Chiropractors, how do they pop ur bones without it hurting especially ur neck?!

Chiropractors, how do they pop ur bones without it hurting especially ur neck?

please give ur best answer but im goin to da 11th grade so make sure i can understand em

Well, I guess I'm the first chiropractor to answer this often asked question. First of all, we aren't cracking bones. The noise you hear is (I'm going to keep this real simple) gas being released from your joints. Between every joint in your body (in your spine, your arms, legs, fingers, etc) is a sac that holds a lubricating fluid for the joints so that they work smoothly together. Over time, and when the joints aren't moving well, you get gas bubbles which build up in the joint and tension created between the surfaces of the joint. When a chiropractor adjusts the joint, the gas gets released and that's the noise you here. Now, bear in mind that this is a VERY simplified version of what's going on. It's really much more technical than that and has to do with fluid mechanics and tension. You can actually reproduce this same concept using your two hands. Here's how: Making sure your hands are good and clean, lick both palms of your hands to get them good and moist. Now, press your two palms together and wiggle them around to really get good contact between them. This is somewhat simulating how your joints work. As you press them together, you can sort of feel them suctioning themselves together. This is what happens when the joints in your body lose the ability to move well. As this suctioning builds up (to where you can feel like they're almost glued together), quickly pull your hands apart. If you do this correctly, you should hear somewhat of a "popping" noise. If you can't hear one, keep trying, it's kind of tricky to do. But when you can do it and make a little pop, then you've basically simulated what happens when a chiropractor moves the joints in your spine.
Now, can it hurt? Not typically, but if your joints are REALLY stuck and not moving, the adjustment might cause a little tenderness. It's nothing to be concerned with, it's kind of like pulling a muscle that wasn't properly stretched. Your neck is really no different from any other part of your body, but it should only be "cracked" (as most people call it) by a chiropractor, who is specially trained how to do this. An untrained person could actually do some serious damage doing that to someone else. So, NEVER try it on anybody (except maybe a terrorist - just joking). You could actually kill someone if you did it incorrectly, but even with an untrained person, the likelyhood is extremely minimal.
Dr. Chris Foster, DC