Last Updated on January 7, 2021
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Do you hear the sound of popcorn popping, or are those your neck joints?!
Cracking your neck may relieve you from stiffness and tension and momentarily give you the best kind of satisfaction to the point that it becomes a habit for you to want to hair that popping sound!
But hold on, you are playing with fire here! Are you aware of the risks of neck cracking? Because you have plenty to watch out for if you do it incorrectly.
Cracking your neck constantly may cause you prolonged pain due to damage to your neck ligaments, joints, and the rest of your spine. In other words, neck cracking spells neck sprain and osteoarthritis amongst some life-threatening health disorders.
This list will show you what exactly happens when you crack your neck, the dangerous risks that loom over you when you do, and what you should do to relieve your neck from tension instead of giving it a neck brace!
