{"id":11366,"date":"2024-01-23T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/?p=11366"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:17:31","slug":"joint-cracking-myths-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/en\/joint-cracking-myths-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint cracking \u2013 myths and facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11366\" class=\"elementor elementor-11366 elementor-5666\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc7b42b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bc7b42b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28419616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28419616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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crack a joint feel relief and an increase in joint movement.<\/p>\n<p>This makes sense: when the nitrogen bubbles disappear, there is more space within the joint and less pressure at the end of its range.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-5669\" src=\"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-2-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-2-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-2-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-2-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-2-2-1536x864.png 1536w, 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having someone else cause it.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Myth: My physiotherapist cracked my joints, so the treatment was successful<\/h2>\n\n<p>Fact: A crack during a grade III manual therapy technique does not show that treatment has worked. It is simply a joint sound produced by a forceful movement at the end of its range.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes this cracking is contraindicated and may be an entirely inappropriate choice.<\/p>\n<p>Gentler mobilisation is often clearly preferable and more beneficial for the patient.<\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-5670\" src=\"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/therapylab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1-3-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>What matters is choosing a properly trained, highly qualified and certified physiotherapist, rather than using a joint crack to judge the quality of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>TherapyLab therapists who use high velocity thrust techniques within manual therapy are trained to do so and have the clinical reasoning needed before performing a forceful mobilisation.<\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is joint cracking? Joint cracking, also known scientifically as intra-articular crepitus, is the sound you hear during a sudden movement or at the end of a joint\u2019s range. Joint cracking has attracted plenty of theories and myths. Let us set the record straight about intra-articular crepitus. 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