Cracking your back or neck might provide quick relief and a satisfying popping noise — but is it a safe practice? "When you stretch or manipulate your spine, such as by twisting or bending, the ...

You know that feeling: You’ve been sitting at your desk for a few hours or standing at the stove cooking dinner, when you start to feel pressure or strain in your lower back. The next thing you know, ...

Long tiring days at work with hours of being trapped in a fixed position, your back might feel stiff, tense or frozen. To find relief, you move and manipulate your back until you feel the stretch of ...

Joint cracking is one of those habits most of us acquire without thinking about it. A knuckle popped mid-sentence. A back twisted as we stand up. A neck gently crunched while the kettle boils. It is ...

Many people crack their necks to relieve tension, but is it actually harmful? Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon Dr. Deborah Benzil weighed in on the topic to separate fact from fiction. “Cracking your ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation Katie Edwards is a health and medicine editor at The Conversation in the UK. Clodagh Toomey receives ...