Old Wives’ Tales That Are Just Plain Wrong

A Bad Habit

Over-cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis. I cracked my knuckles in front of a friend one time, and she said it’d cause arthritis. I said it was a myth, and she said her mum said it does, and she should know because her mum works in x profession. I think her mum may have told her to stop an annoying habit.

Years ago, a man decided to dispel this myth. He cracked the knuckles only on the same hand for like decades. There was no difference according to X-rays, exams, nothing.