Cracking in my shoulders when doing shoulder presses

[tacklejunkie]

I'm talking loud cracking. I sounds like crumpling paper when I do sitting tricep presses. Is my body trying to tell me something? It is a recent thing. No pain, but sounds terrible

[fishersofmen]

Yes, it is telling you that you are getting older.

Mine pop once in a while but not too bad.

[tacklejunkie]

Should I keep doing them?

[fishersofmen]

I personally would be very careful. Maybe go light for a while. If you are not taking anything for your joints try taking some fish oil.

[Ufatz]

Just had four hours of shoulder surgery in last few months. Go to an orthopedist and talk with him. He will shoot a couple quick X rays. Then you will KNOW where you are.

None of us are MD's on here (I don't think!?) so our opinions don't amount to more than some commiserating condolences.

IF......a big IF you are developing something serious you will only make it worse by continuing to use it.

My GUESS is that you don't have a real problem. But only an orthopod can tell you.

Man UP! Go to the Doctor!! Ha Ha Ha.

[tacklejunkie]

I might visit a chiropractor.

Tried again today and still very noisy. Getting odd stares from people around me when I do tricep presses

[Ufatz]

Skip the chiropractor. Go see an orthopedic MD.

[Northlander]

I agree. I messed up my right shoulder and actually had my clavicle pop out of place while benching once. Scared the dump out of me. I had to go very light for a good six months. Now I dont lift anything more than my beer cooler.

[ozzie]

skip the chiro and go to doc...crackling is usually things grinding. I had that issue so I quit doing the bench and certain shoulder lift...needless to say I ended up having shoulder surgery for a rotator issue.

[tacklejunkie]

At the gym today did the tricep press and no cracking. Am I ok now or is something up?

[DrJuice1980]

Quote:

Crepitus /ˈkrɛpɪtəs/ is a medical term to describe the grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints or a crackling sensation due to the presence of air in the subcutaneous tissue.

Various types of crepitus that can be heard in joint pathologies are:

Bone crepitus: This can be heard when two fragments of a fracture are moved against each other.

Joint crepitus: This can be obtained when the affected joint is passively moved with one hand, while the other hand is placed on the joint to feel the crepitus.

Crepitus of bursitis: This is heard when the fluid in the bursa contains small, loose fibrinous particles.

Crepitus of tenosynovitis

Most likely during that movement the pattern that creates crepitus is not present but is during other movements.

[DrJuice1980]

Just had four hours of shoulder surgery in last few months. Go to an orthopedist and talk with him. He will shoot a couple quick X rays. Then you will KNOW where you are.

None of us are MD's on here (I don't think!?) so our opinions don't amount to more than some commiserating condolences.

IF......a big IF you are developing something serious you will only make it worse by continuing to use it.

My GUESS is that you don't have a real problem. But only an orthopod can tell you.

Man UP! Go to the Doctor!! Ha Ha Ha.

Yeah, endorse something that gives you "hours" of surgery over the course of a few months. Sounds like they got it right the first time.... But hey, now is the time to schedule that surgery, little Billy is graduating high school this year and his present is a brand new BMW.... All thanks to those 4 hours of surgery at $40,000 an hour.

[Ufatz]

Sorry Juice. I do not understand your post. I fought with a shoulder problem for several years, using synvisc and other temporary fixes until it was clear that something had to be done to stop the pain. I used the shoulder way beyond what I should have, which made the surgery a little more time consuming and complex.

I can't tell whether you are complaining about it or are just a dumb asp.

[delcecchi]

Remember Juice hangs out with Chiropractors and was flogging some sort of device that he had a financial interest in, back a while.

Just for reference, long thread on this group...

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3007882/1

[DrJuice1980]

So wrong. Nice input though Del. I just think that surgery is not always a clear decision and it's often pushed and it should carry a much higher "true" success rate. But go ahead Del and continue on above me on that pearch of yours.

[delcecchi]

So wrong. Nice input though Del. I just think that surgery is not always a clear decision and it's often pushed and it should carry a much higher "true" success rate. But go ahead Del and continue on above me on that pearch of yours.

Sorry that you don't like my opposition to Chiropractic and mysterious machines that cure whatever ails you. I'll have to post a picture of the kiosk at Apache Mall in Rochester offering "free health checkups" by some Chiropractor and listing all the conditions they can diagnose and cure. Presumably having luxations or whatever they call them in your spine can cause high blood pressure among other things.

And you mock actual doctors fixing actual problems? Have you read the alleged theories behind Chiropractic? Do you agree with them?

[DrJuice1980]

First off your argument is drastically flawed due to the fact that I haven't sided with any medical profession. I think there's a lot of doctors both ortho and chiro that are very good at what they do and deliver great results. To turn and say that one is a joke and the other practice is phony is flat out dumb. To think that only one of those practices is honest you're fooling yourself. Do I believe that a chiro can cure carpal tunnel with 4 ART sessions? No way. Do I think if you have your hip replaced you're done with that issue and cured of pain or mobility issues? Absolutely not.

Let me guess you go to church with a lot of good people that are in the medical profession and they know all. That was your comeback last time if I recall. That was shortly before you got the thread locked up with you wild accusations.

Please take your blinders off Del and look outside your tiny little world.

Have you looked into what it takes to label a surgery "successful"?

[delcecchi]

So you think Chiropractic is a valid scientific discipline?

[TR21HP]

del,

You think a physical therapy is a valid scientific discipline?

[delcecchi]

This a trick question? It is what it is. Physical therapy doesn't claim to cure illness.

[TR21HP]

I think we are getting off track a little bit. In the original post the problem was a cracking in the shoulder and he didn't mention any pain associated with it. A certain movement caused the cracking. I guess I would rather consult a physical therapist or chiro to determine the cause of this cracking and if there was a need to consult a orthopod. I guess I don't have the trust you have in orthopedic surgeons as their primary function is to perform surgery. Personal experience, as I tore up my knee once and the emergency room physician suggested surgery immediately. I chose, instead to go see Fred Zamberletti and he suggested a less invasive approach with intense physical therapy and my knee is as strong as it once was, save for some age considerations. What I'm basically saying is surgery is the last option, if needed at all.

[delcecchi]

I agree that surgery should be the last option. My experience with my wife's knee was the opposite. Bone on Bone for years and still had to jump through hoops to get surgery. No pressure for surgery at all.

I just get disgusted when I see ads and stuff for Chiropractors claiming abilities in disorders that seem to me to be way outside their area. But Chiropractic as a discipline believes that, whether or not individual Chiropractors do.

[DrJuice1980]

Has nothing to do with this topic but I thought I had to share it

Best post of the year

[delcecchi]

So you are defending Chiropractic?

Come on, if you think that spinal alignment can fix all health problems, come out and say so.