Is cracking your joints bad for you?

Nope. All myths. Crack away.

You might want to check out this similar question.

MYTH! It’s just releasing the gas in the joint area between your bones. The pop/crack sound you hear is from the suction.

It feels soooo nice! I’m a compulsive popper. :/

It’s not gas. It is synovial fluid. Guessing doesn’t count.

@ gailcalled : You’re wrong, my friend. It IS the gas being released (http://health.howstuffworks.com/question437.htm) FROM the synovial fluid. If the fluid was being released, you’d be in extreme pain. Check out how stuff works. :D

So…soft-tissue damage to the joint capsule could possibly be construed as “bad.”~
rubs chin thoughtfully

there’s no damage. nothing is torn or removed or stretched. Gas just pops out. :/ like a joint fart.