Them Bones

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:09 pm

My back, neck, shoulders, hips... even my ears! crack and pop all the time. I do it on purpose at least once a day because I feel something going out of alignment or feeling tense.

Is this weird?

Do you snap crackle and pop?

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:11 pm

How do you crack your ears?? and I thought it said "lips"...and I'm just needing to take a break I think...

the boyfriend cracks his toes and fingers every day....ewwwweee

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:14 pm

that's a new thing, the ears. No idea why. I just get an ache on the outside of it, press my finger against the cartilage and it cracks. *shrug*

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:14 pm

skittles2004;584258 wrote: once or twice a day! my mom grosses out cause its loud i guess

Hooray!

Ok you're my buddy. :-4

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:20 pm

i stretch and pop my lower back all the time....

Ciao, Bella! · Post by **Ciao, Bella!** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:13 am

With my neck and back problems, I snap, crackle and pop constantly. It's often difficult to do though. The best way to get my lower back to pop to put on undergarments, or a swimsuit.

I've not been able to get the left side of my neck to pop for about three weeks now, it desperately needs to! It doesn't help that three days ago, the dr. informed me one of my bone spurs is now pressing on a spinal cord nerve. We're trying to get to a neuro who can flouroscope me for a cortisone injection. I'm a huge needle phobic, but I'm getting desperate here.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:33 am

koan;584249 wrote: My back, neck, shoulders, hips... even my ears! crack and pop all the time. I do it on purpose at least once a day because I feel something going out of alignment or feeling tense.

Is this weird?

Do you snap crackle and pop?

koanie you sound like a walking rice crispie:wah:

snap crackle and pop :wah:

ahem er yes my knee does and my right shoulder

my right elbow and my right wrist:rolleyes: it could be RSI

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:56 am

Is it them bones?? Or is it them ligaments?

I can crack my ankles, big toes, wrists, and knees but the doctor told me its ligaments cracking not your actual bones. :-3

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:39 am

A chiropractor explained the popping sound before and that it was pockets that form at the joints not the bones themselves. It's just easier to say "bones".

laneybug · Post by **laneybug** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:51 am

I crack my fingers, toes, and sometimes when I move my right ankle around it does this little popping thing. Let's see.... my neck if I roll it right, but I don't like doing that since I don't imagine it's very good for it. And my back. My back I'm always stretching. I like to get on the floor and lay flat and then I'll bring my knees to my chest in a type of roll thing and it'll pop. Oh it feels good. :rolleyes:

But yeah, it's the air in the joints that makes that cracking sound.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:29 am

koan;585193 wrote: A chiropractor explained the popping sound before and that it was pockets that form at the joints not the bones themselves. It's just easier to say "bones".

It's caused by cavitation - effectively a change of state from liquid to gas of

some of the synovial fluid in the joint - a bubble of vapourised fluid is created

due to reduced pressure, which subsequently collapses (turns back to liquid)

causing a "Pop!". It's probably not a good thing; cavitation will cause damage

to machinery and pipework in general, however the body is probably a little

more self-healing.