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Back pain & urge to crack/click my back all the time. is this just compounding the damage?

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Dr. Clifford Gevirtz answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

Facet joint popping: Most probably you are popping your facet joints in the spine. While this should be fairly harmless, i don't recommend doing this frequently.

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Answered 8/26/2013

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