The distinctive popping sound produced during knuckle cracking has also fueled concerns regarding potential joint damage. 1 Despite the widespread nature of this belief, scientific research and ...

You might have been chided or even scolded for cracking your knuckles and been told it’ll lead to arthritis. Today, let’s explore the real reason behind our noisy joints and whether there’s ...

Images of knuckle cracking taken in an MRI scanner and published in 2015 suggested the sound was the result of a quick separation of the joint that occurred while bubbles formed, not collapsed. In ...