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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Devlin

Knuckle-cracking is fine – and bad weather doesn’t make arthritis worse: nine myths about your joints busted

Cracking knuckles … not as bad as you might think.
Cracking knuckles … not as bad as you might think. Photograph: Image Source/Alamy

Cracking your knuckles is bad …

It might get on other people’s nerves, but clicking your knuckles probably won’t exacerbate joint problems or increase the chances of arthritis. The joints are lubricated by synovial fluid, which contains dissolved nitrogen gas.

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