Cracking Your Knuckles Could Be an Annoying Habit, Study Reveals the Secret of the ‘Popping’ Sound There were only two ...

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

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 ...

Johns Hopkins also says there's no evidence it's linked to arthritis, which is often the thing people are most likely to shout at you if you crack your knuckles in public. Of course, everyone is ...

You might have been chided or even scolded for cracking your knuckles and been told it’ll lead to arthritis. Today, let’s explore the real reason behind our noisy joints and whether there’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s for this reason that you can’t purposely crack joints like your knuckles over and over again within a short period. When these gas bubbles pop they dissolve into a liquid form ...

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 ...