File :-(, x, )
Somewhat !rK4K86e49M
Anyone have any experience with a "cracking" in the neck? I have had it for a year or two, it's enough that I twist my neck to a medium degree to feel and hear a slight crack. It's not really painful and doesn't limit my movement but it's quite uncomfortable and I wonder what it could cause it.
>> Anonymous
I that for for fun, twist your neck and get 10-15 nice cracks. Feels good and creeps people out.
>> Anonymous
The crack is caused by a gas escaping from between your joints. Theories about it vary, some say its good for you to crack your fingers every now and then, others say it may lead to weakened joints.

I usually have it in my ankles in the morning, sometimes its loud enough to wake my gf up.
>> Anonymous
to quote some kids' science website:
"Joints are the meeting points of two separate bones, held together and in place by connective tissues and ligaments. All of the joints in our bodies are surrounded by synovial fluid, a thick, clear liquid. When you stretch or bend your finger to pop the knuckle, you are causing the bones of the joint to pull apart. As they do, the connective tissue capsule that surrounds the joint is stretched. By stretching this capsule, you increase its volume. And as we know from chemistry class, with an increase in volume comes a decrease in pressure. So as the pressure of the synovial fluid drops, gases dissolved in the fluid become less soluble, forming bubbles through a process called cavitation. When the joint is stretched far enough, the pressure in the capsule drops so low that these bubbles burst, producing the pop that we associate with knuckle cracking.

It takes about 25-30 minutes for the gas to redissolve into the joint fluid. During this period of time, your knuckles will not crack. Once the gas is redissolved, cavitation is once again possible, and you can start popping your knuckles again."
>> Anonymous
I was just doing it while reading this? so care?
>> Anonymous
I see a chiropractor every week.

I can adjust my own neck (crack it fucking loudly), but it's physically impossible to adjust the vertibrae that attaches the neck to the skull without assistance.

That spot gets tight for me, and I need someone else to help.
>> Somewhat !rK4K86e49M
Yeah, I knew about cracking knuckles and joints like that, but this cracking doesn't need to "recharge", I can just twist the neck as quick as I want in succession and it always does the snapping sound.
>> Anonymous
I've heard that it's because the tendons buckle over certain bones and such inside you body, and when you stretch your neck or whatever, they slip of and make the sound, just like the strings on a guitar.