Does popping your fingers contribute to arthritis?
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Scientists have conducted few studies on whether cracking your knuckles can cause arthritis or otherwise harm your hands.
Some studies suggest that you can snap your knuckles all you wish, and it won't cause osteoarthritis. However, other studies indicate that around-the-clock cracking may damage the soft tissue around the joints, make your hand swell, and weaken your grip.
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No, that is a myth.
"There is no recorded evidence that cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis - but there are suggestions that it can lead to other issues with the hands later in life."
yes it depends how much you do it
yes, it does. at least i think it does. I heard my friends say that if you pop your finger too much, you'll have arthritis when you get older.
no no no
I don't know if there is any scientific proof, but I cracked my knuckles as a child and I can feel the stiffness in my knuckles already and I'm only 26...I wish I could go back and make myself not do that.
nope old wives tale Ive cracked mine not super often but not infrecuently either and I have no problems
For some reason it seems to relieve pressure on my joints.
Though the sound can irritate some folks.
It hasn't caused arthritis for me, and that's over a period of the last 36 years......
yes over time an makes ur joints bigger also
no
Yes it does contribute to Arthritis when your are older. It puts fluids in your joints.
No, they're just air bubbles.
I read somewhere that this guy cracked his knuckles on one hand for almost all his life, but didn't do the other hand and when he was old, neither of his hands had arthritis.
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