When you’re feeling a bit tense or nervous, it’s not unusual to crack your knuckles. It may even be something you do for fun or heard other people do when you were growing up. Some people crack ...

For some people, it is a way to focus, while for others, it is simply a nervous reflex that feels right. Yet it is also one of those habits that quickly draws stares and warnings from friends or ...

The myth that cracking your knuckles is bad for you can be finally put to bed, after a study involving 40 volunteers showed that no short term damage was caused by clicking your fingers. Researchers ...

A Leading Arthritis Specialist Explains Whether Cracking Knuckles Is Harmless Or Harmful. The Doctor Breaks Down The Myths, ...

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 ...

There’s something oddly satisfying about cracking your knuckles. That quick pop can feel like releasing pressure after a long ...

Have you heard the old wives’ tale that knuckle cracking will enlarge your knuckles? What about the one that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis? There are many beliefs about this common behavior, ...

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 ...

Have you heard the old wives’ tale that knuckle cracking will enlarge your knuckles? What about the one that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis? There are many beliefs about this common behavior, ...

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 ...

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, ...