An I the only one who 'pops'?

[Malibu99]

Hi there just wondering... Who else pops? All of my joints pop. Constantly. Like, every few minutes, something pops. It happens when I move, and it doesn't normally hurt. I've been doing it since before I was born. Literally O-o so... Does anyone else pop?

 

[Y N dottes]

ummmm....sometimes. i can always crack my toes, lol....and my ankles pop when i roll them,(but u cant hear it)

 

[Malibu99]

Cool :3 mine do too. Only it's emberassing because you can hear it clearly.:/

 

[galanie]

I've known people like that. And I've heard all kinds of reasons for it, most probably wrong. I don't pop any more, back used to a lot, but you're not alone, I know others that do. I think it's related to overall condition.

 

[StupidBird]

My knees crack like snapping cordwood, able to penetrate the noise of a full class room. This has been going on since I was little. Docs say it is fine as long as it doesn't hurt. Well, as I age it does on occasion start to twinge a bit. If I keep up the yoga twice a week for a few months without skipping, it quiets down! Go figure.

Popping my hip or back when it's out of whack is a whole different thing, a bad thing, definitely related to my physical conditioning.

 

[galanie]

Yoga is a type of physical conditioning. Makes perfect sense. Joints pop when the connecting tendons are not holding them in tight. It's mostly harmless though still.

 

[Malibu99]

My joints always hurt for some reason. Not when it pops though o-O I also strain/twist things easier :/ Like I did something to my shoulder by skipping rocks o-o I used to do yoga :3 I liked it, but I still popped. When I sit, sometimes my knees shift out of place, so when I stand, they snap back into place and it hurts. I can pop every joint in my body, which is kinda creepy It's good to know I'm not completely wierd after all. Oh and I have a funny story.

So before I was born, my mom kept going to the doctor because I popped. He kept telling her that I wasn't until a few months later. Then, I began popping so loud that other people could hear me. Then the doctor was like 'o-o' but, they found nothing wrong, thankfully. So I've been popping for all my life, and then some. LOL They didn't ever find out why, but I've had x-rays and I look completely normal. :3

 

[theoldchick]

I used to work with a young woman who would 'pop' her neck on purpose. Sounded like she was dislocating her neck. Really creeped me out.

 

[Rural Chic]

I have heard that joints can pop every 8 min or so due to gasses building up, not sure if this is true or not but I have been able to pop most of my joints since I was a teen. I have had doctors tell me I will have arthritis because of it and others that say if it pops on its own without assistance it will be OK.
I don't know what the cause is or even how to stop it since the joint starts to ache if I don't pop it now.
So I'm wondering if we get a bunch of us "poppers" together in one room and pop at the same time what it would sound like...

 

[Malibu99]

I have heard that joints can pop every 8 min or so due to gasses building up, not sure if this is true or not but I have been able to pop most of my joints since I was a teen. I have had doctors tell me I will have arthritis because of it and others that say if it pops on its own without assistance it will be OK.
I don't know what the cause is or even how to stop it since the joint starts to ache if I don't pop it now.
So I'm wondering if we get a bunch of us "poppers" together in one room and pop at the same time what it would sound like...

Oh my goodness. We must try this. LOL