Why Do My Knees Crack, Creak, and Pop When I Squat?

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Physical therapists explain why your knees might crack when you squat—and when your noisy, creaking knees might signal a potential problem.

There are certain sounds you expect to hear during a workout: heavy breathing, weights clinking on the rack, and the catchy melodies of a pump-up playlist. One that may very understandably catch you off guard? The cracking or popping in your knees as you lower down or stand up from a squat. We get it, hearing that creak can be alarming. But let us offer some reassurance: “It’s pretty common,” physical therapist Brendan Overlid, DPT, CSCS, of UCHealth in Colorado, tells SELF.

Lots of repetitive loading at the knee joint—say, with activities like running and squatting—can cause some wear and tear underneath the kneecap, which can then lead to small blips on this surface that can cause a grinding sensation and audible noise whenever it moves back and forth.“It’s almost like if you’re running your hand over a smooth surface versus if you’re running your hand over a bumpy surface,” Dr. Haas explains. “It just moves different.

 

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