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Originally Posted by Lone Wolf  |
The article says, "Whether or not there is truth to the old wives tale, that cracking ones knuckles enlarges them, remains open to debate." I tend to think that it's more a matter of people who are likely to end up with larger knuckles are also likely to crack them... but that's just a theory.
My bones have always cracked, especially in my back/neck and feet/ankles, but since getting into a car accident in February this has been happening a lot more. I tend to blame the dozens of trigger points (muscle knots, in a way) I've developed all over my body. Having a lot of tight muscles puts more stress/tension on our tendons, which causes them to snap/crack as described in that link:
"On the other hand, the sound produced when we do deep-knee bends, is a snapping sound, produced when our tendons, which are merely the fibers that connect muscles and bones, elastically snap into new positions as our joints move under stress."
This is an interesting site which helps you figure out exactly where your trigger points are:
NAMTPT - National Association Of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists