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Cracking your knuckles might feel satisfying, but it often earns disapproving looks or even dire warnings. For decades, people have believed that this seemingly harmless habit could lead to arthritis ...

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 generations, ...

I was seven years old when I first saw someone with severe rheumatoid arthritis. I had just met one of my grandmother’s cousins, whose swollen joints and gnarled fingers fascinated and terrified me. I ...

A bit of relief, or maybe just a force of habit: We’re separating fact from fiction about what happens when you crack your knuckles and other joints. * It all has to do with the “synovial fluid” in ...

BLOOM (TAMPA)- Gayle Guyardo, host of Bloom, sat down with Chiropractic Physician and Acupuncturist Dr. Cathleen Gerenger to discuss myths around knuckle cracking.

It might make you cringe, or it might bring you sweet, satisfying relief. Cracking your knuckles is one of those oddly ...