Is it bad to crack your fingers?

Yes, it will damage your fingers in the future. They will swell a lot too. It would be real wrong if you tried to crack mine too.

My doctor told me it could cause arthritis but I too crack my fingers and find if I don't my fingers hurt

No, actually when you crack your fingers a gas is released that prevents big nuckles, or whatever, it is a natural ggas that is released in your body all the time.

ya my teacher told us that it is bad because when you are in a place im the winter you would have your fingers start to shake. it is really hard to stop.

Well cracking your knuckles is actually cracking the ligaments in your hands and fingers. The reason you hear that your fingers will get big is because when you crack your fingers A.K.A ligaments they will swell.

I had a substitute teacher one time who was teaching the class and I notices his fingers looked broken. I asked him why his hands are like that. He told me that from cracking your fingers all over the years. He also had bad arthritis. So yes.

I was always told that it gave you really big knuckles. On a woman, that is not so great!

in the long run you may encounter arthritis in your hands and fingers.

It'll just make your knuckles big.