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

Good morning. I'm Noel King with the answer to a mystery that has puzzled scientists and kids for years. When we crack our knuckles, why do they make that popping sound? A grad student in France, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cracking your knuckles is something many people do out of stress, boredom, or just habit. Yet for years, it has been surrounded by fear and misinformation. Some believe it weakens the joints, while ...

The pair wanted to resolve two persistent questions about knuckle cracking: What causes that popping sound, and is it bad for your joints? “Patients do come in all the time and want to know if knuckle ...

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 ...

Your friends and family may have told you knuckle cracking is bad for you. But is it really as harmful as some might think? Cracking your knuckles can offer relief through the release of pressure ...