# Why don't my joints crack like they used to?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-joints-crack-like-they-used-to/438775 "2008-02-22T21:50:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-joints-crack-like-they-used-to/438775/1 "2008-02-22T21:50:53Z")

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Some mod’s going to say “go see a doctor.” Whatever. It’s nothing life-threatening.

My whole life I’ve been able to crack pretty much everything which is crackable. Knuckles, elbows, toes, neck, back, you name it. If it can be cracked, I can crack it.

I especially miss being able to crack my back. It feels like it really needs to be cracked but I can’t anymore. I used to be able to just twist around and crack what felt like most of my spine, and it felt good. Now I can’t.

Any reason I can’t crack my crackables? Anything I should be worried about?