Some of you seem to fall right into the description of costochondritis, others... *shrug
**this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed **
Please read our Terms of Use
Good luck
**this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed **
Please read our Terms of Use
Good luck
Loading...
I have the same issue.
I work @ at computer all day. I find that the following scenarios cause the need to crack my chest...
- Sitting @ a computer all day
- Slouching for long periods of time
- Driving my car in reverse- with my arm extended behind the passenger's seat
To relieve the pain, I have to twist the top part of my torso forefully in both directions to make the "pop" occur.
I have gained about 30 lbs in the past year. I am not sure if this is related.
I work @ at computer all day. I find that the following scenarios cause the need to crack my chest...
- Sitting @ a computer all day
- Slouching for long periods of time
- Driving my car in reverse- with my arm extended behind the passenger's seat
To relieve the pain, I have to twist the top part of my torso forefully in both directions to make the "pop" occur.
I have gained about 30 lbs in the past year. I am not sure if this is related.
Loading...
I just looked at the inflamed cartilidge post and tried massaging the edge of the top of my sternum where I felt the pressure and my back settled along with a small burp that I felt I needed to do but couldn't
Loading...
I have had this thing for at least six years now. It doesn't really bother me an like many have said, I use it as a "parlor trick." I played sports in school and remember before games HAVING to pop it before going out on the court, or else I wouldn't have as much range in motion.
All the research I've done doesn't turn up a cause for it. I'm wondering, as a kid, did any of you get tapped repeatedly in the chest? You know, when the older guys on the playground would push and pin you down, then use two fingers to tap really hard on your chest repeatedly until you named ten cereals?
All the research I've done doesn't turn up a cause for it. I'm wondering, as a kid, did any of you get tapped repeatedly in the chest? You know, when the older guys on the playground would push and pin you down, then use two fingers to tap really hard on your chest repeatedly until you named ten cereals?
Loading...
My son has this. He's 18 now but it started about 2 years ago. I thought it was related to working out to because 1 time he said it hurt his sternum to do barbell curls. Then he would complain about it when he wasn't working out. Now it's worse. We've come to find out the he has GERD. And while I still find it hard to believe, Sternum pain can be associated with GERD. I think he's had it for even longer than the sternum pain. He's had a chronic cough for 3 or more years as well. I thought it was allergies. It's the reflux going into his throat and causing phlegm. The doctors never really diagnosed this. I did after research on the internet and insisted on an endoscopy. They did one and put one of these Bravo units in his esophagus. It measures PH. Sure enough he had a lot of it when he sleeps. So, could ignoring this GERD all this time have caused this? Gerd can even cause mircovascular angina. I'll post back what I find out as time goes by but I have to find something for him for the discomfort in the meantime. He has pressure all the time and a lot of the time there's pain. Anti-inflammatory drugs to nothing really except agitate his stomach. The weird thing about GERD is that a lot of the time people have no symptoms. But this reflux is going on all the time. Causing damage. Fortunately in my sons case there is no damage of the esophagus.
Here's an interesting site
***this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed***Please read our Terms of Use
Loading...
I have the same thing. For about the past 2 months, I have been feeling the need to "pop" my chest. (aboutht eh same time I started to work out...) Usually the same way that someone else mentioned, sitting in the car twisting to look back. (We really should be using our mirrors! LOL) It doesn't hurt, just feels like it needs to pop. I thought it was because I have a crooked breast bone. Must be hereditary, b/c my mom and grandma both have it too, one side just sticks out more. Wierd, but glad to know that there are others out there with the same problem.
Loading...
Has anyone experianced or observed any effects from constantly popping your chest? I have had it for about a year and my wife thinks I am nuts. Anyway I am always twisting and stretching to get that much needed pop that relieves the pressure. I was just wondering if arthritis or any other joint type inflamation or...deformities have come up?
Loading...
I started experiencing this about a year ago. I am a medic and I lift a lot so I thought it was attributed to this. I talked to a doctor friend of mine who is a D.O. and a few other .....'s behind his name, he started feeling my rib cage and back by the scapula area. He then asked how I slept, sat, etc. I am well, kinda big chested and have to sleep with a pillow next to me at night to help relieve back and rib pain. He laid me down and found that I had some sternal area, somethings, (sorry can't quite remember what he said) out. It is from the back as well. He then manipulated something in my back by the scapula, then rolled me on my side and manipulated around my clavicular area. It was instant relief. He said it could be cause from numerous things, stature-laying, sitting, standing, lifting and yes he said it does have some to do with cartilage immflamation, but not all. That was a few months ago and I haven't had a problem since. My suggestion would to be to find a good chiropractor, or D.O.
Loading...
My sternum seems to be cracking too recently, i just got back into weight training, but unlike the rest of you i'm not feeling pain, it just cracks every so often when i stretch, i'm not really sure what to do
Loading...
I have you all beat, I've had it for over 20 years and this is the first I've heard of anyone else having it.
It started in my teens so it's not age; I was a tall skinny kid so it's not weight.
I believe it’s about posture. Think about it… you sit at a desk all day, slumped over, shoulders rounded forward to type on the keys - of course it’s going to put pressure on it. Then you get up, throw your arms and shoulders back while pushing your chest out and crack! it relieves it. Notice you’ve just put your body into an extreme opposite of the bad posture that I believe caused the pressure… basically an over exaggeration of good posture relieves the pressure.
I suggest being more conscious of proper posture and of course any properly done exercise is going to help your posture.
If you feel that you really need professional help with this I suggest the folks at the Egoscue Center (800) 995-8434 egoscue.com/htdocs/index.asp
I’m not a doctor but I hope this helps you folks and others that read this in the future.
It started in my teens so it's not age; I was a tall skinny kid so it's not weight.
I believe it’s about posture. Think about it… you sit at a desk all day, slumped over, shoulders rounded forward to type on the keys - of course it’s going to put pressure on it. Then you get up, throw your arms and shoulders back while pushing your chest out and crack! it relieves it. Notice you’ve just put your body into an extreme opposite of the bad posture that I believe caused the pressure… basically an over exaggeration of good posture relieves the pressure.
I suggest being more conscious of proper posture and of course any properly done exercise is going to help your posture.
If you feel that you really need professional help with this I suggest the folks at the Egoscue Center (800) 995-8434 egoscue.com/htdocs/index.asp
I’m not a doctor but I hope this helps you folks and others that read this in the future.
Loading...
Wow I am not the only one. My pain in my chest started last fall when I
was pulling ( jerking ) on my fork of my forklift, I felt a pain " pop " in my
upper back, lower neck. Said to my self that will hurt in the morning. Well 7 mo. later it spread to my left shoulder and my chest. When I rotate my shoulder back I get alot of clunking like tendens rolling over bones in my left chest back int my shoulder. My chest also pops when I raise my arms over my head and stretch. I think it is a muscle problem. I think the the muscle in the back tighten up pulling on tendon that join the shoulder the the back and to the chest. I have not solved my problem yet. If I do Ill let everyone know.
was pulling ( jerking ) on my fork of my forklift, I felt a pain " pop " in my
upper back, lower neck. Said to my self that will hurt in the morning. Well 7 mo. later it spread to my left shoulder and my chest. When I rotate my shoulder back I get alot of clunking like tendens rolling over bones in my left chest back int my shoulder. My chest also pops when I raise my arms over my head and stretch. I think it is a muscle problem. I think the the muscle in the back tighten up pulling on tendon that join the shoulder the the back and to the chest. I have not solved my problem yet. If I do Ill let everyone know.
Loading...
Mine's a little different from everyone else's. It first popped 2 years ago when I was 15 while I was trying to crack my back, and it's been swollen ever since. When I do crack it I feel sick and extremely uncomftorable, so I haven't accidentally cracked it since about a month after it first happened. Any pressure directly on the swollen bump on my chest that I got from the first pop makes me really uncomftorable and I cringe just thinking about something touching it (literally, I do). I haven't really felt it at all for about a year now until I was doing dips about two weeks ago and I felt like my chest was about to blow up after 10 and I couldn't move my arms above my head for a few days. It's almost regular again, but the swelling's gotten a little worse than before the dips.
Loading...
dr. guest, i think the posture idea is worth a try. that was the first thing i considered when i started thinking about my problem with chest tightness/popping. i have been keeping great posture since then and the pressure has almost gone away completely. i posted this solution on another board; lol, i hope they don't think i stole your idea and claimed it as my own.
i would def. give this a try, everyone.
i would def. give this a try, everyone.
Loading...
The popping started for me about 2 years ago. I was under so much stress I did not know what to do. I also sit at a computer all day long. All I remember is one day I leaned back further and further in a chair and it popped. It does feel good. It started as a once a day thing to a 10-12 times a day thing. Im addicted to it. Its almost as if my body goes thru any stress, it settles in this area and parts of my back and a good stretch relieves it.
Loading...
Hi briandale,
I like the nick name you gave "Dr Guest" funny - thanks!
As I said I’m not a doc but I do have over 20 year of sternum cracking experience LOL.
As far as taking credit for my idea, don’t worry about that I just want to spread info that can help people. I remember worrying about this when it first happened to me, wondering about the long term effects etc. now after all these years I know what can work for at least some people.
I still have to crack it once in a while but not usually if I stay in the habit of good posture.
Thanks for your corroboration my friend. Pass on the good news!
I like the nick name you gave "Dr Guest" funny - thanks!
As I said I’m not a doc but I do have over 20 year of sternum cracking experience LOL.
As far as taking credit for my idea, don’t worry about that I just want to spread info that can help people. I remember worrying about this when it first happened to me, wondering about the long term effects etc. now after all these years I know what can work for at least some people.
I still have to crack it once in a while but not usually if I stay in the habit of good posture.
Thanks for your corroboration my friend. Pass on the good news!
Loading...