Does your sternum crack?

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:18 AM)

Over the past couple months I have noticed that the middle of my chest (sternum I would imagine) tends to... yeah, crack. And, if I push my shoulders closer together, or twist/move my body in a certain way, it feels kinda sore/some pressure. My shoulders are getting broader, however.

I find this strange, though, but I know it happens to some other people... why the hell does my chest feel like it's cracking? :P

Quincey · (09-10-2008, 08:19 AM)

my does this all the time, everyone finds it weird. I am not sure why it does this but i'm not to worried about it

Alien Bob · (09-10-2008, 08:19 AM)

Sometimes

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:21 AM)

Originally Posted by Quincey:

my does this all the time, everyone finds it weird. I am not sure why it does this but i'm not to worried about it

It's weird! Every time I twist or move in a weird way I feel pressure there. Very uncomfortable.

Rewrite · (09-10-2008, 08:21 AM)

I haven't had this happen to me yet.

FunkyMunkey · (09-10-2008, 08:23 AM)

Are you going through puberty by an chance?

During my teens, most of my body would crack and pop etc. at random times. Especially my shoulders and chest.

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:25 AM)

Originally Posted by FunkyMunkey:

Are you going through puberty by an chance?

nooooooooo. I'm nearly 25. That's why this is so weird.

fallout · (09-10-2008, 08:26 AM)

Originally Posted by FunkyMunkey:

Are you going through puberty by an chance?

Diablos has been going through puberty since the Pumpkins broke up.

Seriously though, yeah, this does happen to me sometimes. Never really thought it was a big deal, though.

Phoenix · (09-10-2008, 08:34 AM)

Originally Posted by Diablos:

Over the past couple months I have noticed that the middle of my chest (sternum I would imagine) tends to... yeah, crack. And, if I push my shoulders closer together, or twist/move my body in a certain way, it feels kinda sore/some pressure. My shoulders are getting broader, however.

I find this strange, though, but I know it happens to some other people... why the hell does my chest feel like it's cracking? :P

Do they call you Mr. Glass by any chance?

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:35 AM)

My body has always been this way. My knuckles and top of fingers, ankles, big toes, elbows, top of leg/hip, knees, neck, back, and now chest all crack.

Elbows, top of leg/hip, knees and chest are the latest things to start cracking. Everything else has been for a loooong time now. Years.

I figure I'll be in arthritis hell sometime during my 30's

speedpop · (09-10-2008, 08:39 AM)

My body does this too, as I crack my sternum sometimes. Whenever I strain myself by turning to my left side to the right I can feel pressure against it.

I went to the doctors and they said that everything seemed to be ok judging by x-ray, so shrug.

FunkyMunkey · (09-10-2008, 08:40 AM)

Originally Posted by Diablos:

nooooooooo. I'm nearly 25. That's why this is so weird.

apologies then. I have no clue as to why then haha. Maybe you've been sleeping weird lately?

3pheMeraLmiX · (09-10-2008, 08:41 AM)

Yep. I asked the doctor this, and he says that so long as it doesn't hurt, I should be fine and it's normal. But the variance of cracking worries me, as it can go from liquid-like, to crusty, to anything in between. It usually happens when I try tilting my head to crack my neck, and one time I had a friend place his head nearby my chest and it came off sounding like someone just bit into a crispy, juicy apple.

Hasn't happened recently, thank goodness.

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:43 AM)

Originally Posted by FunkyMunkey:

apologies then. I have no clue as to why then haha. Maybe you've been sleeping weird lately?

Well my shoulders are getting broader. I often sleep on my side with my arms compressed. Maybe because of my shoulders I am now putting extra pressure on my sternum that wasn't being applied before?

Who knows, I'm just glad this doesn't seem to be serious. Hopefully the associated soreness/slight pain isn't either. The more I stretch, the less I notice.

FunkyMunkey · (09-10-2008, 08:46 AM)

Originally Posted by Diablos:

Well my shoulders are getting broader. I often sleep on my side with my arms compressed. Maybe because of my shoulders I am now putting extra pressure on my sternum that wasn't being applied before?

Who knows, I'm just glad this doesn't seem to be serious. Hopefully the associated soreness/slight pain isn't either. The more I stretch, the less I notice.

Maybe try sleeping on your back or stomach? I cannot sleep on my side at all, but i'm weird lol.

Brian Fellows · (09-10-2008, 08:47 AM)

A friend of mine in high school didnt have a strernum.

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 08:47 AM)

I try, can't always get comfortable that way.

Originally Posted by Brian Fellows:

A friend of mine in high school didnt have a strernum.

wtf

Extollere · (09-10-2008, 08:57 AM)

Sternum cracks all the time. Along with my ankles, hips, wrists, knuckles, thumbs, toes, neck and elbows....

RevDM · (09-10-2008, 09:02 AM)

a sternum shouldn't crack. perhaps your ribs are not fastened to your sternum properly

allegate · (09-10-2008, 09:06 AM)

yeah, it pops from time to time. I get the same tight feeling you describe and then I just stretch and it pops and it's better. Weird, but nothing I have thought to see anyone about.

jakncoke · (09-10-2008, 09:16 AM)

yup mine does, OT: When I lift my right arm then move it left to right and right to left I can hear grinding, what is that probably caused from?

Always-honest · (09-10-2008, 09:21 AM)

sometimes.. but so does my neck, my shoulders, my back. my knees and my fingers...

sbarbati · (09-10-2008, 11:17 AM)

My friend cracks his sternum all the time. He used to do it and think nothing of it, but now thathe knows me and all my friends are disgusted by the sound it makes he does it just to gross us out. He also makes people put their hand on his sternum while he does it... Yea, he's wierd.

FootNinja · (09-10-2008, 11:29 AM)

are you really skinny?

Sleeker · (09-10-2008, 11:51 AM)

My body is a tense wreck.
My neck, toes, jaw, fingers, back, knees all crack.

It releases the pressure temporarily and then makes things even more sore later.

akachan ningen · (09-10-2008, 11:53 AM)

This is gonna happen to you.

RSP · (09-10-2008, 11:53 AM)

happens to me, mostly if I pull my shoulders backwards. Not all the time, but for instance when I've spent an hour behind a PC-screen.

mamacint · (09-10-2008, 11:57 AM)

A guy I went to school with had this huge protruding bone at his sternum. We used to call him tripod.

Dkong · (09-10-2008, 12:17 PM)

Half my family including myself can do this, if I'm correct by assuming you mean like 'cracking' some other joint. Most people can do something similar with their fingers, I can do my wrists and elbows too. The chest stuff usually feels good however. You should probably consult someone who can give you proper advice about the pressure thing.

TimeLike · (09-10-2008, 12:34 PM)

I was in a car crash once and the pressure of the seat belt across my chest caused some pretty bad bruising on my sternum. I've been able to pop my sternum ever since by pulling my shoulders back and trying to touch my elbows behind my back.

Thaedolus · (09-10-2008, 02:40 PM)

Mine goes through phases...I especially notice my sternum/ribs getting sore when I start lifting hard. Certain lifts can make the ligaments between the bones super sore...dips, for example, almost always make my sternum wanna cry afterward. It's nothing to be afraid of, take some ibuprofen and tough it out

Winterblink · (09-10-2008, 02:45 PM)

Yep, all the time. Not painful or anything. One of the ways I can do it is by pulling my right shoulder back and to the right, and pushing my left shoulder left and to the front. And vice versa.

vas_a_morir · (09-10-2008, 02:54 PM)

I had this a few years ago. I went to the doctorb (the extra b is for bargain) for it, actually. It is: Inflamed cartilage causes by strain or tearing of the cartilage. I got put on that arthritis medicine that got recalled a few years back. I've been okay since then. That was 4 years ago.

Nolan. · (09-10-2008, 02:59 PM)

It sounds like cracking to me too but I think it's just clicking, at least I hope.

Orin GA · (09-10-2008, 03:03 PM)

Im no medical expert, but it sounds like cancer to me.

Graf Nudu · (09-10-2008, 03:33 PM)

Are you taller than average?

kozmo7 · (09-10-2008, 03:43 PM)

Mine always cracks when I twist sideways, feels great.

striKeVillain! · (09-10-2008, 03:44 PM)

I have had this happen a lot over the past couple of years. I don't get it that much anymore though.

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 04:01 PM)

Originally Posted by Klaxon:

Are you taller than average?

Nope. I'm like 5 ft. 9 in.

Vik_Vaughn · (09-10-2008, 04:01 PM)

Originally Posted by Extollere:

Sternum cracks all the time. Along with my ankles, hips, wrists, knuckles, thumbs, toes, neck and elbows....

Same here. Seems like every couple of months, I accidentally crack something new, and just end up figuring out how to do it voluntarily. My ankles are the newest thing, and what's weird is all I need to do is extend my ankle while standing. It ends up cracking like 3 times.

What concerns me is that these joints don't feel normal unless I crack them. Hopefully I don't end up riddled with arthritis or something.

Graf Nudu · (09-10-2008, 04:02 PM)

Originally Posted by Diablos:

Nope. I'm like 5 ft. 9 in.

Do you sit alot? Do you go in for sports?

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 04:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Klaxon:

Do you sit alot? Do you go in for sports?

I sit a lot.

I do not go in for sports but I do cardio 4 days a week.

TheAzRim · (09-10-2008, 04:05 PM)

The same thing happens to me... I noticed it happening when I started working out a lot... It did bother me for some time but now it just happens every now and then when I stretch my arms back...

Graf Nudu · (09-10-2008, 04:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Diablos:

I sit a lot.

I do not go in for sports but I do cardio 4 days a week.

Hm, I'd say that, considering that most people who sit alot tend to lean forward, you don't move enough and so that the cartilage where your rib is connected to your sternum is not very flexible and so your sternum sometimes cracks.

Why don't you just try to stand up after every our you sit and stretch your arms, legs etc.?

Duke Togo · (09-10-2008, 04:17 PM)

Originally Posted by AzRim904:

The same thing happens to me... I noticed it happening when I started working out a lot... It did bother me for some time but now it just happens every now and then when I stretch my arms back...

Same here, as soon as I started working out it began cracking constantly.

Captain Pants · (09-10-2008, 04:20 PM)

This used to happen to me a lot over the past few years, and I never ran into anyone who had the same issue. I haven't had it happen lately though. Weird stuff.

Diablos · (09-10-2008, 04:22 PM)

Originally Posted by Klaxon:

Hm, I'd say that, considering that most people who sit alot tend to lean forward, you don't move enough and so that the cartilage where your rib is connected to your sternum is not very flexible and so your sternum sometimes cracks.

Why don't you just try to stand up after every our you sit and stretch your arms, legs etc.?

Stretching does help, yes, but it's still an area sensitive to pressure. It always feels kind of tight.

Graf Nudu · (09-10-2008, 04:26 PM)

Hm, maybe you should visit your doctor. I had similar problems with my vertebra and jaw and he send me to a physiotherapist. The physiotherapist set it all back in the right position and I never had problems again.

Fordzilla · (09-10-2008, 04:27 PM)

Originally Posted by Brian Fellows:

A friend of mine in high school didnt have a strernum.

I know a guy like this too. His chest is just like a crater.

Originally Posted by mamacint:

A guy I went to school with had this huge protruding bone at his sternum. We used to call him tripod.

I had a friend like this in high school. We just called him "the chest" though, we weren't as creative. :(

I've only ever had my chest pop one time, and it was when my 240 pound martial arts instructor pushed off of me to put me in an arm bar. It was loud, it hurt and he thought he had pushed my xyphoid process into my heart.

Since this only happened to me one time, I'm curious...exactly how do you make your sternum crack?

Graf Nudu · (09-10-2008, 04:30 PM)

Originally Posted by Fordzilla:

I know a guy like this too. His chest is just like a crater.

It's called pectus excavatum.

Originally Posted by Fordzilla:

Since this only happened to me one time, I'm curious...exactly how do you make your sternum crack?

Probably the spots where the ribs are connected to the sternum.