Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explores an old health myth.

Knuckle cracking may sound horrible, but these scans show knuckle cracking is actually good for your hands.

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Knuckle pain affects one or more joints in different fingers. This article lists possible causes and suggests relief for sore, aching knuckles.

If you played basketball, volleyball or baseball during your youth, you are probably familiar with swollen knuckles. If the ball bounces off your fingertips rather than nestling in the palm of ...

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Houston Methodist Hospital does note that in the short-term, cracking your knuckles may cause temporary swelling in your knuckles.

Decades of studies have found no evidence that knuckle-cracking will cause arthritis. Studies haven’t found any evidence that knuckle-cracking is beneficial, either.