New Delhi, May 11 -- Long tiring days at work with hours of being trapped in a fixed position, your back might feel stiff, tense or frozen. To find relief, you move and manipulate your back until you feel the stretch of satisfaction and hear the faint popping sound of relief.

Back cracking or breaking is a common practice. Sometimes it is intentional and other times it happens naturally during movement. For many people, it is a habit initiated for stress or pain relief, for comfort or to regain mobility.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Yogesh Kumar B, MBBS, MS (Orthopaedics), Clinical Fellowship in Spine Surgery, AO Spine Asia Pacific National Fellowship, Senior Consultant at Spine Care, shared, "There is no medical consensus that...