Do Bones Actually Crack During Adjustments?

Is the cracking sound of bones moving or breaking when we adjust somebody?
0:055 secondsNeither. When we adjust somebody, we’re moving a joint, but what’s happening is it’s it’s called a cavitation, and it
0:1212 secondsactually creates movement of gas or air from the joint, and it makes a popping or cracking sound. And a lot of people
0:2020 secondsthink that we need to have a cracking sound for the adjustments to work when in reality, we don’t need that at all.
0:2727 secondsIn fact, we use a technique in our office for on most people that we use an instrument to adjust called an activator. And it uses speed instead of force. And when we use this instrument,
0:3838 secondswe’re getting the same adjustment but without any popping or cracking sound.