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 ...

Is knuckle cracking harmless? According to Dr David Abbasi, occasional pops are fine, but frequent forceful cracking can irritate tissues.

I was seven years old when I first saw someone with severe rheumatoid arthritis. I had just met one of my grandmother’s cousins, whose swollen joints and gnarled fingers fascinated and terrified me. I ...

The 40 participants included 30 with a history of habitual knuckle cracking and 10 without. Some said they had never intentionally cracked their knuckles; others were habitual, cracking them up to 20 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cracking knuckles creates a gas cavity in fluid; it makes noise but causes no damage Nearly everyone who cracks their knuckles has heard the same warning at some point: keep doing that and your hands ...

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If you're a kid, chances are you either crack your knuckles or know someone who cracks theirs. You might have been told (by annoyed parents, perhaps?) that you'll develop arthritis if you keep up such ...

(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 ...

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 ...