Many of us have heard that cracking your knuckles is bad for you, and can even increase your chances of developing arthritis ...

Knuckle cracking is a common pleasurable activity which is enjoyed by many. For some, it has also become a habit to cope with ...

How often have we been told not to crack our knuckles? The belief that cracking knuckles leads to arthritis is deeply embedded in popular culture. This notion has been perpetuated through ...

Dr Chris van Tullekan questions that piece of perennial parental advice: don’t crack your knuckles or you’ll get arthritis! One researcher, Dr Donald Unger, actually cracked the knuckles of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Your parents said it was bad for you, and you kept on doing it. Guess what? You were right! Here's what's really going on. More from Science Your parents said it ...

More often than not, you may happen to hear a crack or a pop from your joints, especially during your PT or PE period and yoga classes. You might have been chided or even scolded for cracking your ...

An curved arrow pointing right. What's actually going on inside your joints when you crack your knuckles? Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Science What's actually going on inside your joints ...

Crack, crack. The sound of popping knuckles — known medically as crepitus — can feel satisfying for some and irritating for ...

Previous research had suggested that the collapse of the bubbles can generate the cracking noise, but others argued that pressure changes produce the sound, Barakat tells The Guardian. Images of ...

An MRI video of cracking knuckles reveals that the popping sound comes from the formation of a small air bubble (the dark cavity on the upper right image) in the synovial fluid of the joint.