There is a rasping sound when you turn your neck, which is usually due to cartilage damage in adolescents and mostly due to degeneration in middle-aged and older people. It may also be due to physiological reasons. Rubbing in the neck occurs frequently in daily life, in most cases without other obvious symptoms, and is more common in adolescents and middle-aged and elderly people. It is usually a physiologic cause. 1. For teenagers, it is mainly caused by bad living habits and working posture, such as long time stooping and low head study, long time to the computer and cell phone, etc., which can cause cervical vertebrae’s small joints dysfunction, leading to joint cartilage damage, and when turning the neck, there is a rustling sound. 2. For middle-aged and old-aged patients, with the growth of age, the joint cartilage will gradually degenerate and osteophytes will appear, and the rustling sound will also appear when turning the neck. Generally speaking, the rustling sound when turning the neck is more common, and there is no pain and other discomforts; if there is obvious pain and other symptoms, you should actively seek medical treatment to clarify the cause of the disease and receive appropriate treatment and treatment.