Contents:
- Medical Video: Here's what happens to your knuckles when you crack them
- What happens if you routinely ring your fingers for 60 years
- Risk of functional functional disorders
Medical Video: Here's what happens to your knuckles when you crack them
Ringing your fingers or finger joints when you get sore sometimes feels relief, maybe even satisfying. However, pfig doctors do not recommend that we ring our fingers too often because according to some studies, this habit can cause injury. There used to be allegations of ringing the fingers that could cause arthritis, but later this assumption was refuted.
As written on WebMD, ringing a finger joint can cause negative pressure that pulls nitrogen gas into the joint, such as when the finger reads "crank". This is not dangerous, actually. A "crank" sound can also be heard if the tendon hits the tissue because of minor changes in the friction path. This can cause damage to muscle mass and changes in motion.
If the sound of "crutches" is accompanied by pain, there may be abnormalities in your finger joints, such as ligament injuries or other problems. Some patients with arthritis (joint inflammation, usually pain), bursitis, or tendinitis usually experience a "crank" sound due to tissue swelling.
What happens if you routinely ring your fingers for 60 years
Quoted DailyMail, to prove that ringing finger joints is harmless, a California man, Donald Unger, conducted an experiment on himself.
He rang his finger in his left hand at least twice a day, but never rang the finger of his right hand. This is done so that he can compare the results of the two hands. Until finally after 60 years he proved that he had no arthritis.
"I saw my finger and there was no sign of arthritis in the hand," Donald said when publishing his findings in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.
So far, studies that have found a connection between ringing fingers and arthritis do not yet exist, but habits like this aren't necessarily good either. Other studies reveal that these activities are associated with ligamentous and soft tissue damage.
Risk of functional functional disorders
In contrast to Donald's experiments, other studies were published in Annals of Rheumatic Diseases linking the habit of ringing fingers with swelling of the hands and decreasing the strength of the hand to hold. The results of this study encourage other researchers to conclude that this habit leads to functional impairment of the hands.
In other studies about injuries arising from sounding joints, as described in American Journal of Orthopedics, manipulation and coercion to hear the sound of cracks in the finger can lead to acute injury.
"Many parents tell their children not to do this habit, but ringing a knuckle is actually not a concern for physiotherapists unless it might cause pain or swelling," said physiotherapist Sammy Margo.
Even though many joints cause noise, Margo adds that the "crunch" sound that is heard when you ring your own fingers may also be related to pain or swelling. "It can be an injury or wear of cartilage, torn cartilage, or osteoarthritis," said Margo.
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