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Climb_hard
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 14, 2002 - 10:43pm PT
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is cracking you joints like your fingers and back bad? i heard that it makes your fingers wearker? is that true?
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Lambone
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2002 - 10:51pm PT
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It gives you arthritis which will make your knuckels bigger, which will make thin cracks harder and more painfull.
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jim
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 03:32am PT
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no way....bigger knuckles act as little stoppers in there...cant get em out, but they work great for finger locks.
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Karl Baba
Novice climber
Yosemite
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Oct 15, 2002 - 11:24am PT
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You're probably not going to get an an authoritative answer to this question. Lots of superstition going on about cracking joints. I asked a medical school professor about it once who didn't think it hurts you but the jury is still out.
Peace
Karl
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old guy
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 01:15pm PT
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if you do it too much, don't you go blind?
or grow hair on your palm?
i forget which...
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Willy Nilly
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 03:32pm PT
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Crack beers, burn joints.
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crack head
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 03:44pm PT
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i heard that it makes your fingers weaker. but i have also heard a lot of sh#t about doing it, so im trying to stop but it feels soooooo good after a climb to crack all of your fingers at the same and then oyu back with one long cracccckkkk!!! ahhhhh
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holmes
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 08:02pm PT
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no...cracking your joints is fine...smoking them is better...just kidding of course...it is a myth that it causes arthritis....chiropractors would be out of business otherwise and people would have arthritic backs, necks etc.
it is good for them it releases the chi and opens up blockages. my grandpa cracked his fingers many times a day...no arthritis at all...grandma...the opposite..she has severe arthritis.
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Cracker
Novice climber
Alabama
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2002 - 09:47pm PT
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I read some news about some studies several years ago. I don't remember all the details.
Researchers found that the sound created from cracking your joints was caused by the rapid movement or disruption of nitrogen bubbles in your joint juice (sinovial(?) fluid).
Cracking your joints does not cause arthritis until the next study comes out that tells you it does.
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