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@NightBazaar

5 ай бұрын

Have you made a video about Dupuytren's Contracture?

@osmosisjones4912

5 ай бұрын

Blood pathways make no sense unless some materials can transfer from vains to arteries even then some pathways from liver to kidney only make sense if flow can reverse

@osmosisjones4912

5 ай бұрын

Where is the Amidela is it in one hemisphere or between hemispheres

@rockarollawmn

5 ай бұрын

Yes, please do a video on chiropractor adjustments. Also, please do a segment on the breakdown of what's happening in the area during a practice shown online by some of the more "flashy" Chiropractors called the "Ring Dinger" where a towel or cloth rope is wrapped around the neck under the chin to use as a pully to do a hard speed yank for cracking the neck.

@michaelmayhem350

5 ай бұрын

Super excited for popping the back video. You should do one for popping neck too because there's a lot of documented injuries from that.

To summarize, popping your knuckles isn't bad. But the way you do it might be bad for other reasons.

@PamontBahktar

5 ай бұрын

cheers, saved me 8 minutes

@EhCloserLook

5 ай бұрын

6m 30s here. Thanks.

@Saud1S

5 ай бұрын

8 minutes for answering yes or no is too long. Thanx

@1brickrow

5 ай бұрын

thank you for getting to the point. 30 sec video would have done

@LearningCurves123

5 ай бұрын

No it wouldn't. He just showed WHY. takes longer than 30 secs to explain what muscles are involved. @@1brickrow

When I was young my mother wanteed to make me do a 2000 word essay on why popping joints was bad because she got so annoyed by me doing it. I ended up doing a mountain of research and looking for every possible article I could and 90 percent of them said that if there is any sort of joint damage that it's almost inconclusive. There were several that actually showed that popping joints was beneficial to preventing arthritis. Then when I did my article and provided all my research my mother got super mad at me for not listening to what she said and grounded me for a month

@skee1019

5 ай бұрын

thats awful dude lol

@Typicalrn10

5 ай бұрын

you should have written that 2000 word essay with that research

@justin9202

5 ай бұрын

@@Typicalrn10 I did. She didn't like the results, hence the grounding

@mr.phantom674

5 ай бұрын

@@justin9202 that's bad parenting, hope she's better now or you're out of there

@lordilluminati5836

5 ай бұрын

Your mom fails science

*Sees thumbnail* *Pops knuckles* “Alright, let’s see what this video’s about.”

@illchangelateridk

19 күн бұрын

Underrated comment. Popped mine while reading top comments like 10 times, not gonna watch the video, everyone thanks for the info.

My dad taught my sisters and I how to crack our knuckles from the time when we were toddlers. Were told by others about impending arthritis. Now I'm 71 years old and still no arthritis in our fingers! 😜

@amlankashyap4596

4 ай бұрын

Can you share the method?

@JasaTheJale

3 ай бұрын

😂🤌🏻🙌🏼

@oopdigdigfig9786

3 ай бұрын

I'll take "stuff that never happened" for 300 alex

@Redwan777

3 ай бұрын

​@@amlankashyap4596You really need a tutorial for cracking knuckels?

@Splarkszter

2 ай бұрын

Correlation doesn't mean Causation

Popped my knuckles before starting 😬

@naomisavv

5 ай бұрын

Popped it after I clicked the video lol 😭

@RoblEsquire

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@speakz2030

5 ай бұрын

You beat me to it😂😂 but yes I did too

@jay-el-bee

5 ай бұрын

Haha! I can't pop mine anymore, hurts too much. I used to do it all the time though.

@smitvirani5791

5 ай бұрын

Same bro

I can pop/crack virtually every joint ever since I was in my mid teens. It just started happening for no apparent reason. Fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, back, hips, knees, ankles, big toes. Sometimes if I don't pop, a joint feels stuck. Doctors told me not to worry. And a few decades later I'm still fine. 🙂

@snooch1

5 ай бұрын

same, been popping anything and everything since i was a kid and im ok

@jamesonjones1935

5 ай бұрын

for some reason i also started being able to crack more and more things throughout my teenage years. i progressed from being able to crack one knuckle per finger discounting the thumb, to 2 knuckles per finger, and then to being able to crack one knuckle for one thumb, to both knuckles for both thumbs. along the way i started being able to crack my big toes and ankles too. i guess the more you crack your knuckles, the more knuckles you can crack.

@graenicholls4657

5 ай бұрын

Same. The joint seems to feel tight and uncomfortable, then I get it to pop and I'm comfortable again.

@JMNTN

5 ай бұрын

hip popping is the best, i get such brutally hard pops sometimes. I developed it after i fractured my femur.

@graenicholls4657

5 ай бұрын

I fractured the radial head in my right elbow about 25 years ago and it is exactly the same.

glad you’re clearing up some misinformation, I already have arthritis and hyper-mobility genetically, regardless if I crack my knuckles or joints lol. I like that you mentioned that the *way* you crack or pop joints is important, i’d love to see a video explaining that even more :)

I find this so interesting. I'm an engineer that mostly works on pumps, and I deal with cavitation damage quite a bit. I can see why the initial assumption was that (1) the sound was caused by the bubble collapse and (2) that it was damaging - because that's exactly what happens in my world. The implosion of the bubble is energetic enough to damage the surface nearby the collapse. It makes so much more sense when you showed the MRI photo. If the bubble pops slowly enough, like dissipating over time, there's no cavitation damage. In a pump obviously the bubble implodes much faster. The properties of the synovial fluid are probably the key here. I'm also a joint popper myself so... This is somewhat good to hear I guess!!

@brymstoner

5 ай бұрын

maybe synthesising synovial fluids can lead to better cavitation protection in your line of work.

@violentcatharsis

5 ай бұрын

@@brymstoner you've got the right line of thinking! There are already fluids where their makeup creates a slower-collapsing bubble that significantly reduces the damage.

@brymstoner

5 ай бұрын

@@violentcatharsis outstanding. now if i can just get ahead of one of those lines of thought to benefit another field of development.

@thepanman436

4 ай бұрын

Ah, Gordon Freeman

Now I’m wondering what that uncomfortable sensation is that makes us pop our joints and what causes it and how the popping eliviates that.

@probability_density

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if it was mostly psychological

@teratsukielizabeth543

5 ай бұрын

Most people dont stretch enough and have awful posture habits so that could be it

@southernflatland

5 ай бұрын

​@@probability_densityNope, pain is a very real thing for some of us that can only be relieved by popping. For me, both my ring fingers and equivalent toes have always been this way, at the metacarpal joints. No idea why, but those particular joints will just randomly start hurting, and the only fix is to pop them.

@chazmichaelmichaels88

5 ай бұрын

​@southernflatland sometimes the knuckles in my hands do this. The joints literally hurt unless I crack the knuckles. So odd to me.

@SlyFireVR

5 ай бұрын

My hand will hurt if I try to grab something and it needs popped

Having a human body myself, I enjoy learning about it. I have abused mine, yet it still continues to serve me. I have broken several of the bones. I have allowed the sun to damage some of the skin covering my body. I have accidently cut, abraded, torn, burned and even froze parts of the skin. I even poked hundreds of tiny holes, then filled them with ink to form a tattoo on my skin. I poked holes in my earlobes to insert bits of metals. For many years I intentionally filled my lungs with smoke from cigarettes, cigars and a pipe thinking I was enjoying it. I have poured harmful chemicals, liquids and solids into this body in the name of pleasure. I have pushed this body to it's limits, then pushed it even a bit more. For seventy five years so far, it has put up with the tortures as well as enjoyed some of the pleasures of life. and it continues to function. But, like everything else on the planet does, this body has begun to show signs of wear and aging. I know someday, some of the parts will give up and no longer function and life will cease. Until that time, I will do what i can to maintain, nourish and enjoy this amazing thing called the human body.

@LichKingg23

5 ай бұрын

I'm a normal human and I enjoy normal things like breathing and drinking water.

@MrMAiel

5 ай бұрын

I salute you, fellow human body user

@ChessCat1500

5 ай бұрын

@@MrMAielall well until you become human body abuser

@michelrood2966

5 ай бұрын

Beautifully said

@novictim

5 ай бұрын

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

I'm a massage therapist, and I get asked this question all the time. This video is satisfying for its clarity and research. I love the point about cavitation! Thank you! ❤

"is that bad for you? The short answer is actually NO-" *starts popping every single knuckle aggressively *

@theanatomylab

4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Can you make a video on why it feels good or relieving to crack/pop your joints? It would be awesome and informative! Thank you! Great content as always!

@marlo8850

5 ай бұрын

Could be irrational nerve signals getting stopped by that or pain getting canceled by the stimulation. you’re also stimulating the the muscles in that area. A stretch without any popping also feels relieving. Don’t crack your joints for the reasons mentioned in this video just do a healthy stretch. Follow tutorials on how to do stretches to relieve back pain etc.

@beardalaxy

5 ай бұрын

not a physician by any means but my random guess is that the gas bubbles that form actually relieve tension somehow.

@kimberlysprague31

4 ай бұрын

I would love to see a video on that. When my joints crack they feel a lot less stiff afterwards, so I’m curious as to how forming the gas bubbles can lead to reduced stiffness in the joints

One of the things that I really appreciate about your videos is that you put the advertisement at the end. I find your videos quite enlightening and I hate when the adds are in the middle. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Ah! What a relief knowing this won't damage unlike we always had heard it. In fact I never stopped popping knuckles even when I knew (which is now a myth after watching this video). But I want to put a bad experience here to be safe when you do it. Hope to learn from you guys about such an experience. First thing, I have been popping knuckles since my childhood whether it be hands or feet. It's just a habit and I can't help stop doing it and I figure everyone here will know why. Never it caused any issue but once I was sitting and took the thumb of my right-foot in hand, pulled it and bent it down like I always did. This time it didn't pop while I was feeling it should. I just used more force and it was like I have broken the nerve with an instant pain from the middle top to the thumb where I pulled. Sooner after the instant pain, that area just went in numbness mode. I would feel this numbness when I press the skin on middle top and move towards the thumb. Thankfully it didn't damage anything else or any kind of function of the thumb or the foot. I could do all movements without any issue but that numb tissue never went away. May be it's still there or I am used to it after several years but I can now still pop that thumb that after damage I couldn't for months. Lesson learnt, never pull it beyond. If it didn't pop, leave it try later. But never pull it to extreme. It's not only the joint, there is a lot other things around the joint that can get damaged.

@Plystire

4 ай бұрын

Probably best to not attempt popping unless you feel discomfort, "locking", or stiffness in the joint AND it feels like it can pop. But as you said, if it doesn't, don't attempt to force it.

Thank you very much for this. My son has some form of ADHD and his new obsession is popping his fingers. We try to stop him from doing it but now thanks to your video I think it’s a fight not worth fighting. Thank you again.

I'm 68 and have been doing this for the last 53 years AT LEAST. I have no discernable problems after cracking my knuckles all that time. My kneecaps crack when I stand up, my elbows crack when I straighten my arm, my neck alsô cracked especially when I was younger.

@Master.Baiting_to_you

4 ай бұрын

I need to see some ID for those statements

This is so interesting to me because I've been somewhat compulsively crunching my knuckles since childhood and I'd always hear people tell me I was going to get arthritis from that 😂

@HOLLASOUNDS

5 ай бұрын

The Big knuckles have a very satisfying crunch.

@TheInfectous

5 ай бұрын

in my experience, there was a bit of harm (as in pretty bad strain type of pain) that came from it but only when I did it as much as possible. once I started only popping when the joint actually felt restricted in terms of mobility, there was no pain. In terms of third party experience, I know someone who's friend taught them to pop their back/spine and then they started to get long term back pain.

@melodi996

5 ай бұрын

I feel the knuckle way is bad cause I once used my thumb on my 4th finger (sorry, lazy to google English name) and something wrong happened with the nerve there, so now I only take each finger and pull it, the same for wrists and other joints.

@th3orist

5 ай бұрын

the thing is that it is simply unnecessary if you never start with it in the first place. its basically like developing a tick.

@HOLLASOUNDS

5 ай бұрын

@@th3orist Stretching is natural and clicking or popping would happen while stretching anyway.

You’re a hero. I’ve been waiting for this information for decades. Thank you.

I just have to say the education on this channel is just wonderful!! Also the skills of the people working on the cadavers is top notch. I don’t think people appreciate the time and effort that goes into it.

I've always wondered about this, thanks for the explanation! I'd love to see a video about back popping/ cracking.

I think your theory on position to pop joints is true. Personally, I would pop my knees when I was younger (about 15 or so), my left knee would pop if I just quickly locked my knees, but I had to twist my right knee to pop it. My right knee now feels "lose" sometimes. I have to consciously flex my leg muscles so it doesn't feel that way when I mswingong my leg forward when walking. I'm sure I stretched something that wasn't supposed to be stretched when I did that.

Ahh thank you!! I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome so my joints popping is an hourly occurrence that I can't avoid. I'd really appreciate some videos going more in depth on the nuances so I can safely pop things without causing myself any further complications

@abigailfoust1079

4 ай бұрын

Ditto, on the how to do it safely! I am in the process of an eds evaluation myself

@shannonmn8923

4 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment! I have high suspicions that I have ED (due to other chronic conditions), and all of my joints pop all the time, on their own.

Hi, I’m in the process of watching the IofHA’s video on how caffeine affects the body, but thought I would jump on a newer video immediately the hopes my special request might be seen. Can you please do a video on how Kratom affects the body and brain? Thank you, and thank you for your marvelous education. I really appreciate the practicality of them, and how you make your anatomy presentations understandable to lay persons like myself, but also sophisticated enough to where I’m able to use your content as a reliable primary source. They’re very useful when I use the information you present as a guide to get lost on the web when doing further research and exploration on the facts, concepts, and processes you describe. Nice work!

6:57 This is a warning for those visiting the chiropractor's office for joint manipulation too regularly.

I'm surprised you didn't cite the study of the man who only popped his knuckles on one hand and purposefully ignored the other hand... for decades!

@-user_redacted-

5 ай бұрын

I swear that man had to have more willpower the Ghandi

@amym5114

4 ай бұрын

Please give the results!! Or please link the info!!

@tevilawson6297

4 ай бұрын

link for the article or vid please?

@TheAserghui

4 ай бұрын

@@tevilawson6297 link in reply to another

@TheAserghui

4 ай бұрын

@@amym5114 (it looks like my link post got deleted, so here's the quick google on the topic: "One researcher, Dr Donald Unger, actually cracked the knuckles of his left hand at least twice a day for over 50 years whilst never cracking those on his right hand in order to prove his mother wrong - he never developed arthritis in either hand, and won an IgNobel award for his efforts in 2009."

I asked my chiropractor about popping, and he said that: • popping doesn't cause arthritis • overstretching can make arthritis hurt more • the safest way to do a pop is by _lightly_ pulling on the joint • if a joint doesn't wanna pop with mild effort, then don't force it

@ThePerfectKagome

5 ай бұрын

Yea, not gonna take advice from a pseudoscience “doctor”.

@xitheris1758

5 ай бұрын

@@ThePerfectKagome You cappin?

@jolewisskates4173

5 ай бұрын

@@xitheris1758 chiropractors are bullshit, and actually dangerous. See a physiotherapist.

This channel is a favorite of mine. Very detailed and i learn a lot.

I used to run years ago and my left hip joint would hurt at the beginning of my runs but once it popped it quit hurting and I was fine..run 40 miles a week and it did it every day at the beginning of my runs. 😮

@IdaNapieraa

5 ай бұрын

I think I have a similar issue! I overall crack like a skeleton, but if i don't do a warm-up with movements that crack my joints, they would jump out of place when I exercise and give me paralysing pain... Even my mid-foot cracks. A few years ago I went running without long enough warm-up, my foot started aching and swelling. It went on for months, I couldn't even walk the normal way. Doctors, x-ray and ultrasound found nothing. But I noticed my foot wasn't cracking anymore, I fought maybe something wasn't in its place all that time. I forcefully cracked my foot and all the pain vanished- never came back to this day. Weird!

@reedgreen6388

5 ай бұрын

@@IdaNapieraa wow

Love your videos! I was an ICU nurse for 35 years and it’s very cool to see what was going on inside the cases I treated from the outside. Can you do a video about “trigger finger?”

@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629

5 ай бұрын

Just ask some Chicago residents about that one

@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629

5 ай бұрын

I don't know very many gang members that donate their bodies to science 😂

@ocayaro

5 ай бұрын

Yep, we need one on trigger finger (it’s mostly on the ring fingers, ironically)

@basbleupeaunoire

4 ай бұрын

That would be great. If he's done an episode on carpel tunnel syndrome, then it could be in there. My left ring finger will go through days where it is constantly, painfully getting stuck. On those days, all I can do is wrap up the joint to avoid bending the finger.

Good to hear/learn. I sometimes pop my knuckles and this provides relief, but of course I don't need to do this often ; only once in a while. When I was young I heard that popping our knuckle joints was not good, but I did it anyway, once in a good while, and it seemed to help.

i didnt find this channel until after i passed my anatomy classes but this has kept me interested!

I've learned involving your back muscles and your spine alignment it's quite easy to place your arms overhead by hanging from something an inch or so above the ground and letting your muscles themselves relax to stretch the tension from the muscles while your spine naturally decompresses to realign itself. But this seems to be the least painful for myself so take it with a grain of salt

@basbleupeaunoire

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the decompression can relieve tightness in the back.

@Master.Baiting_to_you

4 ай бұрын

​@@basbleupeaunoire 6:45 basically 100 years after you do it it's game over for your back and maybe more

It actually helps my arthritic joints feel better. There have been times that I've had a joint not want to budge, then 'pop'.. all better.

Love this channel@! Awesomeness! Makes me feel like I’m back in A&P class!

Thanks a lot for correcting the pre conception.

Thank you so much for explaining this. I have asked many chiropractors and doctors and physical therapists what actually happens when I pop my knuckles, but none of them had answers that made sense, or they just said I should stop doing that.

@jameslast3192

4 ай бұрын

Should have asked an osteopath!

10/10 for the bubble sound effect I always cut my knuckles and my toes and my neck and sometimes even my back but that is very rare, haven't had any problems as a matter of fact when I crack my knuckles or toes it seems to at least in my mind help or increase or improve my circulation overall

I love watching this channel. Johnathan and Justin explains so simplified that it's fun. There's so much that we learn about our anatomy and we aren't even medical students. I popped my knuckles before pressing play on the video 😁😅 Maybe Institute of Human Anatomy can do a video on how reverse psychology works on the brain. If I'm not mistaken, I recall reading long ago that there's synovial fluid/ joint in the spine as well

That explanation was so helpful! 🎉

Thank you for clearing my doubts ❤❤🔥

I would like to hear more about the physiology of the cracking of joints in the back (such as in chiropractics). This has always puzzled me since the main joints in the back are bot synovial. Are the joints that pop in the back and neck the smaller synovial joints as well? Or is it a different kind of pop?

@slitheen3

5 ай бұрын

I am curious as well. I can pop my own "back" although it's moreso my hips (I think). I lay face down on my stomach, twist my torso around to press on my hip with my hand in order to twist my torso even more, and then I'll get several pops in the base of my spine/hip area. It's sooo relieving. I obviously don't push it and hurt myself of its not working. It'll happen on its own sometimes too, especially if I've been sitting down in a hard chair for a while

@melodi996

5 ай бұрын

@@slitheen3 you describe a regular way of popping the middle-lower back, it's hardly different from fingers, but it was shown to relieve pain from hardened muscles as they pull your bone to one side, I'd like to see a normal video on the back too cause now they're all about how american chiros are a scam.

@cariboumaker2452

5 ай бұрын

chiropractors are quacks.... complete pseudoscience

@Rembd

4 ай бұрын

chiropractors use fake science and aren't real doctors

@maanmahmoud4537

4 ай бұрын

So chiro is a scam ?!?!!

Hi there sir, have my salutations. I just subbed with activating the bell as i noticed theres no newer video. Please release the video on the act of chyropractics and these popping sounds in the back and the neck

im waited for this video thanks for making this

Could an increase in the ability to crack a joint be an indicator that your body is producing a lot more synovial fluid due to an abnormal amount of friction in the joint?

This is good info. My granddaughter pops her knuckles. I feel a little better knowing she's not hurting herself.

I really like how you explain anatomy

Those who popping knuckles while watching 👇

If I'm not mistaken there was a man who was testing to see the effects popping your knuckles would have. He was doing it for years only on one hand to see what happened over time. Might be interesting to look into regarding where he got on that self study.

@Ace45015

5 ай бұрын

he found it does no harm to the bones or joints, and in a way actually benefits them

@contumelious-8440

5 ай бұрын

@@Ace45015Thank you for lying to us since you obviously didn't look him up or you would have linked something, mentioned his name or given specifics. Glad you clarified, "in a way" so that we medically know how the joints are helped, but in a vague and, "you don't really need to know what's going on" kinda way. I also didn't look him up since it's been known that popping the joints does no harm if done correctly which no one ever looks into. People who pop their joints claim it relaxes and eases tension in the joint, but most people don't pop and don't have tension or a need for relaxing. It, therefore, stands to reason popping the joint is simply a habit and is likely not needed for most people. The tension and relaxation of the joint is likely psychosomatic for most people as there is no evidence that popping a joint results in a looser joint and no evidence that NOT popping a joint results in a tighter joint. If there were, I guarantee we would have heard of it by now. As much as there is no evidence that popping joints does harm, there is no evidence that it is beneficial. All that said, if you are popping your joints correctly and it makes you feel better then crack on! I don't actually care, I just want people to be honest and not invent stories where joint popping cures cancer. (hyperbole)

I literally had to pop everything in my body while watching this lmao

@rachellee8533

5 ай бұрын

Same here lol

Nice information! Thank you

i work on the computer from 9 to 6p.m everyday and i always pop my finger joints at the end of the day, it's so relieving

I would love to hear your breakdown and explanation of this sound occurring in the knee(s). For my whole life (from my earliest awareness of this until present age of 67) my knees have popped when I sit into a full squat (down as low as I can go - sitting on my heals as it were), and it will do it repeatedly until I stop doing this movement. I have always attributed this to a rolling of the tendons around both knees as opposed to it being gasses in the joints (as you stated reabsorbing the gasses to 'pop' again takes time). I am not a runner, so it can't be blamed on that physical activity. Your explanation would be interesting in the least. Thanks again for all the great videos!

@queen_of_4

5 ай бұрын

Im the opposite, when I straighten my legs, they make popping sounds. Doctor said its my rheumatoid arthritis, I have terrible knees.😔

@mgsterling2010

5 ай бұрын

@@queen_of_4 Mine has never caused me pain or trouble. It seems to just be an attention-getter for those around me. A lot of raised eyebrows shot my way my whole life!

@bungerking7320

5 ай бұрын

my knees do this too! and im not even in my thirties yet

@jamescanjuggle

5 ай бұрын

im 24 atm but since ive been a kid my knees have sounded like salt and pepper shakers, hasnt caused issues but definitely caused concern from friends and family

@ntakirutimanavalens4412

5 ай бұрын

​@@bungerking7320 I heard that the popping sound in the knee might be because of gases such as C02 which are locked in and being released when making movements!! Unless they are permanent they are not harmful otherwise

I'd like to know more about the pressure buildup prior to; aka the stiffness that creates the desire to "pop" a joint. For me, it's especially bad around the upper neck. I'd also be curious about the release of pressure/stiffness afterwards.

Hi! I have hyper mobility since i was born, I can pop a lot of joints with a lot of ease, sometimes i need to do it to feel some relief, could you do a video explaining what it really means to have hyper mobility and what does that means to the body in the future? Amazing video!

Thanks for the information.. much needed 👍🙂

I pull on my fi gers to pop the knuckles to relieve the pain of pressure. Been doing this since I was a younger child. Now 72 and still no sign of arthritis

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

5 ай бұрын

Where u Alive during ww2

@safayasir

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for experience :)

I've got only anecdotal evidence (that is, myself). I've been cracking my knuckle joints for like 15 years multiple times a day and so far I have not experienced any negative consquences at all.

@mariee.5912

5 ай бұрын

I love your dedication to the research 😅

That's crazy I have the same exact elbow thing! I've never seen anyone else that can do that. I remember it starting the way you described too, where you push against it with your other hand

Good video. Thanks for the info

Would you ever consider doing a video on TMJ/TMD? I suffer from it chronically and it apparently affects most of the population at some point but there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of info out there. Thanks!

@-user_redacted-

5 ай бұрын

Would definitely be interested in seeing this too. Especially if he can explain why it sort of "flares". Like sometimes I'll go days without any problems, and sometimes I can't eat a sandwich without people 10 feet away reeling in horror at the sound. Also, why it just causes discomfort at times and outright pain at others.

@winedgirl89

2 ай бұрын

I second this

what is the uncomfortable feeling that makes me want to crack my joints? it kinda feels like something is gradually shifting out of place and popping it back into place provides some relief and a feeling of restored mobility. that sounds worse than it feels but i dont know how else to describe it. it could just be in my head too

@ClickClack_Bam

5 ай бұрын

I get a sensation that makes me feel like it needs cracked. If it crack it, the sensation goes away & I feel better immediately.

@ShadowFlame420

5 ай бұрын

@@ClickClack_Bam exactly

@JohnDoe-zx9ul

5 ай бұрын

There isn't, that's misinformation

@Soljarag5

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-zx9ul🙄

My grandpa and grandma hated when me and my brother would pop our knuckles and told us it would cause arthritis. Years later, I look up if it really does, and lo and behold, it doesn't! Glad I watched this video to confirm it even more.

@Fatespinner

5 ай бұрын

JSYK, it's "lo and behold".

@jacobduran8997

5 ай бұрын

@@Fatespinner goddamn it you're right!

2 questions: 1) Someone said it below, but, what is the pressure build-up sensation we get when we don't pop our knuckles or joints and why do we get that? 2) can you show ways or positions to pop our knuckles or joints that are not harmful/hyperextending?

I've been popping my knuckles and every joint from my shoulders, elbows, and each finger join since I was a kid. I spend upwards of 10 hours straight drawing or writing with few breaks. I've been like this all my life. I'm 39 so far and can safely report that I have never experienced any joint discomfort in ant of these points even after a 10 hour shift of drawing a highly detailed 11x14 or 18x24 art piece. I also cut stone and marble. The only thing that ever hurt my hands was using a portable jackhammer or rolling air out of a fresh block of clay.

I’ve been cracking my knuckles since I was 8 or 9. 20 yrs later, I realize it’s an anxious/ self soothing habit for me. But over the years, I’ve found ways to crack uncommon things, such as the metatarsal joints in my feet, my sternum, my jaw, the bridge of my nose, and most recently learned: my earlobes (I think it has something to do with opening up the eustachian tube, as it tends to drain my sinuses).

Short answer: 4:04

This was one of the most difficult things I had to watch in a very long time and I love horror movies simply because popping joints freak me out lmao so happy to have this knowledge! Thank you!

I think we need a proper class as to why it feels soooo good to move your back in all its axis of movement when you wake up. And I should stop doing because it relaxes me and makes me wanna go to bed again.

I definitely crack my knuckles but love cracking my back even more 😅

@jeltoninc.8542

5 ай бұрын

I just love crack

Chiropractic intern here. Nice video guys! Very good explanation of tribonucleation (popping joints by creating gas bubbles). I do want to add that there is no scientific evidence of joint mobilization during the period of growth having any pertinent structural changes to the body. The issue is that of a functional stability issue. Popping your joints has a profound effect on your central nervous system, and doing so frequently at a young age can alter your biomechanics, overtime creating the need to frequently pop your joint. If your joints pop more than usual it is most likely a muscular instability that needs to be addressed. Long story short, popping your synovial joints is safe for all ages, as is staying active and healthy!

You're really dramatic/demonstrative. Thought I was watching a cartoon at some point. I love it 😂 thanks 👍

It may not be harmful but, it still makes my skin crawl.

My anecdote experience is that knuckle cracking over a period of years has caused my knuckles to enlarge, and that the enlargement stopped when I stopped cracking.

Like for the spine 'pop' sound

Really Informative.

I used to get told cracking knuckles made your knuckles get bigger than your interknuckle and it would make wearing rings a pain and I used to think pfft I'm a man why would I want to wear rings I grew up and wanted to wear rings🥲

@TakaShiGUREEDO

5 ай бұрын

Once I read a curiosity about a guy who has been doing that for 50 years just to check if it′s harmful and he hasn′t had any problems

As someone with erhlers danlos syndrome, a genetic extreme form of hypermobility cause by poor collagen, i would say to people absolutely dont push your joints to crack. Although you can't give yourself what i have systemically, the damage caused by hypermobility is realmand very painful. I crack constantly but not deliberately, my joint move way beyond a normal range and dislocate really easily. ❤

@laratheplanespotter

5 ай бұрын

Zebra here too

@williamcadence

5 ай бұрын

Zebra here too. I love these videos because they show just how much connective tissue we have and is a great way to show people how much of our body is affected by it. Most people think we means ligaments or tendons when we say connective tissues.

Thank you for this video. I also have the same issue with one of my elbows where it pops whenever I straighten it. For me, this happened while I was practicing jabs. At first, the technique used would just cause my elbow to hurt. Later on, it no longer hurt, but my elbows started popping. Eventually, it popped just by straightening it

@LosRiji

4 ай бұрын

Same. With doing push ups or dips it hurts till they pop and afterwards it is fine. It s worrying when they don't pop

Great video. Thank you

Is there a difference between bending the joints vs. pulling the joint apart? Think about your fingers; you can bend them to crack but if that doesn't work you can pull on them essentially pulling the bones further away to make them crack. Does this have a negative impact on the joint?

@theanatomylab

5 ай бұрын

Yep! I forget the specific study, but it’s been shown that the ideal way to achieve the “pop” is to pull the knuckle as opposed to bending it.

@jimbelter2

5 ай бұрын

@@theanatomylab thanks for the reply. I can't wait for the back "pops" as I do them all the time and see what you have to say about it

9 minutes to just say it's not harmful? damn

Thanks for the info

Thanks to the person who gave their arm for this educational video

Was curious how popping knuckles relates to early onset of gout. This was informative though, as I do pop fingers about once a week or every few weeks.

@HOLLASOUNDS

5 ай бұрын

I pop My nose somtimes, it only happens if I push the right side I get a pop.

Been wondering about this. Popped my knuckles the way you said your Sister does and ended up passing out. I get numbness down my arm, around my carpal tunnel. I quit popping them like that and it hasn't happened since. It usually would be caused from an abnormally loud pop. Same location where that fluid would reside though.

I can pop my fingers by pulling them straight outwards (no bending or twisting), and my chiropractor has told me this specific method is harmless, but popping them other ways can weaken the joint and make it prone to future injury. Thanks to this video, I now fully understand why!

Great info

Is that a real human hand???

@younessaidi9654

4 ай бұрын

Yep

@the360experiencesingapore9

4 ай бұрын

Yes it is.. it’s a cadaver

So now I’m wondering how does it really look like for people who have hypermobile joints not caused by traumatic injuries or forced abnormal positions like you described but rather people who have connective tissue disorders of some sort. I’m talking about a situation where most body joints are prone to hyperextension and subluxations by a default. Individuals in this group (me included, that’s why I brought up this topic) seem to experience cracking and popping relatively more frequently than others. Is it just the bigger range of motion that makes the bubble formation more apparent? 🤔

@witchypeoniflorallungs3044

5 ай бұрын

Same boat. Would love to also understand why the cracks feel relieving. Scans I’ve had make everything look normal despite the abnormalities in the nature of the joints.

@lexiedennis9991

4 ай бұрын

Personal experience with a family member - knee joint regularly partially dislocated with accompanying severe pain. Not able to walk during these episodes.They had to use a knee support to force the knee joint to stay in a straight line and avoid twisting so the ligaments could heal appropriately. But certainly, the more you stretch the ligaments the looser the joint and greater likelihood of injury and dislocation. This family member does have hyper mobile joints and also is continually trying to pop them!! However the knee problems most likely came from kneeling whilst the joint was twisted, we think

thank you 🙏 it's very tiring for everyone I know to tell me "popping joints will give you arthritis" despite me showing proof that there's no real connection. I pop my knuckles out of anxiety, can also pop my toes. recently I started popping my wrist and it actually helps a lot because with me being an artist, it's normal for my wrist to get very tight but now that I can pop it, it helps relieve that and loosen it up.

Your SSD was my favorite

Could be damaging, but isn't it just stretching? And the resulting hypermobility just means you eventually became more flexible because of the stretching?

ppl who popped their knuckles at least once while watching the video !! leave a like

It was already getting somewhat comical but then you mentioned popping the spine and I had to laugh, video funnier than intended. 😂😂

I’ve been cracking my knuckles for 25-30 years with no issues. I can’t bend them back as much as he can either! I also see a chiropractor once a month after first having a full course of treatments. Been seeing one for 5 plus years now and my posture is much better. It’s all about the correct positioning so anything other than a general pop in daily life needs to be a professional doing it

I totally popped my knuckles why watching this lesson. Lol. Love your videos, keeps my medically trained brain working right.

@tungsten2009

4 ай бұрын

he reminded me to do it lol

I wanted to know about this for long, now I know. Thanks for that. But I also want to know what to do with the urge to pop. Sometimes I feel an urge to pop my elbows and my toes. Also when I walk sometimes there is a popping sound either in my toe or in feet. Can you explain why that happens?

@Bigboikilljoy

5 ай бұрын

just don't crack your knuckles for a while and then you wont have an urge to crack them anymore. Sometimes my knuckles hurt but and cracking them stops that, but its only temporary. If i don't crack them for like a weak i have no urge to crack them and no pain or anything super simple

@subhajitpaul3026

5 ай бұрын

@@Bigboikilljoy I'll try that.

Loved it thanks!