{"id":342829,"date":"2015-01-08T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T04:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/cracking-fingers-give-osteoarthritis-342829.html"},"modified":"2015-01-08T12:08:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T04:08:08","slug":"cracking-fingers-give-osteoarthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/cracking-fingers-give-osteoarthritis-342829.html","title":{"rendered":"Does cracking your fingers give you Osteoarthritis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_130771478-750x410.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-63504\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-63504 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_130771478-750x410-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_130771478-750x410\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>If only we got a dollar every time our parents tell us to stop cracking our fingers, we would have gold rings on every one of them. Now that we're older, we keep hearing friends say\u00a0that one day we might not be able to move<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/keep-an-eye-on-your-fingers-6784.html\"> our fingers<\/a> as we get older. But\u00a0we can confidently tell them that's not entirely true.<\/p> <p><strong>CRACKING YOUR FINGERS, IS THERE REALLY NO DANGER TO IT?<\/strong><\/p> <p>It was American allergist Dr. Unger who initially took serious interest in the matter. After being told by his mother to stop cracking his knuckles, Dr. Unger spent 50 years of his life experimenting\u00a0the impact of this small seemingly insignificant gesture. He cracks his left hand twice a day, but never the right. After half a century of this \"popping\" routine, he found no difference in the knuckles of both hands*. Considering the\u00a0discovery won an\u00a0<strong>Ig Nobel prize<\/strong> (a parody Nobel prize for unusual and trifling scientific findings), it must be in line with other relevant more rigorous researches.<\/p> <p>But where does this\u00a0<em>crack<\/em> sound come from? According to rheumatologist Dr. Philippe Brissaud, \"Pulling the fingers decreases the pressure within the joint cartilage, and doing so lowers the vaporization temperature of the gas dissolved in the cartilage cells: it forms bubbles 80 per cent of which is carbon dioxide whose sudden burst is\u00a0audible,\" as quoted from\u00a0<em>La Recherche\u00a0<\/em>in 2006.<\/p>  <p><strong>WHAT HEIGHTENS THE RISK OF OSTEOARTHRITIS?<\/strong><\/p> <p>According to <em>Sing Health<\/em>, around 40 per cent of Singaporeans are affected by Osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease when the joints inflame due to the thinning of the articular cartilage. Yet, only 10 per cent seek medical attention. Age and normal wear and tear of the joints being\u00a0the main risk\u00a0factors,\u00a0other factors include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/booster-sa-libido-grace-aux-medecines-douces-48783.html\">declining estrogen levels<\/a> associated with menopause and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/au-fond-du-tube-pilule-se-passer-sport-59465.html\">obesity<\/a>.<\/p> <p>So, since there is no correlation between cracking your knuckles and contracting osteoarthritis, crack\u00a0away!<\/p>  <p><em>Source: Does knuckle cracking lead to arthritis of the fingers, arthritis and rheumatism, 1998 Arthritis Foundation, November 2014.<\/em><\/p> <p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Maureen Diament<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will this sound-making gesture for fast-relief - that you can't seem to stop doing - impair your fingers? 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