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Gas buildup, is the best theory I’ve read.
by DANmode 2mo ago
Gas buildup, is the best theory I’ve read.
- podocarp 2mo agoIs it a theory, I thought it was exactly what causes it. The stretching depressurizes the liquidy thing in the joints and that causes dissolved gases to bubble out of solution in nucleation points. It's not really gas build up, but more like opening a can of coke, the pressure drop causes the equilibrium to shift and brings dissolved gases out of solution. At least that's what I thought it was.
- hasley 2mo agoBut how does this gas or new gas get back into the liquid resulting in new pressure?
- scott_w 2mo agoMy uneducated guess would be that the pressure is the natural state because of the fluid/gas involved, much the same way sediment eventually settles at the bottom of a bottle of orange juice. Over time, the gas will just naturally form inside your joints that way.
- podocarp 2mo agoGeneric life processes? Everything is dissolved you know, including the oxygen and carbon dioxide from respiration. Nitrogen too, though it's not really very useful. The fact that it's all dissolved is how divers get the bends. As the pressure lowers gases drop out of solution and form bubbles, clogging arteries.
- hasley 2mo agoI am not doubting the theory of the gas getting out of the liquid. I was just referring to the "urge" to crack my fingers. I thought, maybe this instant relaxation (with additional auditive feedback) results in an addiction which creates or increases my urge to crack.
- DANmode 2mo agoWhy do you burp? There’s gas pressure - it wants out. Don’t overthink it! =]
- tapland 2mo agoPretty sure it's not in your head. When I was younger I had growth hormone treatment for a while. I needed to crack more ofthen when on it, and less when I wasn't, and it was apparently a common side effect.