Popping Joints !
u511...@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
radio show here in sunny Melbourne, that the popping sound emitted from joints
is not caused by bone or cartilage impacting or catching upon one another but
is actually caused by the bursting of air (gas ?) bubbles formed or caught in
the sinovial fluid of the joint !!. The sinovial fluid being the extremely
thick gooey stuff related to lubricating the joint..
This is my first post ... hope the scrap of info is of interest
K.K.D.
Ken=Dorr%Dental%uni...@muwaye.unimelb.edu.au
Joern Yngve Dahl-Stamnes
>About **bj**'s question regarding *popping* joints. I heard, on the science
>radio show here in sunny Melbourne, that the popping sound emitted from joints
>is not caused by bone or cartilage impacting or catching upon one another but
>is actually caused by the bursting of air (gas ?) bubbles formed or caught in
>the sinovial fluid of the joint !!. The sinovial fluid being the extremely
>thick gooey stuff related to lubricating the joint..
I'm a type that make popping sound all day from almost all joints. When I
have been to a doctor, I asked him/her about it and what caused it. I have
never heard about the gas theory, but I have been told that the main cause
is lack of lub in the joints. So perhaps the gas is there to replace it...
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