Back/Rib popping/cracking, pain left arm
I have had this problem for about 2 years, I sit at my computer allot, no other health problems, just this feeling almost always on the upper, left side of my back, around the left sholder blade.
When I move my left arm up, or streach it forward, or sometimes just breath in, I can feel and hear it crack/pop.
If I take in a very deap breath slowly, I can sometimes hear it pop a few times, then for a few moments it feels better.
I also sometimes have pain in my upper left arm.
I can even put my right hand about in the middle of my back, and I can feel my back popping with my hand where my back hurts.
Sometimes the problem seems to be under my left arm and I can also feel my rips poping there too when I breath in.
However, sometimes, I feel great, usualy when I first wake up in the morning. What should I do? X-Rays? Do you know if chest and back X-rays are very harmful because of the radiation? ThanksMike Austin
4 comments
scorellis
It’s called costochondritis. I’ve suffered with it for about three years, it was diagnosed by an orthopedic surgeon. There’s a couple of things that will help, if the area that is bothering you is in the sternum. One : :Hello, I have had this problem for about a year or two now. My upper, central part of my ribs hurt minutely. If I stretch my chest in a certain way it cracks a little and feels a little better. It feels like it’s cartelidge or something like that not bones moving around, or maybe muscles. I feel like I have to do it to release the tension or whatever it is in there. If you have any explanation let me know. Thank you very much,: Nicholas
Nick
:Hello, I have had this problem for about a year or two now. My upper, central part of my ribs hurt minutely. If I stretch my chest in a certain way it cracks a little and feels a little better. It feels like it’s cartelidge or something like that not bones moving around, or maybe muscles. I feel like I have to do it to release the tension or whatever it is in there. If you have any explanation let me know. Thank you very much, Nicholas
JSFIRSEL
I WAS JUST SHAKING CLOTHES FROM THE DRYER AND POP IT HURTS SO BADLY, BUT NOT WHEN I BREATHEIT HURTS WHAT SHOULD I DO?????THANKS SUZANNE FIRSEL
ryan
hey all…. I just saw this post and needed to comment…i’ve had this rib popping going on with me also…right where the ribs meet up with the solar plex and it’s only on the right side that it does it…but anytime I lean back to stretch/yawn…they crack/pop and it kinda hurts but not so much…and when I bring my shoulders inward like ‘hugging myself’ it causes a small amount of pain also in the same spot..but i’ve had this for a while and I desperately and wanting to know what the hell is going on with my body…. Please somebody help me