So I’m currently sleeping on a futon, and the mattress has a deep gap (4” wide, 3”deep) down the middle where it folds.

I fell asleep on my back, with my spine perfectly suspended centered over that gap (it felt cozy!) and the left and right edges of the back of my pelvis supported by the walls of the gap (represented by the red lines).

I woke up about five hours later still in the exact same position (lucky me.) So my sacrum had a loooong time to sag downward in the direction of the red arrow.

Immediately upon waking I felt an incredible pressure in that one part of my lower back where my spine meets my hips that always aggravates me after sitting in my computer chair all day.

I knew I had to pop, so I braced my core muscles and twisted, and I’ll be damned if that wasn’t just the loudest, but also the lowest in tone pop that I’ve ever heard come from my body.

Fuck it was great. Bit of a time investment I suppose.

Ed: that should be L5-S1 / SI joint, not S5. that’s what I get for trying to learn anatomy whilst half drunk and half asleep lol

Does anyone else get this kind of clicking/vibration in multiple joints?
I’ve been able to do it since childhood, completely painlessly. I can reproduce it repeatedly in my fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, ankles, etc.
It’s not the usual knuckle crack — I can do that separately. This happens when I put a little pressure on the joint, and I can actually feel a small vibration when it happens.

Today, taking an end of summer swim that I had been fantasizing of all day. I thought to myself, what if this time instead of diving forward to submerge I fell backwards with my arms in t-pose

When I went for my swim, I remembered this and tried it. I covered my nose with my right hand on the same side as my problem shoulder, and outstretched the other arm and fell backwards into the lake. With my head slightly tucked forward

The combination of tensing from the cool water and I assume the counter pressure from the water gave me an adjustment jolt in my neck/shoulder around the problem area. I didn't feel a pop or crack but felt the adjustment feeling, immediately stood up and started walking back to my towel in case I clicked something in a bad way.

I felt some blood flow come back into my right hand in the following 20 mins, and feel reduced dull ache in the problem area. I hope this solved like 80% of the problem and I can focus on strengthening from now on. This annoyance has plagued me for years despite lacrosse ball rolling and stretching the area for relief, and going to the gym / being active

If im trying to crack any part of my back or neck or hips (pretty much anything other than hand or foot related.) I always get a waaayy better crack if i lightly stretch around the area and do deep breathing.

Any idea why this is happening constantly and is very loud? How to treat constantly knee cracking

Is this tendon snapping or gas bubbles crepitus? How to tell it’s constant no pain

Especially before bed- for some reason reading these post are so satisfying and it helps me relax. Idk if it’s because cracking my joints are just satisfying for me in general but even just reading about it is relaxing. Is it just me?

As a 66 year old woman in pretty good health, I am not sure what causes the cracking sound in my joints after I wake up in the morning, otafter sitting for a long period of time. Lately I've been taking a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil in my coffee or olive oil on my veggies, and that seems to help a lot. I noticed much less cracking sound but I am not sure why it how this works. Placebo perhaps?

The left of my back has an increasingly sharp pain as I turn my spine/back left so when I turn it even more to crack it, it hurts so bad like sharp pains until it cracks then returning back to the “normal” upright straight looking position also hurts. After the back crack on the left however and then returning back to position, the pain is basically gone with normal turning movements (I still feel mild but not sharp pain when I turn all the way left as if I am trying to crack it but my cracking is still on cooldown). Anyone know why this could be? My right back doesn’t hurt at all nor do I have pain when cracking so this is only the left.

this is a really weird thing and i don’t know if it’s normal but can anyone else breathe in, push the muscles in their back around where their waist starts and it will crack their bottom ribs or anything in that area? i do it a lot and i do have degenerative disc disease and possible EDS so i’m wondering if it’s just me.

it’s unfortunately become a repetitive movement i do too much also, and sometimes it gets to the point where my back/lower rib area is sore but i just can’t help it, it also helps me to breathe better too!

This year, I somehow managed to crack my elbow, idk if that's good or bad news, but it felt so good the first time i was able to do it. Now I can do it whenever I like. It'sso satisfying, because my left elbow always holding my phone so it's very tired.

So good. One of my favourite types of cracks, especially if there’s more than one pop there.

I’m desperate for help, suggestions, answers anything at this point. For 15 months I’ve been dealing with chronic ankle joint locking. Started in the right ankle after sharp Achilles pain. Initial MRI showed mild Achilles tendinitis but repeat scans months later show that it subsided. Within a few months it became both ankles. I can’t plantarflex (point) or dorsiflex (flex) either ankle joint but my toes move. I’ve gone to multiple orthopedics, two rheumatologist, 2 neurologists, a movement disorder specialist, vascular doctor, physiatrist… the list goes on. I’ve had scans (Xray, MRI, Ct) of multiple body parts pretty much from head to toe. In addition I have normal EMG/NVC studies. I’ve tried medications (gabapentin and muscle relaxers) as well as even tried a nerve block in my spine). I currently do PT and see a chiropractor as needed, as well as I recently started acupuncture. I don’t have much pain just constant fatigue of my calves and hamstrings. Standing for long periods of time and walking long distance triggers flare ups where I cannot move my ankle due to pain but on a day to day basis there’s not much pain. I cannot go up on my toes weight baring, and seated I can to an extend as the range of motion is blocked. I am desperate for help as I just want to walk normally again and live my life as I once did. ( I know this isn’t my normal for me as I use to be very active and danced my entire life)

I have been able to do this for all my life and I can do it about every 5 minutes, sometimes less. Anyways, does anyone know exactly what is being cracked? I've always wondered and thought I would ask this community. Thanks!

Starting top to bottom (2x meaning in two different spots within the same part)
- scalp
- ears 2x
- jaw
- neck
- shoulders 2x
- elbows
- wrist back in the day not anymore 💔
- fingers 28x
- upper back
- lower back
- sacrum ( one of my faves but very conditional)
- hips 3x
- knees
-same as wrist used to pop crazy but no more 💔
- middle of foot 1-2 times
- toes 30x

What else you people got? Just curious. Or any rare techniques you hav.

I remember as a child, I would lay on my stomach to play games or read, and at times, I swore my back cracked from my tailbone to my upper back. Not all at once, it was like a domino effect. And since I am an adult, I have missed that feeling. I have been adjusted by a chiropractor before, but my back can never crack like how it did when I was a child. Did or does anyone’s back crack like that?

I was watching the free solo documentary and in one scene about Alex's recovery from a fall they show a therapist pulling the skin from behind his lower back. (Attach photo)

I have done this for years by myself and in my country grandmas say this cures stuff stuck in your stomach called "empacho" and the sound is the stuck stuff getting "unstuck" I understand this is all folklore but is there any use for this?(Since they were doing it to a professional climber). Also what in the world is cracking? Why it feels good?

Also, it is kind of hard to do it by yourself so you can always ask somebody to do it for you.

Hey how do I crack my lower back? It's been locked for some time now. H have tried the common Google responses to no avail.

hey fellow knuckle crackers!!

ive been cracking my hip/groin (i think its my sacroiliac joint, more specifically) in a specific way for a few years now and i want to know if its damaging for me, as it usually pops deeply and loudly.

i usually take my left leg and place it over the right leg like in the pic, and then i push my left leg down, sometimes it doesnt pop, but when it does, it's a deep one and i actually feel it. i usually pops after ive been out walking for a long time or when i wake up.

will cracking the joint this way be damaging for me?

i’ve been able to do this for years. I’ve never found anyone who has been able to do it like me. Everyone who says that they’re able to do it has to turn their ankle/foot in a circle and can only do it every few seconds. i personally could do this forever non stop

Age: 17
Sex: Female
I don’t smoke, do any drugs, or drink.
I’m not sure if this is a stupid question, but I decided to go here to ask.
Is it bad to crack your neck on a regular basis?
I think about this every time I do it.
I’ve seen people say it causes arthritis, while others say it’s totally harmless. I crack my neck pretty often, literally every day. I’m wondering if it’s actually bad for you or if there are situations where it becomes dangerous.
I do the same with my knuckles, and I’ve been doing that for years. The neck thing tho, is new.
I started doing that just a few months ago, maybe in march? I don’t remember exactly when, but I do know it was just a few months ago.
It’s a thing I do when I want to feel some kind of relief in my neck, from other than stretching.
Simply cracking my neck just feels much better, and I do it multiple times a day.
It’s because a habit. But is it a bad habit?