Cracking knuckles doesn’t increase arthritis risk but could lead to temporary discomfort if done excessively. Studies show no ...

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 ...

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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 ...

When you crack your knuckles, you stretch the joint capsule ... Though dramatic-sounding, this process happens within fractions of a second and typically doesn’t cause immediate pain.