Is it true you can get arthritis by cracking your neck?

Question

Is it true you can get arthritis by cracking your neck?

Answer 1

No the pop you hear is snyoval fluid, it is also found in the knuckles.  It acts as a lubricant

Answer 2

no arthritis is a bone disease

Cracking is all cartlidge. Now if your bones are cracking, then artharits is the least of your worries because that will hurt like h**l.

When water is moved along the ridge of cartlitdge it makes the pop your used to hearing.

Now poping joints does. Decrease flexibility, wear out cartlidge/ ligaments. Causes swelling in the area (long term popping)



I have heard of people tearing ligament, even dislocating joints from poping but it is rare.

Answer 3

No, but you might want to be careful doing that and not pull or move your head too far in any direction. Anything beyond natural movement could cause serious medical problems. Best thing is to consult a chiropractor or a doctor. I have been cracking my neck almost daily and sometimes more than once and been doing it for 20 years. No arthritis at all.

Answer 4

TOTAL MYTH!!!

Go to http://www.livescience.com and search the topic... There are lots of articles about how it is just a myth.

Answer 5

i hope not...i better stop crackin mine u kinda scared me lol

Answer 6

Not neccessarily, but sort of.  Where 2 bones meet each other there is cartilage and fluid, ok?  When you "crack" your neck, what you hear is the fluid moving and popping bubbles and such.  Now, a chiropractor told me that it only causes problems if done wrong, but that's kind of a suspect science if you ask me.  I do it myself, have for years, and have never had a problem.

Answer 7

I'm fairly sure this is an old wive's tale that was told to people to get them to stop cracking their neck.

Answer 8

No, it's not true.

Mostly it happens when you receive a neck injury from an accident.

And then the arthritis usually comes on later in life.

Answer 9

There is no scientific evidence that it causes arthritis.

Answer 10

No.  Arthritis is the swelling of the joints and discs in the spine.

Cracking actually relieves the pain and arthritis makes it impossible to crack those joints.