Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever popped or cracked your joints — by accident or on purpose — you’re not alone. There’s even a medical name for that ...

If you’ve ever popped or cracked your joints — by accident or on purpose — you’re not alone. There’s even a medical name for that crackling, clicking or popping sound your bones make: crepitus.

Roshini Raj, MD, is Health's former magazine's medical editor and coauthor of What the Yuck?!. Board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, Dr. Raj is a Clinical Associate Professor of ...

Popping, clicking, rattling—these sounds from our joints can be unsettling, but are they cause for concern? Orthopedic specialist Chris Gee, MD, demystifies these auditory oddities, highlighting when ...

It’s quite common to hear your knees crack when you stand up or your knuckles pop as you stretch your fingers. These sounds, often described as snapping, clicking, or popping, are medically known as ...

That occasional twinge when you stand up. The stiffness that seems to linger just a bit longer each morning. The subtle click in your knee that wasn’t there last year. Your body sends countless ...

Your body has millions of parts working together every second of every day. In this series, Dr. Jen Caudle, a board-certified family medicine physician and an associate professor at Rowan University ...