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.

People may notice a slight popping or cracking sound when moving their neck. Often, the sound occurs due to the movement of air trapped within the fluid of the joints. It may also occur due to slight ...

If you notice that your knees make cracking or popping sounds when you bend, it can cause a bit of concern. But according to experts, there may not be any reason to worry. Those cracking sounds are ...

The sounds that you hear when your daughter 'cracks' her bones are not actually due to any problem with her bones. They are caused by the normal movements of tendons or ligaments over joints which in ...

It's not hard to find the popular "bone cracking" videos online. Typically in the videos, a young social media influencer lays across a special table. Then an expert pushes and contorts his or her ...

The human body makes strange noises when something’s amiss. A growling tummy can mean you're low on food. Wheezing from the chest can imply a respiratory infection. So when your knees make snap, ...

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