What is the sound?
Often a popping or clicking sound accompanies the adjustment. That sound is the result of gas escaping from the capsules that surround the spinal joints. This is primarily nitrogen gas and is harmless. The sound is neither a good sign nor a bad one. It is not an indicator of how well you are doing. Some peoples spines make a lot of noise, while some spines make little or no noise at all. Although patients seem to feel like they need to hear that sound to get a good adjustment there really is no correlation between a good adjustment and how loud it is. What makes a good adjustment is that the right bones are moved in the right direction with or without the noise.
