The head of the New Accident Disease Health Science Centre at Chulalongkorn Hospital issued a public warning about the dangers of the common habit of neck cracking to alleviate tiredness.
This seemingly harmless practice could lead to critical conditions such as stroke and ruptured blood vessels, especially when coupled with medication, said Teerawat Hemajutha,
Twisting, tilting, and shaking the neck could lead to stroke. This seemingly harmless routine or action to relieve tiredness or even a common method in physical therapy and bone setting, could turn perilous. If not careful, it could rupture the walls of blood vessels that feed the brain, particularly the posterior pair, leading to brain tissue death and subsequent stroke or paralysis.
Our brain is supplied by two pairs of blood vessels. The front pair, palpable at the front of the neck, feeds the…
