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Does cracking your knuckles increase your arthritis risk?
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No: Cracking your knuckles does not increase your risk for arthritis.
Answered 8/24/2011
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Nope...: That cracking sound is pulling the normal gases in our joint fluid out of solution. After being cracked it takes several minutes for the gas to go back into solution hence you can't crack the same joint multiple times in a row... And all of this does not increase the chance of arthritis...
Answered 10/4/2016
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