So ever since I picked it up (from the ALF cartoon!), I’ve always been a huge fan of cracking my joints \u2013 I could reliably get 3 out of each finger, 2 out of each toe, the wrists, knees, hips. The whole range of the spine, sometimes the sternum and clavicles with the right tension.
Things that aren’t even joints - I could get each ear two ways, since I rolled over in bed with an adolescent boner the penis \u2013 I’ve only ever seen that attested as an Afghan practice to kill an erection, and it can’t be healthy so I stopped.
Anyway, since when I went to the dojo and first developed any firm muscle my spine and other load-bearing joints only become “eligible” like 1/3 as often, which makes me wonder if they used to be bearing more pressure in the synovial fluid before my muscles did as much work at keeping my body aligned under gravity
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