When you crack your joints you are pulling your bones, that are connected, apart from each other. This process relaxes your muscles and loosens your joints.
But all along growing up, we have heard from our parents that this is not a good habit to follow. So, why do they say so? What's wrong with it?
Though cracking of knuckles never leads to arthritis but knuckle cracking pulls your bones apart which stretches ligaments and too much stretching of ligaments can cause damage to fingers and can also result in reduced grip strength of your arm, fist.
What's the sound that comes from Knuckles Cracking?
The sound that you hear on knuckle cracking is of gas bubble bursting. Our joints are surrounded by a liquid fluid called synovial fluid. When ligaments stretch, a gas from this fluid comes up, forms a bubble and bursts. This is called "Cavitation". The gas takes 25-30 min to absorb back until then you wont be able to crack knuckles with sound effect :)
But all along growing up, we have heard from our parents that this is not a good habit to follow. So, why do they say so? What's wrong with it?
What's the sound that comes from Knuckles Cracking?
The sound that you hear on knuckle cracking is of gas bubble bursting. Our joints are surrounded by a liquid fluid called synovial fluid. When ligaments stretch, a gas from this fluid comes up, forms a bubble and bursts. This is called "Cavitation". The gas takes 25-30 min to absorb back until then you wont be able to crack knuckles with sound effect :)
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