If you’ve ever popped or cracked your joints — by accident or on purpose — you’re not alone. There’s even a medical name for that crackling, clicking or popping sound your bones make: crepitus.

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

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 ...

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A bit of relief, or maybe just a force of habit: We’re separating fact from fiction about what happens when you crack your knuckles and other joints. * It all has to do with the “synovial fluid” in ...

Your body has millions of parts working together every second of every day. In this series, Dr. Jen Caudle, a board-certified family medicine physician and an associate professor at Rowan University ...