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Everytime i straighten my leg my knee cracks and pops.. no pain.. i hurt my knee when i was 12 jumping off my house. never got it looked at.?
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Should be OK: We used think that knuckle-cracking is bad and one may develop arthritis..There is no such evidence. As long as you are not having pain or instability in your knee, popping/crackling by itself is likely harmless.....
Answered 4/18/2019
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Cartiage: May have some cartilage damage. Other possibility is the fat pad behind the patellar tendon.
Answered 5/31/2018
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