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JointCracker · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:07 am Post subject:

These are my personal long term observations on joint cracking for the last roughly 20 years.

My desire to crack joints started as a small boy in my right knee. Back then it wasn't so much the desire to crack the knee but not to keep it bent for any long time. I hated driving in cars which limited my leg freedom. It was very uncomfortable having the knee bent. Stretching the knee usually created a very comfortable popping sound.

The joint which was "asking" for the most cracks has ever since then changed many times.

The other knee developed the same symptoms as the right knee. One by one more joints got "sick".

I think I started cracking my ankles before I developed an urge to crack my knuckles. A few years later I also started cracking my toes.
Later my back / spine joined the cracking game. The last two joints I crack are my neck and most recently shoulders.

Interestingly, nowadays I don't feel discomfort anymore keeping my legs bent. It appears as if my knee problem went away in favor of the much more annoying toes / ankles crack disorder.

So for the last few years I feel the strongest urge to crack my toes / ankles followed by my knuckles followed by my neck and shoulders. I can crack my ankles almost indefinitely with very little or no refractory period.
The toes need a little longer refractory period but not much at all.

I noticed when I go on and on cracking my ankles for a minute or so it starts to get slightly painful.

This topic has bothered me enough to consult numerous doctors. Feel free to browse my other posts to read what I found.

Fortunately, joint cracking never had any serious life hindering influences on me. It doesn't affect my ability to do physical exercise nor did it ever deform my joints.

I do have a slight hyper mobility in my finger and probably other joints due to the continuous stretching but that's already all doctors could ever diagnose related to joint problems.

Jointcracking has no serious impact on my sleep cycle. I do usually crack the peskiest joints a couple of times before relaxing to sleep but I don't ever wake up in the middle of the night with a strong desire to crack my joints. In the morning there is usually no big desire to crack the joints either although it is very easy at this time. The urge seems to rise over the course of the day.

Due to lack of other information my current core beliefs on Joint cracking are:
- Joint cracking has no major negative effect on your health
- Joint cracking is an addiction based on an obsessive-compulsive disorder

TODO: I have a pretty accurate account of the order of afflicted joints saved in an electronic file which I cannot access right now due to technical difficulties. I'll update the order when I get the chance.