Is It Normal For Your Knees To Crack As You Age?

Doctors explain whether those popping sounds when you get up from low positions are anything to worry about.

Hearing cracking or popping from any part of your body is alarming, but many people report that their knees, in particular, make these sounds regularly. Think about it: Have you ever been in a low-squat position or sitting on the ground just to notice some cracking sounds erupt from your knees as you stand up?

Turns out, this is a pretty common occurrence, especially as we get older. But is it just age that causes this, or is there something deeper brewing? At what point ― if any ― should you be concerned?

We asked experts about knee cracking, and their insight was pretty surprising. Here’s what you should know:

In most cases, a popping or cracking sound from your knee is nothing to worry about.

“Everyone’s knees crack and pop, and [this] can be normal and doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with the knee,” Daniel Wiznia, an orthopedic surgeon at Yale School of Medicine and co-director of the avascular necrosis program, told HuffPost.