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Posted: 11/19/2012 1:48:11 PM EDT

I had the weirdest thing happen earlier. I was standing up, leaned my head back to put in eye drops, and when my arms were up over my head holding the eye drops my sternum made a loud "pop" sound. It is now a day later, there is no bruising, but it kinda hurts to breathe. Anyone ever had something like that happen before? It is very, very sensitive feeling still- like I don't even want my wife giving me a hug sensitive.

Am I going to croak?

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:49:09 PM EDT

[#1]

You'll be fine. Mine does it every couple months.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:49:57 PM EDT

[#2]

Happens to me once in a while.

Popping a hip is even more weird when it happens.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:51:07 PM EDT

[#3]

Every joint in my body pops occasionally.

Sternum has happened, not often. I had a chiropractor pop it on purpose once.

It's pretty rare for pops to cause lingering pain for me, but it happens.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:53:00 PM EDT

[#4]

I had a snowboarding accident a few years and had a sternum separation.

yeah, it hurt.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:53:24 PM EDT

[#5]

all the time. had two open heart surgeries now so its not hard to do.
collar bones pop too now...

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:54:00 PM EDT

[#6]

You're fine. But dibs on guns, ammo and optics.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:54:23 PM EDT

[#7]

Couple times a week for me usually, but the past week or two I haven't been able to get it...really annoying.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:54:33 PM EDT

[#8]

I can pop mine by pressing down on my pecs.

Then again, I snap, crackle, and pop when I move.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:54:34 PM EDT

[#9]

sternoclavicular joint?

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:55:05 PM EDT

[#10]

My shoulders hips, and especially my knees pop... Every day. I also feel my sternum pop all the way from its bottom to my collarbone whenever I stretch my shoulders. It's nothing to worry about.

*Jordan is only 22 and has been to a doc 3x for knee problems already. He can be sitting or standing and be doing absolutely nothing and his joints will audibly pop, and his knees need to be "shaken out" every 20 min or so.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:55:42 PM EDT

[#11]

No because my sternum is sunken in. If it ever "popped", my heart would probably pop too.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:56:34 PM EDT

[#12]

mine does, every few weeks or so. It actually feels good when I can get it to pop, it feels kinda tight beforehand.
Also my hips pop, knees, ankles and wrists.. i'm a strange one.

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:57:07 PM EDT

[#13]

Mine pops every couple days, usually when arching my back to stretch or reaching for something far away.

POP!

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:57:24 PM EDT

[#14]

did that last night actually

Posted: 11/19/2012 1:59:21 PM EDT

[#15]

If it's still hurting, you probably popped a rib out just a bit. Occasionally my sternum will pop, but I always feel a bit better after it does.

And someone mentioned hip. Mine will do that. Just feels incredibly tight. I have to do some funky stretching to get it 'back in'.

Getting old sucks!

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:00:03 PM EDT

[#16]

Did it while bench pressing a few years back. It actuall hurt to take every single breath. Take a pillow and put it across your chest withboth ends under your arms. Pull it tight to your chest and you should breath easier. I did atleast

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:00:53 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
I had the weirdest thing happen earlier. I was standing up, leaned my head back to put in eye drops, and when my arms were up over my head holding the eye drops my sternum made a loud "pop" sound. It is now a day later, there is no bruising, but it kinda hurts to breathe. Anyone ever had something like that happen before? It is very, very sensitive feeling still- like I don't even want my wife giving me a hug sensitive.

Am I going to croak?

It's normal,and you are getting old.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:06:22 PM EDT

[#18]

Yes, but I used the steering column on a pickup to do it.....I really don't suggest that.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:06:31 PM EDT

[#19]

Sternum popping is almost an 'every morning' ritual for me, as well as cracking my toes, knuckles, and jaw. Hell, I got more snap, crackle, and pops than a box of rice krispies.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:07:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Yep. Freaks the folks out at work when it does it too.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:08:43 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I had the weirdest thing happen earlier. I was standing up, leaned my head back to put in eye drops, and when my arms were up over my head holding the eye drops my sternum made a loud "pop" sound. It is now a day later, there is no bruising, but it kinda hurts to breathe. Anyone ever had something like that happen before? It is very, very sensitive feeling still- like I don't even want my wife giving me a hug sensitive.

Am I going to croak?

It's normal,and you are getting old.

I dislocated my right shoulder and tore my UCL in my right elbow back in 2007. They routinely pop and hurt, but this one is new. Apparently it isn't all that uncommon- but it still sucks. Do you guys continue to PT as regular if it hurts after, those of you who have done this before? I was a bit worried and skipped working out yesterday.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:09:19 PM EDT

[#22]

Yes I did, had to go the chiropractor and get things snapped back into place.

Mine hurt in the side about 2 ribs up and felt like a knife.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:09:59 PM EDT

[#23]

Mine does it every once in a while. It feels good though for me. No pain before or afterwords.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:10:13 PM EDT

[#24]

Congratulations, you're halfway to being a rap dancer.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:10:40 PM EDT

[#25]

Have done it quite a few times. If I do my best Cam Newton impression I can typically repeat it (if I havent done it lately). No ill effects yet, OP.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:13:40 PM EDT

[#26]

Had chest pain once, thought it was the big one, twisted my torso and heard/felt a pop, then pain subsided.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:13:59 PM EDT

[#27]

I broke my Sternum in a car accident.

That sucked. Always, always wear a seatbelt.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:17:29 PM EDT

[#28]

Several times a day, except mine is usually more of a crack-crack-crack rather than a pop.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:21:54 PM EDT

[#29]

Mine pops all the time.

I actually separated mine, I couldn't do shit for almost a month.

I finally figured out what had happened. I threw my back out and it made my rib pull out of my sternum.

The Chiro fixed me up after a couple visits.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:24:05 PM EDT

[#30]

mine pops all the time, like several times a week. i seem to be ok, i'm not bothered by it.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:33:21 PM EDT

[#31]

My sternum has popped ever since I managed to seperate it by sneezing one day. Popping it doesn't hurt, but I can still remember how badly things felt after that sneeze.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:33:46 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
I had the weirdest thing happen earlier. I was standing up, leaned my head back to put in eye drops, and when my arms were up over my head holding the eye drops my sternum made a loud "pop" sound. It is now a day later, there is no bruising, but it kinda hurts to breathe. Anyone ever had something like that happen before? It is very, very sensitive feeling still- like I don't even want my wife giving me a hug sensitive.

Am I going to croak?

I used to do that several times a day––Not in the last few years though.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:35:51 PM EDT

[#33]

I pop it every morning, right after I pop my dick.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:38:09 PM EDT

[#34]

Happens every once in a while. Scary as shit the first time but no realy worries.

Posted: 11/19/2012 2:41:06 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Happens to me once in a while.

Popping a hip is even more weird when it happens.

But it feels so damn good.

Posted: 11/19/2012 3:11:35 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Happens to me once in a while.

Popping a hip is even more weird when it happens.

But it feels so damn good.

yea, but it freaks the shit out of people around you when it pops

Posted: 11/19/2012 3:13:42 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
You'll be fine. Mine does it every couple months.

It's a weekly occurrence for me, and I love it.

Edit: because of this thread I stretched and got a pop... Ahh.......

Posted: 11/19/2012 3:15:15 PM EDT

[#38]

I can do it at will, .. but it's not a loud or painful thing... more like popping your finger joints.

Posted: 11/19/2012 3:58:40 PM EDT

[#39]

I used to get chest pains while carrying a backpack. One day I was stretching and my sternum made a huge pop. I was sore for several days after, but never had the chest pains carrying a backpack again.

It would pop somewhat regularly, but doesn't do it as much now. After the first one, it didn't hurt.

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:12:25 PM EDT

[#40]

Happened to me a few times. It hurt like a bitch the first time. After that, not so much, but not fun either.

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:24:00 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
No because my sternum is sunken in. If it ever "popped", my heart would probably pop too.

Aw, shit dude, is it bad that i thought of you when i read the thread title. I remember that thread.

If you hadn't shown up yet-i was going to post, "Paging odiedodi".

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:34:01 PM EDT

[#42]

Pretty much every joint in my body pops. I crack two different joints on each finger about 50 times a day. At least once per hour I can straighten my legs and make my knees pop. I can rotate my wrists or ankles and pop them over and over again. Neck, collar bones, back, elbows and toes all pop.

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:41:38 PM EDT

[#43]

you will live I think it kinda feels good

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:46:31 PM EDT

[#44]

Yeah.
I was clowing around with my cpl when I was lcpl. He punched me in the chest....he was a boxer...
it hurt for a bit, but since then, I can pop my sternum when I stretch. It doesnt hurt, and according the doctors, its not an issue....

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:55:14 PM EDT

[#45]

Which bone is the sternum again? It is a bone right?

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:57:05 PM EDT

[#46]

Popped? No. Severely bruised? Yes. Bad enough that three years later, I still get pains in my chest. Especially if someone rests their elbows on it (like my wife)

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:58:20 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Which bone is the sternum again? It is a bone right?

It's made up of bone and cartilage

Posted: 11/19/2012 4:58:36 PM EDT

[#48]

Playing sandlot football I laid a block on a guy and I heard HIS
pop. He said he was sore for about a week, but otherwise fine.

Posted: 11/19/2012 5:01:42 PM EDT

[#49]

I can "crack" mine. Probably because they sawed thru it for open-heart when I was 5 y.o.

ckmorley

Posted: 11/19/2012 5:03:45 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
I had the weirdest thing happen earlier. I was standing up, leaned my head back to put in eye drops, and when my arms were up over my head holding the eye drops my sternum made a loud "pop" sound. It is now a day later, there is no bruising, but it kinda hurts to breathe. Anyone ever had something like that happen before? It is very, very sensitive feeling still- like I don't even want my wife giving me a hug sensitive.

Am I going to croak?

Mine does it all the time. rarely hurts like that anymore though.

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