Is it normal to be able to crack your ribs ?

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My 6th and 7th rib bone on the right side are able to sort of crack in a way. If I push them sort of hard, they kind of pop and one goes in front and makes a sound like when you crack your knuckles. It doesn't hurt at all but I can feel it. I've been able to do this for a couple years now. I don't do it often but I usually show people that I can do it and they all think its weird. I don't even have To push them, when i take a deep deep breath it happens to and also when i reach my arms above my head to stretch. I'm just wondering if that's normal or should I go get it checked out ?

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  • Maya05
    11 years ago

    I was always under the impression that 'cracking' your knuckles or whatever is from the joint and not the bone. How would the rib be able to do this? There isn't a joint connecting it.

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    • Justin1140
      11 years ago

      I don't mean literally cracking, but it makes the sound and feels like it is cracking, but I'm pretty sure one slides forward and is on top (makes the popping sound) then when it pops back the other one will be on top

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      • Maya05
        11 years ago

        That sounds really strange. Not sure if it's a bad sign of anything or harmless.

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  • 1000yrVampireKing
    11 years ago

    My fingers, legs, arms and shoulders pop every time I move.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Not normal. It sounds like you broke them a while back and they didnt heal right. You can break your ribs without thinking you broke them.

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    • Justin1140
      11 years ago

      Wouldn't that have hurt at all though? I don't remember even once thinking I possibly broke a rib. Would it be a dead give away or no pain at all?

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        No, it doesnt always hurt to break a bone.

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      That is true and the same can go for other bones. I once knew this guy that broke his thumb while skateboarding. I think it took him about 6 months later to find out that he had broken it.

      Little Nell (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) broke her neck and she still danced in the film. She didn't know that it was broken and didn't go to the doctor until she was urged after feeling neck pain for god knows how long.

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  • Gumball
    11 years ago

    That makes your bones really dense and easier to break. Did you suffer any major incidents that caused this to happen? It's best to get it checked out, better safe than sorry.

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    • Justin1140
      11 years ago

      Not that I can recall. The only thing I could think of would be in football a while ago I was tackled and landed on the ball just below my ribs, around the middle of my stomach area and got winded pretty bad. Yeah I think I should get it checked out. Thanks man

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  • TheUnknownTruth
    8 years ago

    It is normal well not like everybody everyday normal. The ribs do have joints connecting them to your sternum. The cause could be anything from medical (broken or arthritis or some other bone Disease or even just sprains) but the most common "problem") is how you sleep on your back/stomach or if you sit with your head in one hand for a long period of time and its just your ribs popping back. If anything your problem is just that of someone who cracks their fingers getting the "air" out of the joints

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  • Grungedlmao
    8 years ago

    I did poms and when ever i did kicks my leg at the hip part would go out and in like disconnecting and then popping back in

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    Sounds like fun.

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  • michaels4p5
    11 years ago

    thats pretty kool i can pop my jaw i showed my dentist he thought it was weird he said i must be double jointed or something like that.

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  • nerdygirly
    11 years ago

    i can dislocate my left arm from my shoulder :}

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    NO. There is nothing normal about this unless you have a undiagnosed connectivity disorder. I really think that you should see a doctor.

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    • Justin1140
      11 years ago

      A lot of my bones also crack and pop almost Everytime I move. Like my shoulders my back and my arms Would that be a symptom o a connectivity disorder ?

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      • Avant-Garde
        11 years ago

        It could be. I still really think you see a doctor.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    I don't like the sound of this

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