Short Stuff: Knuckle Cracking
Cracking your knuckles isn’t your bones grinding together, nor does it cause arthritis—thanks to a 60-year self-experiment by Dr. Donald Unger—but habitual cracking may lead to reduced grip strength and soft tissue damage. The satisfying pop comes from gas bubbles collapsing in synovial f
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