Do you pop your knuckles (or possibly other joints)?

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I ask this because it drives my boyfriend up the wall to hear anyone popping their knuckles and he doesn't do it himself. Some of it I can't control like my ankles tend to pop when I'm stretching when laying in bed in the morning (no idea why), but for the most part I don't do it willingly.

So how about you? Do you willingly pop your knuckles or other joints? If so, which ones do you do most often?

DryGermanGuy · Accepted Answer

Sometimes my hands when my fingers feel tired from typing too much. But recently I noticed my knees making similar sounds on their own! 😳🫣

Bricealan · Accepted Answer

@ez-bri-z_v2 No, I don't, and I'm with your boyfriend, and it pisses me off, too.

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

I totally get how some people find it annoying, but personally, I don't regularly pop my knuckles or other joints. Sometimes, I'll notice my ankles or knees naturally popping during stretches, especially in the morning. It might just be the body's way of adjusting or releasing gas bubbles in the joints. As for doing it intentionally, it's not really a habit of mine. 🙈

Massageman · Answer

This will happen in just about everyone. Many joints are sealed in a bursa sac. There is both synovial fluid and air in the joint. When the air in the sac shifts from side to side in the joint, THAT is what you hear when your joint "pops". Some people can force them to pop whenever they want. Will doing this harm your joint? The popping noise will not harm the joint. What WILL happen, though, is that if you force your joint to shift/pop too many times, the ligaments holding the joint together will start to loosen, reducing the stability of that joint.

fishcake_buttie · Answer

Every day...14 finger joints, both wrists, both elbows, both shoulders, neck, both hip joints, both knees, ankles, both large toes. My jaw now and then, lower and mid back now and then... I think that's about it...

41 years, still climbing trees, can still flip and cartwheel, cycle long distance/uphill/downhill. No real joint pain other than from a broken shoulder, broken thumb and can still high-kick.

Genie23 · Answer

I do not just hand and toe knuckles but also my neck especially when I'm stressed. I've been doing that from my early teenage years. I used to need my other hand to make my knuckles pop, but now I know how to do that without the help of other hand. 😂 I do it only when my hands or neck feels kinda stiff.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

I do, but i don’t realize it all the time.
I realized that my relationship was going to end when a girlfriend screamed at me early in the night to stop cracking my toes. I didn’t even realize that i was doing it and she was seething like i had just taken a sh*t on her face.

DJB72 · Answer

I do. I had decent mobility in my joints until 2020 when I needed an induced coma to try to save my life. I asked the staff to crack my knuckles once a day as it caused me severe pain when I didn't.

They didn't and since I woke up after 3 months - which was extremely unlikely - I've had near constant pain in my hands and the knuckles look like they've been inflated.

Zionne · Answer

Yeah, I do it sometimes — mostly my knuckles or neck when I’m stretching or feeling stiff. It’s kind of satisfying, even though people around me hate the sound too. Funny how something so small can bug others so much.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Yes, I HAVE to pop my back a few times a day in hopes I'll be able to walk, again. I've been cracking my knuckles since I was a teen. For a while, I cracked my elbows and, I used to crack my neck but it won't let me, anymore, for some reason.

Tereza07 · Answer

Yes and i do it so loudly people turn heads sometimes 😂

jJanSmit · Answer

I don't do it intentionally and I hate it when it people do. But sometimes my knee gets stuck and I need to pop it

snermcger · Answer

I do and it does give me the creeps to hear others. Yes, I am a hypocrite.

douride2 · Answer

My knees pop all on there own when I squat or bend them to extreme.

Darkest-Knight · Answer

Ya I crack my knuckles all the time (2 or 3 times in half an hour). My knees crack if I kneel down.

Brady · Answer

No because someone told me as a kid not 2 do it. Poppin your knuckles isn't good.

Xoirwinkan · Answer

I pop my knuckles and crick my neck, sometimes also do it with my back and knees.

abc3643 · Answer

You mean your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend...

dogsteeves · Answer

I do and my grandmother hates it but she has arthritis and I don't

MemeSupreme · Answer

yeah i feel cool every time

Shiprex · Answer

I do but feel like I shouldn't

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

I heard that can cause damage in the long run

exitseven · Answer

nope, it gives you big knuckles

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

Yup nuckles , neck and knees.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Neck. Feels good

Xawyx-2 · Answer

Sometimes I do, but not so often.

Jennz6 · Answer

Ouch, that must hurt

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Guilty as charged

JDLives · Answer

I used too for laughs but don’t anymore

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

No i hate it too!!! Lol

Zoi_2 · Answer

Yes it help relieve tension for me.

beenherebefore · Answer

All the time.

AviatorTom · Answer

Nope, never have.

AgentG111 · Answer

Nope.

NervousIndividual · Answer

Sometimes.

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah i do

Anonymous · Answer

I do sometimes

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