Patients frequently want to know what causes the "cracking" sound when their spine is adjusted.
Well, there isn't anything being cracked, snapped or broken. The sound is the result of changes in the pressure within the joint. We have all heard the sound of a soda pop can or bottle being opened. That sound is the release of pressure on gases within the liquid in the container.
Your joints are like little containers filled with pressurized liquid, known as synovial fluid.
Adjustments reduce pressure on the joints, thus creating a popping sound.
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