What happens when your ankles and knees crack?

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I recently had surgery on my ankle and have started walking again. I find when I stretch or move it, it cracks and pops a lot more then it ever did before. This doesn’t cause pain, and sometimes even feels nice, but what makes the noise?

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Fluid moving through tight spaces. Similar to taking a ketchup packet and squishing the catsup back and forth. Synovial fluid is the ketsup and the knee capsule is the packet.

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