When someone stretches or bends their knuckle to crack it, they increase the space between the bones, which creates a drop in pressure in the joint. As a result of that pressure drop, the dissolved ...

Good news: Scientists think they know what makes knuckles crack. How did we not know that already? It turns out the subject has actually been a topic of debate for more than half a century. In a study ...

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

Hearing “snap, crackle, pop!” with no visible sign of the Rice Krispie trio can only mean one thing: snapping joints—likely knuckle cracking, to be more specific. Whether or not the sensation happens ...

(Reuters) - Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes it. Researchers said on Wednesday ...

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 ...

The reason why knuckles pop or crack when stretched is largely a mystery, but a recent study claims it's because of popping fluid bubbles. When these bubbles collapse or even partially collapse in a ...

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In some households, cracking your knuckles is a declaration of war. Whether you’re in the camp that can’t stand the sound or the one that can’t see what the fuss is about, you might be surprised to ...

Nearly all of us have experienced our joints ‘pop’ at some point in our lives. Whether it was from cracking our knuckles, getting adjusted by a chiropractor, or the inadvertent sound that sometimes ...