How do i stop cracking my Knuckles!

[Tsarina]

How do i stop cracking my knuckles? I have this terrible terrible habbit! I've been doing it for so long now, years.. But nothing has changed about my hands, and they dont hurt. My friends scare me and tell me stories how people who have this habbit end up with Arthritis and croocked hands. Is that true?

More importantly, how do i stop? AH!
Im trying not to crack them, but most of the time i forget and dont realize what im doing. I do that most of the time even when im trying my best.

Anyone have any suggestions? And if your going to tell me, "Tape your hands togeather" lol, thats not going to work, i already had that kind of advice

Please and Thank you.

 

[ronaldp]

Hi, about the arthritis part, cracking knuckles do not cause your hands to have arthritis, but it may cause other problems, but then again I'm no doctor. Anyway, here's a link to some research about knuckle cracking:
http://www.spinegroup.com/Back%20Issues/Knuckle.html
About trying to stop, just try to catch yourself cracking your knuckles and try to stop, and just like other kinds of habits, it going to be tough to break.

 

[SmackYouTwice]

Ah yeah! I was a knuckle cracker at this time last year! I've managed to stop... by making the choice to. You have to tell yourself to be concious of when you go to crack them knuckles! When I caught myself doing it, I would verbally talk to myself saying "no." lol *shrugs* IT WORKED! And I now find that my knuckles are smaller! My rings fit better... it's awesome!

Hope you can cut the habit!

 

[Tsarina]

Lol thanks folks

.. Ill be trying my best

 

[MadeInOz]

My biggest problem I found was that I would crack my knuckles when I folded my hands to pray - particularly at Meal times this would drive my family insane... so I don't fold my hands any more.

 

[Tsarina]

My biggest problem I found was that I would crack my knuckles when I folded my hands to pray - particularly at Meal times this would drive my family insane... so I don't fold my hands any more.

Lol, i find that if someone around me is cracking their knucles, i end up cracking mine too without knowing it, its that bad..
Im trying my best to stop, hopefully it will.. This morning i wanted to crack them so badly! so i ended up biting my hand to stop lols.

Hey, whatever works right?