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The Reason Neck Cracking Is A Worse Habit Than You Think

Are you a serial neck cracker? According to Steven Messe, MD, "The risk of cracking is not entirely understood. The vertebral arteries run into the bones of the spinal column of the neck," he continued, and ''you can potentially end up blocking that artery when you crack your neck."

October 23, 2019 · 1 min · 63 words · Craig Johnson

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Are you a serial neck cracker?

“The risk of cracking is not entirely understood,” Messe toldWebMD.

In 2019, a 28-year-old American man suffered from a stroke afterstretchinghis neck.

Neck Cracking

So, in general, I recommend patients don’t do it."

In other words, neck cracking just isn’t worth the risk, even if it is minimal.

But what if you feel the need to crack your neck?

Neck Pain

But what if you feel the need to crack your neck?#

But what if you feel the need to crack your neck?