking go hand in hand? yes  72%  [ 8 ] no  27%  [ 3 ] Total Votes : 11 Author Message kzooteague Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:34 am    Post subject: Possible correlation between double-jointedness and cracking Junior Jointcracker Joined: Sep 03, 2006 Posts: 8 I am double jointed in my shoulders and wrists to the point I can remove them from the joints at will. Do you think there is any correlation between being genetically predisposed to being double jointed and the affinity for cracking? Back to top ZPitcher Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:23 pm    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 17 I think you've got something. I'm doublejointed all over my body. I think having that joint flexibility makes you more flexible but also injuryprone, meaning an increased ability to crack joints, and a reason to do so, as to avoid injury and manipulate joints to keep them in line. Back to top kzooteague Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:55 am    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Sep 03, 2006 Posts: 8 I respectfully disagree with your statement that being double jointed means you are injury prone. i have been skateboarding for a long time and time and time again being a little more flexible in certain spots has saved me from being seriously hurt. Back to top JointCracker Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:26 pm    Post subject: Administrator Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 196 Yes I whole heartedly agree, but only to some degree. According to Wikipedia Hypermobility is merely a synonym for double-jointedness. Please refer to the thread Hypermobile Joints / Lax liagments as my current favorite cause for "Jointcracktitis". Personally, I have only slight measurable hypermobility in my fingers. I certainly do not have extreme double-jointedness as is displayed in many videos on Youtube.com. Use the search terms "double jointed". I just watched a few of these and picked my 5 favorites: Video 1: Double Jointed Arms version 2 Video 2: Flying with my Double-Jointed Arms Video 3: I'm a Freak of Nature Video 4: weird arm thing Video 5: Double Jointed Hypermabendybendy The first three are from the same Asian girl who is on a mission of enlightening others about her double-jointedness. Hats off to her for doing this. Videos are without doubt the best means to explain this phenomenon. All of the above videos have background sound with no music. Interestingly, I can't make out any cracking sounds whatsoever in any of the above videos. Also judging from myself, while I do believe, hypermobility is the major driving force in joint cracking, I do not believe you necessarily need to be so extremly double-jointed as displayed in the above videos. I can crack many joints, with only very mild hypermobility. This obviously is still "sufficient" enough to go "popping" on and on. Further, I even believe when you have such extreme double-jointedness, you are less prone to the desire to crack your joints over and over again. The tendons and liagments in these cases are soo extremely lax that I doubt they cause any tendon or liagment ache from trying to "hold on". These tendons and liagments have long given up. One of the theories of the joint snapping sound source says that the sound is not emitted from weird gas bubbles but from snapping tendons which fall out of place and back. This theory implies that these tendons / liagments sit rather tight in the first place. There has been another posts about this in the forum diagnosis to determine your Beighton score which is a suitable means to rate your hypermobility. You might be interested to take this test and report back your score. Do you feel a strong desire to crack the joints or is joint cracking just a side product of the double-jointedness in your opinion? And yes hypermobility has a genetical connection. Back to top Isle_of_view Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:11 pm    Post subject: Flexible Junior Jointcracker Joined: Feb 27, 2007 Posts: 2 I disagree, I am not double jointed in any way whatsoever, but I crack all the time. I think it's because I've always been pretty flexible and I just like the sound and feel of cracking. Back to top Blaze Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:22 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden I disagree as people who aren't double jointed crack and also, i think it was MasterCracker who said there isn't really a thing called being double-jointed. _________________ Leaving on June 4th Back to top Requiem Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:56 am    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: Apr 30, 2008 Posts: 10 Well, my back is hypermobile (double jointed) and cracks basically every time I move it. *shrug* Doubtless you can crack joints that aren't hypermobile, but mine are and they crack. Back to top bod8 Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly Requiem wrote: Well, my back is hypermobile (double jointed) and cracks basically every time I move it. *shrug* Doubtless you can crack joints that aren't hypermobile, but mine are and they crack. mine always do, don't know if i'm double jointed though..... Back to top Blaze Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:54 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 1463 Location: Sweden Requiem wrote: Well, my back is hypermobile (double jointed) and cracks basically every time I move it. *shrug* Doubtless you can crack joints that aren't hypermobile, but mine are and they crack. I vaguely remember somewhere that you can get that sorted by going to a physiotherapist. _________________ Leaving on June 4th Back to top knuckled Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:48 am    Post subject: Jointcracker Joined: May 13, 2008 Posts: 27 First post - I signed up partly because of subjects like this. Double-jointed is a misnomer and misleadingly benign. It can prevent injury in some cases, but for most people it increases the overall risk of injury. It probably has contributed to a few chronic injuries of mine. I have faulty connective tissue and encourage anyone who is very hypermobile or somewhat hypermobile and already in pain to seriously look into the matter. I crack, yes, and was wondering if my body weirdness primed me to do for relief. Back to top bod8 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:17 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 1034 Location: South-westerly knuckled wrote: First post - I signed up partly because of subjects like this. Double-jointed is a misnomer and misleadingly benign. It can prevent injury in some cases, but for most people it increases the overall risk of injury. It probably has contributed to a few chronic injuries of mine. I have faulty connective tissue and encourage anyone who is very hypermobile or somewhat hypermobile and already in pain to seriously look into the matter. I crack, yes, and was wondering if my body weirdness primed me to do for relief. what do you mean "misnomer"? 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