The doctor explained how dangerous the habit of crunching your fingers is

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The habit of crunching your fingers or neck can send your joints for “early retirement”. Orthopedic traumatologist Kostyantyn Ternovy explained the reason for the harmfulness of this habit and how to get rid of it.

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Finger crunching is not just an unpleasant sound. Fans of “crunching” harm their own health, Kostyantyn explained.

“Many people like to snap their fingers or neck. This is mainly due to the tension in the muscles of the hands or neck, which leads to the emergence of an irresistible desire to “click”. When people do it constantly 20-30 times a day, it is more like motor neurosis. It's similar to how people bite their nails,” said Kostyantyn Ternovy.

This is a bad habit in every sense.

“Repeated clicking of the joints of the hands and neck leads to instability. This makes the joints loose. Loose joints lead to faster wear and tear and arthrosis. If you do such movements all the time, you will get arthrosis at the age of 50, which should be at the age of 70,” he warned. Kostyantyn Ternovy.

The doctor explained that massage will help get rid of a bad habit: a professional will easily relieve muscle tension and, accordingly, the desire to “crunch”. If it is not about muscle tension, but about a bad habit, then you should contact a psychiatrist for help in the treatment of motor neurosis.