Joints popping/ cracking?

Im not sure if your talking about a normal popping/cracking sound or more like a crunching sound. A crunching sound could be crepitus. Its from wear and tear of your joints and as long as there is no pain then it can be helped through strengthening exercises and stretches. If it is a crunching sound, I would contact your doctor and they can provide with you with exercises and stretches that can help strengthen the joints in that area.

If it's not associating with pain or swelling or any other indicator of injury I wouldn't sweat it. My shoulders do the same thing. So do my knees and ankles. Just walking normally my knees pop constantly. Walking up stairs my ankles pop with every step too. It's been happening all my life and I am pain-free. Some people are just that way according to the research I've done.

I am bumping this because I got the crunching and then had pain (still do) However I will be contacting my doctor.

"Crunching" (a crinkling cellophane kind of sound), "popping" and "banging" WITH pain, are all indicative of osteoarthritis. It used to be thought that osteoarthritis was just a product of old age as almost 2/3 of the elderly have it. Now researchers know that there is a specific gene that must have mutated A LONG time ago in the common ancestor(s) of those who have it. Even though it usually follows a much more benign course than rheumatoid arthritis (which can hit at any age), it is the leading cause of disability and chronic pain in older people. Excess weight on the affected joints exacerbate the problem. But it is often a case of the "chicken and egg" as the increasing pain may cause the person to become more sedentary and pile on the pounds, which further aggravate the pain, etc. Water exercise has been a great boon to those with arthritis. Many people who were candidates for joint replacement surgery have found that they can get by with much less drastic treatment after taking up water exercise, along with the resulting weight loss.

My knees make all sorts of popping, clicking, and crunching sounds anytime they move. I've never had any pain from it and it doesn't inhibit any of my exercise, so I tend not to worry about it. No idea if that's the right way to go about it, though.

I have this problem with my knees so I will be coming back to this topic in a few. Would like to know if something is wrong with me ... well besides the issues i'm already aware of hahaha

Me too! everytime i bend down or squat my knees pop. everytime, over and over. Ive always wondered if it was something wrong..lol

Oh yeah, definitely. Every squat.

I wouldn't worry, as mentioned, unless it causes pain or swelling.

http://www.hopkinsortho.org/joint_cracking.html

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/injuries/a/aa092500.htm

Have this problem too on my right hip area ( Snapping Hip Syndrome ) when i do any Leg raises etc can get bloody annoying and can get abit unconfortable after training!

I have this same thing in my knees & ankles. I notice it a lot walking up and down stairs. Doesn't hurt though or anything.

I notice this with my ankles when I walk. Glad I'm not the only one!

What are you doing for warmups / stretching prior to doing the shoulder presses? How many reps do you do in each set with the 15# DB's? Do you start at 15#?

Hello

I have this problem with shoulders and knees. Although I also have joint pain, but not whilst doing exercise, ie the crunching itself is not painful but just during a regular day I have joint pain. I have notice that since my muscles on my legs and shoulders got stronger there is less pain - no pain in my shoulders anymore, but they still crunch.

I asked the doctor about my knees and he said they joints were fine its just gas moving about in them. I hav started usin knee supports when running and that helps.

My advice would be go see a dr and if nothing is wrong medically just build the muscles in that area. If you are not in discomfort and there are no medical issues then just carry on as you are

Yes, it is important for everyone to build up the supporting muscles around each joint, in order to avoid injury.

I have the same problem with my shoulders and knees. It's not a problem if it isn't causing pain. According to my orthopedist, it is usually slight swelling in the joint (at least in my case). He says it's possibly tendonitis but that continuing to increase strength will reduce the stress and may reduce the clicking (which for me is more annoying than anything else).

I have traumatic ankle osteoarthritis (had a couple surgeries on it) and that causes painful clicking, grinding and crunching. It is the reason I don't run on concrete or asphalt. When I do something that creates too great an impact on my ankle, it grinds and then crunches and gets stuck. I have limited flexibility and extreme pain (I'm talking about the kind of pain that wakes you up in the middle of the night) for a couple days. This is something that you would want to see your doctor about. I wear a brace on that ankle when I'm doing anything that could cause more than normal stress on that joint but try not to do too much in the brace because it will cause greater atrophy than there already is (or make my other leg work harder to compensate).

:huh: I'm going to come back to this later because everything of mine pops like that.

I get this all the time, in most of my joints.

Usually there's no pain, just a loud noise, ranging from clicking to popping to cracking. The only time I get pain is lifting weights and I lock or overextend my arms. I find if I keep my joints soft and don't lock them, there's no issue.

I just started taking glucosamine/MSM. Have only been taking it for a few days... I'll let you know if it starts to help.