sternum popping and sore

[Burning_Inside]

guys i can actually crack my sternum, tho ive never had it hurt. I wish i could explain how to do it but i cant. its like youre sucking your chest in, but it has nothing to do with breathing at all, just try forcing your top abs outwards...

 

[goofball]

I have the same thing. I'm not sure how it started, but to this day I have to be careful about how I lay on my side. Make sure you stretch after chest sets and try to keep your chest at least partially expanded as much as possible. That keeps me from getting that weird cramp-like feeling.

 

[Backlash]

I've had this too.....

With me, I really wouldn't call it REAL painful....feels like it needs popped, so I inhale and hold, lift my arms about and behind and/or stick the chest out...

Sometimes it pops, most of the time it doesn't...when it does pop it hurts for a few hours then goes away....if it doesn't pop then that 'needs popped' feeling stays...

Exactly the same for me, except that "popping" it made me feel better. One thing that always did seem to pop it is a violent sneeze. So smell some wildflowers j/k.

This lasted for several months for me, but I haven't felt it in a year or so.