Since our schooldays, we’ve been told that purposefully cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis later in life and that ...

Physical effects may include mild swelling or discomfort in fingers. While these symptoms don’t necessarily indicate serious ...

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

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 ...

If you're a fan of knuckle-cracking, you're probably a little fed up of hearing this, dismissing it as an 'old wife's tale.' So what, if any, are the risks attached to cracking your joints?

That satisfying pop from knuckles or unexpected crack from knees during stretches often puzzles both medical professionals ...

Scientists have turned their attention to investigating that most annoying of human habits - the sound made when you crack your knuckles. The characteristic pop can be explained by three ...

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 ...

Knuckle cracking, a common habit, involves the formation of an air bubble in the synovial fluid of finger joints. While the exact cause of the cracking sound remains unclear, studies have not ...

According to Harvard Health Publishing, cracking joints doesn’t cause arthritis and this conclusion is based on several studies that compared rates of hand arthritis among habitual knuckle-crackers ...