Neck crepitus refers to clicking, cracking, popping, and crunching sounds in your neck when moving your head. Popping at the ...

The bones in your neck are connected by small joints ... Another potential cause of the sound is known as crepitus, which is the general term for the crinkling of cartilage around the joint ...

However, it can occur in any joint. She has seen crepitus in the shoulders, elbows and neck. The cracking sound comes from tiny air bubbles within the synovial fluid—the lubricating fluid ...