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What Causes Cracking Noise In Knees?
Recently, for the past few weeks. Sometimes when I stand up from sitting, my left knee and sometimes my right, feel weird and need a cracking. I either shake them or bend them towards the other knee and it cracks. It feels rather good and reliving when I do so. Knees doesn't hurt in any way possible, but I find this cracking thing odd... I am in very good shape, I run on an average of 5-7 miles per day and I am 18 and a male. Please help. I'm I growing? Will this cracking thing stop soon? Thank you
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Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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Mon, 19 Dec 2016
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This crack is knee locking which helps put the meniscus in its right position, on the long run this will hurt your meniscus , so i recommend strengthing your vastas medialis (responsible for first 5 degree extention and normal locking of knee joint ) also do hamestring streching ( which can interfere with normal knee locking
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