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What's that cracking sound!?!

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: What's that cracking sound!?!(HEALTH and Fitness)(dancers and joint injuries)

Article Excerpt
Clicks, grinds, pops. They speak volumes about what's happening in your body. When your joints crack, how can you tell the good sounds from the downright bad and ugly?

The most common one you'll hear is the straightforward pop, which often happens when your knees crack during the first grand plie of the day. These are really two separate sounds. In the first, the joint space is enlarged and a bubble called a cavitation occurs. Then the surrounding ligaments which have been stretched by the joint space opening, snap back into their proper anatomical position, making the second sound. Well is this good or bad? In and of itself,...

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