no. your just tearing cartilage. unless you crack it for the first time or you crack your neck when it doesn't wanna be cracked it wont swell.
Typically, its usually caused by a pinched nerve. Its best to stay away from cracking your neck. You can cause serious complications.
All depends on how you crack them. Cracking your back by stretching it or your neck by rolling it around shouldn't cause any damage. But, if you use your hands to twist your neck around to get it to pop, you risk possibly damaging the vertebrae in your neck (either slipping,cracking, or even possibly rupturing a disk in extreme cases).
No, cracking your neck does not lead to arthritisyou donkey.
Yes,you can have a stroke by craking your neck
Goiter is a swelling in the thyroid gland which is situated in the neck and often causes additional swelling of the neck.
There are many conditions that would cause cervical swelling, but one that immediately comes to mind is goiter, or swelling of the thyroid gland.
I believe the swelling casued by cracking knuckles is just a myth, I have been cracking them and know people who used to do it or still do it, they never noticed any swelling. Actually when you crack knuckles there is hydrogen and some other gas bubble like substance which actually burst and that is how you hear the crack, so I think that has nothing to with Swelling of fingers or toes
NO!!!!!! unless you are a certified chiropractor. Answer I have had a bad habit of cracking my neck and have been to my doctor as well as go to a chiropractor on a regular basis and I am going to tell you - NO DON'T DO IT!! I cannot stress that enough. When you are cracking your neck you are stopping it moving from the proper area it is suppose to move from and moving places that are not suppose to move which in turn cause damage. Cracking your neck can cause long term troubles such as arthritis, cause seizures when your cracking it, chronic headaches, dizziness, or even death.
Cracking your knuckles is believed to be caused by the release of gas bubbles in the synovial fluid within the joints. It does not cause arthritis, contrary to popular belief. However, excessive knuckle cracking may lead to reduced grip strength and joint swelling.
because the nerves in the neck gets free.
Cracking your knuckles may not cause arthritis, but it can lead to reduced grip strength and swelling in some cases. Frequent knuckle cracking may also weaken the ligaments surrounding the joints over time.
I think in the back and the neck because that is were our spinal card is OK