Cracking joints

[erin212f]

For the longest time, every time I work out everything pops.  Pushups? Shoulders crack.  Squats? Knees sound like popcorn.  Stretching cracks my back like somebody playing the xylophone.  It doesn't usually hurt, and my back always feels heavenly after stretching.  Does anybody else have that too?

[guinnesshero]

Im 39 and my joints pop all the time. My knees more than anything since they are bad. 

[Georges]

Here's the link that Phi gave me when I asked about the popping noise I had...

http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2010/03/cracking-and-popping-and-clicking-oh-my/

[I-Jo]

From what I've read as long as it isn't a painful popping or clicking you're *usually* okay.  

 

<---------- not doctor so don't take it as gospel- just from the various things I've read in the last years.

 

I snap crackle and pop when I get out of bed- it's actually (now that I think about it) about 75% better than it was 2-3 years ago- I looked ridiculous getting out of bed- it was usually 4-5 whole steps before I was done popping and actually could stand up straight.  

 

Now I have a whole other series of problems- but that one doesn't seem to be plaguing me as much LOL

[Jakob Kopfeld]

From time to time that happens to me aswell (early 20ies). No pain, no nothing, so I figure it's all good. 

[gabbox]

Every time I do a push up my elbows pop. It sounds awful but it doesn't hurt at all. I'm just glad that the music is blaring at my boxing gym so nobody will ask if something is wrong. It literally sounds like they get dislocated. 

[Unos]

A doctor told me that, craking = working. In other words, if it craks it works but, there is a lot of research going on out there.