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Lanier wrote: > something I am curious about. I think we all have heard that some people > "POP" their neck or low back or somewhere up and down the spinal > column.This results in the release of tension and/or reduction of pain, > or maybe it just feels good. What exactly are we (I am one who pops > their lower back) doing when we do this? I was told by a physical I say, don't do it. What is happening probably is in the ligaments, and not the bones; but any repeated movement of this type can, IMO, be harmful. An occasional "stretch" may be OK; but repeated "popping", IMO, is not good. Best, Bob *********************************** ROBERT A. FINK, M. D., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA Phone: (510) 849-2555 FAX: (510) 849-2557 WWW: <http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/> mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ***********************************