Is it normal to be able to suck in your ribs as well as your gut?

So I've got a few interesting things I can do with my body that I've known about since I was a kid, for example bending my thumb backwards, but the one I've never really been able to understand is that I can suck in my ribs. Most of my flexibility quirks I can just attribute to being double-jointed, but the ribcage doesn't exactly have any joints.

I guess the best way to help you all visualize what happens is to describe how I do it. It's not exactly like sucking in my gut in reverse, but rather more like trying to breathe in without opening my lungs or something so they just contract inwards and my chest visibly bends backwards in the middle. I've tried Google searching numerous combinations of keywords related to this, but no matter how I phrase it the results always come up either being about sucking in your belly or people removing ribs to enable self-sucking.

So basic yes or no type is it normal question, anyone ever noticed or heard of this being possible before?

Also on a side note my very bottom (floating) ribs seem to stick out more than the attached ones and I can actually push the skin under them and feel inside my ribcage with my hand a bit. Dunno if that's a factor or not, but it could be somewhat relevant.

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75% Normal
Based on 8 votes (6 yes)
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  • notaterrorist

    Google image concave chest it's kind of like that but higher up like the actual ribcage is bent in

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  • notaterrorist

    I can do it. I breathe all the way out, close my throat as I would if I was holding my breath, then kind of breathe in without actually taking in air. the centre of my chest sinks inwards. I am also double jointed

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    • xtreemgamer129

      Huh that's basically what I do... you described it better than I could.

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  • Arm0se

    I can do that too. It kind of hurts though so I only do it when I need to.

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  • Angelmikeal0

    the best way to help me visualize what you saying is to upload a picture, any i dont that squishing all your organs at once is a good idea.

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    • xtreemgamer129

      I actually drew a pic on my tablet before posting this poll and tried multiple times to attach it but nothing worked. Every time I went to preview or edit submission the thing vanished as if I never attached it to begin with... Idk why. Even the faq page had nothing on it..

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