Chuck Bryant

But if you are a knuckle cracker, you're kind of you feel compelled to do it.

So I can't imagine what it would have taken to not crack knuckles.

the knuckles on one hand for that many years.

It must've been really tough.

That's my guess.

So yeah, he did this over his lifetime.

He x-rayed himself on the reg and eventually decades later came to the conclusion that he doesn't have any arthritic difference in his hands.

Case closed.

No, they have recess.

Yeah, which, you know, as you age, grip strength is important.

So it's definitely not a harmless thing.

There are some other possible side effects, something called ligament laxity, which is basically looseness.

So over time, if you're just doing this a lot –

that's what leads to the reduced grip strength and sometimes sort of overall hand function.

I think in rare cases, if you have a really weird method or forceful method or you're a little too aggressive with it, you can get some soft tissue swelling around the knuckles and the joint.

Yeah, I mean, I know you're kind of kidding, but sad but true.

Like, especially these days, there's been more and more instances of Tommy John surgery being required because pitchers are throwing harder and harder.

And if you're not, you know, able to get it near 100 miles an hour these days, you're not going to have much of a chance.

It's a real problem in baseball.

Yeah.