1. What is the “crack” sound while breaking and adjusting joints?

Contrary to popular belief, bones move or collide with each other to create a sound. The “crack” we often hear is actually caused by air bubbles bursting in the synovial fluid of the joint area.

2. It is dangerous to break joints if doing at unlicensed establishments center.

 Recently, on social networks, there have appeared many videos of chipping, chiropractic and spine manipulation with a funny "crack" sound integrated to stimulate curiosity and attract viewers. This joint cracking can cause many dangers to joints & spine such as: quadriplegia due to spinal cord injury, stroke, sphincter disorders (causing urinary incontinence), even death.

The pleasurable “crack” sound is actually just a psychological experience, with no meaning in terms of therapeutic effect. In fact, chiropractors, doctors, physiotherapists & rehabilitation technicians may not make a sound, but that doesn't mean the manipulation isn't working. . However, if the performer tries to twist, performing improper movements to create a crackling sound will bring many ominous consequences such as:

- Causing joint damage: When the joint is broken improperly or the force is too strong and sudden, the ligaments surrounding the joint area can be stretched, especially the neck joint area. This can lead to ligaments being stretched and permanently damaged, leading to early degenerative joint diseases, damage to cartilage and blood vessels in the joints.

- Spine and nerve root syndromes:

+ Strong impact and wrong posture or trying to rotate the spine to create sound can cause deviations on the spine, especially dangerous in cases where the patient has slipped vertebrae, open waist. , spinal disc herniation.

+ Causes compression on nerve roots causing pain, numbness and tingling down the arms and legs.

+ For patients who are women and middle-aged people or older, often have problems with osteoporosis, the sudden, uncontrolled impact of the spine will lead to damage to the vertebrae, causing increased pain and compression. nerve roots.

Spinal cord compression:

+ Compression of spinal cord: Common symptoms are: pain, numbness in the neck and back, spreading down the arm on one or both sides.

+ In case of severe compression, it can cause acute paralysis of the extremities, spinal shock, causing respiratory and circulatory disorders, dangerous to life. 

+When do strongly on neck spine which affect to artery in neck, can lead to An intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke

3. Recommendations for patients:

- Cracking joints by themselves or performing rotation and bending with people without specialized training will cause a lot of damage to the joints, gradually developing into degeneration, arthritis or herniated discs in the spine.

- The implementation of chiropractic and spine therapy should strictly follow safety rules, performed by specialized doctors.

- At hospitals that have a department specializing in chiropractic treatment, Department of physiotherapy-rehabilitation, before starting chiropractic chiropractic treatment, doctors need to conduct a specific examination of the patient's condition. The patient's condition, accurately grasping the patient's condition, including: viewing X-ray films and magnetic resonance imaging films of the spine to:

+ Diagnose the disease.

+ Diagnosis of disease severity and stage of disease.

 Disease prognosis.

Find a treatment.

Ex: Two patients have the same disease but the treatment may be different. Because the doctor will consider the pathology and factors on each patient and choose the best treatment method.

Coming to RAKURAKU HEALTH CENTER, patients will be treated and instructed in exercises to help improve muscle and joint problems quickly. In addition, the best results will be seen when applying the Japanese method, which was first present in Vietnam.

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