When someone stretches or bends their knuckle to crack it, they increase the space between the bones, which creates a drop in ...

Do you crack your knuckles? For decades, warnings about possible harm have caused concern about the habit — here is what the ...

When you need to stretch out stiff muscles, it’s natural to hear a “snap, crackle, pop!” with no Rice Krispies in sight. But when it comes to your neck, you may be wondering if there may be any ...

How often have we been told not to crack our knuckles? The belief that cracking knuckles leads to arthritis is deeply embedded in popular culture. This notion has been perpetuated through generations, ...

The popping sound habitual knuckle crackers make may be annoying — or even alarming — but are they actually harming themselves? The research is somewhat limited but generally concludes that ...

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