Sternum popping!?!?!?!?

**Trauma1** · 03-13-2008, 09:10 PM

It's likely to be the result of intercostal ligaments playing the role of popping poops.

poopypants · 03-13-2008, 10:29 PM

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It's likely to be the result of intercostal ligaments playing the role of popping poops.

Ya, I dunno though its a ver profound pop sound and feels like its coming directly from the sternum... not only that but I was able to build up a pop... kinda like swinging your leg to build up a knee pop or having to try a couple time to pop a finger. Its much more similar to the gas release pops you get from other joints then ligiment pops Ive experienced before.

poopypants · 03-13-2008, 10:30 PM

luckily it has prectically all but subsided to when I work out and even then its no longer painful.

**Trauma1** · 03-13-2008, 10:38 PM

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Ya, I dunno though its a ver profound pop sound and feels like its coming directly from the sternum... not only that but I was able to build up a pop... kinda like swinging your leg to build up a knee pop or having to try a couple time to pop a finger. Its much more similar to the gas release pops you get from other joints then ligiment pops Ive experienced before.

Some intercostal ligaments lead directly into the sternum, so it could give the false illusion of sternal involvement. That could be the issue, but it's tough to say. If it is though, it's very benign. Either way, I'm glad to hear it's resolved though.

heebs10 · 03-13-2008, 11:03 PM

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i use a huge range of motion... dipping very low (leaning forward on one set, tipping back on the other then pushing straight up on the last), dropping DB's below 90 degrees to get more pull on outside of pecks, setting fly machine on back settings to make tension even at my most relaxed position (prob not good at 295lb flys) and hitting decline and incline all in one night.... i honestly think its this extra stretch im forcing on my frame thats causing the popping and space to be there for gas to even gather... make sense?

does your sternum actually move forward and/or backward or is there just a pop without actually significant movement forward/backward? based on the range of movement you describe, it seems more like your clavicle is articulating with your menubrium a little to much. your clavicle articulates with your scapulae and menubrium so extention, elavation, depression, ect of the shoulder to far is going to cause this over articulation of the clavicle with the menubrium. the menubrium(top part of sternum) should only move slightly, the body and ziphoid process should not articulate at all. given that the sternum protects some very vital organs and this problem still exits for you i think its best if you saw a doctor. hope this helps a little, not to sure how familiar your are with anatomy, you might already know all this.

KSMA · 03-14-2008, 12:07 AM

I dont know if this helps yall out at all, but I had this problem alot when i was 18 and started lifting heavily. went to a doc to see what was going on, I would wake up every morning and my chest would make almost a combo of a pop/tear sound. Hurt like hell, but like 3 min later I felt ok. He said that when you do heavy chest exercises you can make minor tears to the tissue that connects your pec to the area around the sternum, and the popping is you stretching and tearing that scar tissue. He also said it takes some force to pop hence why a good solid stretch or throwing your arms back will pop it. He added the more/longer you lift, the more frequent it can occur.

Granted I was 18 then, I dont know if he was right, and I still dont, but it sounds plausible at least. Bit of food for thought.

**Trauma1** · 03-14-2008, 12:12 AM

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I dont know if this helps yall out at all, but I had this problem alot when i was 18 and started lifting heavily. went to a doc to see what was going on, I would wake up every morning and my chest would make almost a combo of a pop/tear sound. Hurt like hell, but like 3 min later I felt ok. He said that when you do heavy chest exercises you can make minor tears to the tissue that connects your pec to the area around the sternum, and the popping is you stretching and tearing that scar tissue. He also said it takes some force to pop hence why a good solid stretch or throwing your arms back will pop it. He added the more/longer you lift, the more frequent it can occur.

Granted I was 18 then, I dont know if he was right, and I still dont, but it sounds plausible at least. Bit of food for thought.

Great post bro and very much a possibility. I would still probably attribute it to intercostal ligament issues though.

poopypants · 03-14-2008, 12:19 AM

wull it may just be... i do remember it was extra tender right where my pcc starts from the inside of my sternum... right where the muscle/ligament contects to the ribs/sternum... but it was a really crazy pop sensation and cery loud, suprised if thats from ligaments but not denying the very large possibility.

**Trauma1** · 03-14-2008, 12:24 AM

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wull it may just be... i do remember it was extra tender right where my pcc starts from the inside of my sternum... right where the muscle/ligament contects to the ribs/sternum... but it was a really crazy pop sensation and cery loud, suprised if thats from ligaments but not denying the very large possibility.

Poops, i feel the Murse calling your name!!

Murse, Murse, Murse!! haha

KSMA · 03-14-2008, 12:27 AM

It always surprised me too. I think its the loudest pop my bodies ever made.

poopypants · 03-14-2008, 01:39 AM

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Poops, i feel the Murse calling your name!!

Murse, Murse, Murse!! haha

LOL it would be cool to be able to self diagnose myself regarding most things... specially considering how prone I am to injuries

I think its where Im headed right now.... at least somewhere in the medical feild. Damn good job security specially since they are declaring a friggin recession again.... they are estimating the economy is gonna be the worse then it was in 2001...

**Trauma1** · 03-14-2008, 02:23 AM

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LOL it would be cool to be able to self diagnose myself regarding most things... specially considering how prone I am to injuries

I think its where Im headed right now.... at least somewhere in the medical feild. Damn good job security specially since they are declaring a friggin recession again.... they are estimating the economy is gonna be the worse then it was in 2001...

Do it buddy......money and job security are the major benefits!!!

GuitarHero · 03-14-2008, 05:27 AM

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Do it buddy......money and job security are the major benefits!!!

X2 I'm in nursing school now after burning out of the Law Enforcement field...

I got this same thing about 2 years ago (popping with pain), as did my buddy I was always lifting with at the time. We both got it after starting to do dips with extra weight added. I saw a couple of Doctors over the past couple years and they never really diagnosed a real problem. I had chest x-rays and even an MRI but no real structural damage was ever found.

The best I got was that it was likely inflamation of costal cartilage and that it was probably the cartilage popping. It's since subsided for the most part but I still get it in the mornings sometimes, but it's no longer accompanied by pain. I never really realized this was such a common problem.