You might’ve been told by parents, teachers, colleagues, friends of friends to stop cracking your knuckles because it will give you arthritis.
There’s a surprising amount of science going on when you crack a joint, and it suggests there’s very little risk of harming your bones.
But as Norman and Tegan explain, there is one major risk – you could irritate everybody around you.
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