Moms who hate hearing kids crack their knuckles aren’t going to like hearing this: Those threats that knuckle-cracking will cause arthritis just aren’t true. Dr. Kevin deWeber, a sports and family ...

There’s something oddly satisfying about cracking your knuckles. That quick pop can feel like releasing pressure after a long day, but somewhere along the line, it got a bad reputation. You’ve ...

Knuckles crack when a bubble forms in a joint, new high-speed images reveal. The finding, reported April 15 in PLOS ONE, may settle a decades-old debate about the source of the sound. In 1947, two ...

Whether it’s one or all of your knuckles, you may wonder what causes the cracking sound. Although interesting, “cracking joints” and “popping knuckles” are not fully understood. In fact, cracking ...

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 ...

"Pull my finger," a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing uncles the world over, is now being used to settle a decades-long debate about what happens when you crack your knuckles.

Scientists think they may have solved an old question about the cracking of knuckles: Why does it make that sound? The crack apparently comes from a bubble forming in the fluid within the joint when ...

Whether you love it or hate it, cracking knuckles is a common habit we've likely all done at some point. It's one of life's simple pleasures for some people, who crave the satisfying "pop" and ...

The human body has always been something of a two-legged calliope—a sound effects machine capable of an almost unlimited range of noises. Some are pretty easy to understand—the whistle, the sneeze, ...

From fingers and toes to necks and knees, everyone knows a “cracker.” Up to 45% of people do it. And most habitual joint poppers have heard rumors their habit may cause arthritis. But are those rumors ...