There aren’t many things a healthy, balanced diet and exercise can’t solve. According to Nuffield Health, exercise can help to prevent and relieve pain in your joints, as well as reinforcing cartilage that can become damaged over time.

And Raiher agrees: “If you want to decrease the clickiness of your joints, remember that they love movement. Keeping them moving helps them to stay lubricated with synovial fluid.”

To stop your joints from clicking, you don’t have to suddenly start exercising like mad. Kurt Johnson, founder of Osteo LDN, says that working on maintaining good posture helps to prevent your joints from clicking, as will a solid resistance training programme using full range of movement (ROM) lifts to increase joint strength and mobility. 

“Even going for a walk will help keep the joints nice and loose and preserve a healthy weight,” Johnson tells Stylist. However, if you are still hearing clicks, Johnson suggests seeing a manual therapist who can help:

Stretch tight muscles causing joint restrictions
Build joint stability in parts of the body to help prevent those clicks
Assess and help to fix poor posture

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