# Anybody else pop their knuckles ... in their toes?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507 "2004-10-21T23:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/21 "2004-10-22T01:50:08Z")
My BF can crack all of his toes (at once) just by bending them. Makes me shudder to hear all those pops. He doesn’t think it’s weird at all. Sometimes I crack my toes and insteps by bending my feet against the floor. Fingers get cracked all the time, and everything else pops without needing any encouragement from me. ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/22 "2004-10-22T02:20:16Z")
toes and fingers on purpose. My knees like doing it on ther own. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/23 "2004-10-22T02:29:06Z")
> [@pasunejen](#): > > My BF can crack all of his toes (at once) just by bending them. > … He doesn’t think it’s weird at all. > > … Me, too, and me neither. In fact I pretty much can’t bend my toes without having them crack. Not so much the big toes but all the others. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/24 "2004-10-22T02:41:16Z")
hmmm I can pop my knuckles in my fingers both the big ones and little ones. I pop my hips on a regular basis and my knees. course I have bad hips (and i’m only 24!) so I have to do this or be in pain. Pop my big toes on both feet, pop my neck and back. I can pop my jaw also at times. and now I realize I’ve been saying “pop” all this time when I used to say “crack” damn living in the south. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/25 "2004-10-22T02:42:30Z")
Aie! Must leave, or I’ll start popping my toe-joints again. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/26 "2004-10-22T03:02:43Z")
Yeah, I do the weird cracking every toe at once thing. I also like cracking my fingers by bending them down, and also moving them side-to-side. I also pop my back and neck on purpose, but that’s it that I can pop on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/27 "2004-10-22T05:16:24Z")
I LOVE cracking people who don’t usually crack themselves. **OhFace** doesn’t crack anything except her fingers occasionally. I’ll beg her to let me crack her back for her (by using the patended “grab from behind while ams crossed in front” technique and ALWAYS get a huge loud _crunch_ from her. It’s awesome. On the other hand (literally) she absolutely HATES it when I crack her fingers for her (the second knuckles, not the main ones). I’ll act like I’m holding her hand like and just sneak the “squeeze” in and get 3-4 good pops before she screams in pain. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/28 "2004-10-22T05:24:13Z")
My youngest brother could/can. He can wiggle his ears too and do a Samantha too! :dubious: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/29 "2004-10-22T05:53:08Z")
Fingers, toes, neck, back. I love cracking my back and I usually do it either by arching it, or by twisting at the waist. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/30 "2004-10-22T06:37:26Z")
Ooooh, I forgot a rather important one (way tmi): Can anyone else crack their penis? Usually when I have morning wood I can press down on top of it and the base will “pop”. Sometimes this feels incredibly good (in a completely non-sexual way), and sometimes it can hurt pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/31 "2004-10-22T06:49:39Z")
Why, oh why do I always highlight the spoiler boxes? :eek: I do the every toe at once thing (usually multiple times in succession), fingers, neck (occasionally), my knees pop in the mornings but that’s about it for them, and elbows…specifically my right elbow. Loud and obnoxious that one is and I pop it all the time, I don’t even know I’m doing it half the time. It’s starting to get to the point that it even annoys me. My wife always cringes when I do my toes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/32 "2004-10-22T06:53:41Z")
Yeah, I do that. Started doing it somewhere in my teens. Does this ability develop or just get discovered, I wonder? I used to do it much more often, but I can do my neck, knuckles, back, knees, ankles and toes. Once in a while, unintentionally, I can get an elbow. Some joints crack more frequently than others- the knees are a once-every-couple-of-days kind of thing, and it only happens right after I get up for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/33 "2004-10-22T07:01:16Z")
> [@KJ](#): > > Really? I could’ve sworn I was the only person who could do that. I can also pop my jaw when I open my mouth really wide, which, depending on how I do it, can either be discrete or make an obnoxious popping sound. I don’t know if that’s the same thing as popping knuckles, though. It’s probably not good for me. I can only do it on the right side of my jaw for some reason, but I can do it repeatedly. What is the matter with you people?!? DO NOT pop your jaw. I have TMJ and I go through periods when my jaw gets stiff on the right side and cracks repeatedly with every chew or movement. It. Sucks. Royally. I can’t even chew gum anymore. I have no idea how or why I got this, but seriously, you do not want to tempt fate by purposely popping your jaw. Geez, you people creep me out! I think I’m about to swoon. Dare I say it? Yup, I will. Cisco and I could make beautiful music together. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/34 "2004-10-22T18:34:20Z")
(This is so MPSIMS) Things I could pop if I want to: Neck, back, elbows, knees, two joints in each finger, toes. Things I actually do pop: One joint in each finger, sometimes my neck. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/35 "2004-10-22T22:54:49Z")
I pop my toes. I do it by flexing them against the floor. **leenmi** pops my toes if my feet are on his lap, and he’s always trying to steal our kid’s piggies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/36 "2004-10-23T09:56:09Z")
I have arboreal monkey toes. Not only can I crack them, I can pick up a 5 cent piece off the floor with them, toss it in the air,and catch it in my hand. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/37 "2004-10-23T10:53:02Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > I have arboreal monkey toes. Not only can I crack them, I can pick up a 5 cent piece off the floor with them, toss it in the air,and catch it in my hand. Seriously. 😕 Are there people that can’t do this? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/38 "2004-10-23T12:43:26Z")
I can crack my toes over and over again, just by clenching my feet. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/39 "2004-10-23T14:07:08Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > I can crack my toes over and over again, just by clenching my feet. Yeah, me too - except that I flex rather than clench. As a matter of fact, I pretty much can’t walk around stealthily, 'cuz my toe-cracking makes too much noise. Makes sneaking up on my wife difficult. Elbows and back need a crack every so often, hip joints less so. And (almost) never just because I feel like it…more like the joints are in some odd state and _need_ to be cracked. ---
**Author:** ![ShakWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@ShakWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShakWave)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507/40 "2004-10-23T16:58:50Z")
I can crack my knuckles (including my thumbs), elbows, neck, back (upper and lower), knees, toes, ankles, sometimes the hip joints as well. What really gets my friends is when I sit straight in a chair, turn around and grab the back of the chair and twist my back to get a series of crackles up my spine. One friend of mine even suggests jokingly that someone should pick me up by my feet and shake me like a carpet to crack all the joints in my body at once!! BTW, is it bad for the joints to crack them? It feels so good to crack your back after sitting for hours at a stretch. PS. Sometimes my jaw gets locked if I yawn too widely. I usually have to endure a lot of pain until I use my hands to set my jaw ‘straight’. This straightening causes a rifle shot crack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-pop-their-knuckles-in-their-toes/270507.md?page=3)