At the hospital, he explained his neck-cracking habit, and a stroke specialist told him to stop his DIY chiropractic sessions. “I was actually having a stroke,” he explained.

Many of us crack our necks to relieve some tension without thinking twice about it -- but is that actually harmful to us?

It’s especially dangerous to crack the neck, which could impede blood flow and, in very rare cases, could increase stroke risk, according to Dr. Todd Sinett, a chiropractor at Tru Whole Care in ...

The cracking or popping sound you hear when you crack your neck comes from joint cavitation. Joints, including those in your neck, are surrounded by synovial fluid, a lubricant that helps them ...

Neck ‘cracking’ carried out by chiropractors may cause sight problems and bleeding inside the eye, experts have warned. A medical journal has reported the case of a 59-year-old woman who ...

According to SpineOne, a Denver-based chiropractor, “the day-to-day neck cracking you experience is probably safe.” There is a risk if you try to give yourself an adjustment by pulling or ...

Carissa, 41, was immediately concerned when she felt a sharp pain in her neck after the female chiropractor performed one particular cracking procedure. While she experienced pain after the ...

It was a very tall order — but an Oklahoma chiropractor gave a neck adjustment to a 16-foot male giraffe, The Washington Post reports, and he displayed the whole procedure in a series of cuddly ...