31/10/2026
💀 It’s Halloween, Bones’ favourite day of the year, and he’s got a bone to pick…
“Your pelvis is out.”
“Your spine needs realigning.”
“I’ll just pop that back in.”
Funny how your body copes with running, lifting and rugby tackles, but apparently sleeping on the wrong pillow leaves your skeleton needing reassembly. 🎃
Your spine and pelvis don’t casually slip out of position during everyday life. Feeling stiff, sore or uneven doesn’t mean a bone has wandered somewhere it shouldn’t, because that just doesn’t happen.
And that click or crack? It isn’t the sound of a bone snapping back into place. Joint cracking is associated with rapid pressure changes and gas cavity formation within joint fluid, that has no long term effect.
Hands-on treatment can sometimes help pain and movement, including short-term pain relief that may involve changes in how the nervous system processes pain. The exact mechanisms are still being explored.
Feeling better afterwards doesn’t prove someone has rearranged your skeleton…. Because it doesn’t 😂
As Bones puts it, “That’s a joint pop, not a structural renovation.”
Actual dislocations and joint instability are real medical conditions requiring appropriate assessment. They’re a different story from the everyday “you’re out of alignment” explanation.
At EDPT, we want you building strength and confidence in your body, without believing it needs constantly putting back together.
“I’m a skeleton, not a game of Jenga.”
Keep the spooky stories for Halloween. 👻
Happy Halloween from Bones and everyone at EDPT!
📚 Reading:
Kerry et al. (2024), A modern way to teach and practice manual therapy.
Young et al. (2024), Mechanisms of manipulation.
Kawchuk et al. (2015), Real-Time Visualization of Joint Cavitation, an MRI study of knuckle cracking.
