Spinal noises? - cracks, crunches, squeaks, grates,

Hi again 🙂

Yep my back sounds like it is popping and my hubby does sometimes hear it. It feels awful sometimes and I feel the sensation going right up to the top of my back. I also get a crunching sensation when I turn over in bed sometimes, but this has only been since my fusion so I wonder if it is anything to do with metal work!

Re our other messages I refused to go to group pain clinic as I can only sit for ten minutes and then need to lay down which wasn't possible in a group environment. Initially they were a bit funny and said this was the whole point to learn how to deal with pain, but when I enlightened them to how disabled I am and that two hours sitting/standing would put me in bed for approx three days on high dose morphine they relented to single appts.

Take care love Wend x

I understand and I ended up lying on the floor for the second appt lol. they thought I had fainted heehee.

I was told if I didn't go they would discharge me! They ended up discharging me anyway.

Crunch, groan,..

My skull cracks very loudly from time to time - not sure what that means!

Over a hundred views and no other people admitting to having a noisey spine! Hmm :D:eek::mad:

Over a hundred views and no other people admitting to having a noisey spine! Hmm :D:eek::mad:

Sorry Cassie, I missed this post after I returned from my 'C' spine illness recently!:o

My spine does this all the time, and I consider it a good thing! My rationale??
Morbidity BAD! Mobility GOOD!!

I'm sorry about the following long pre-amble Cassie!

It is a well known phyisological fact, that the height of human spinal column, shortens during any given day, particularly after lifting heavy items over long periods. The way I
notice the effects of this phenominom, is when I get back into my car after a long days work, and find that the 'set up' of my cars mirrors, which 'where perfect' in the morning, are now pointing at the sky! LOL

This is caused by spinal compression. These compressions squashes my spinal discs, which in turn pushes, squashes and otherwise 'hurts' the small nerves that surrond the discs, tendons and other 'micro parts' within my spinal system. This then sends 'event issue signals' (can't remmember proper name) to the brain, which then triggers the pain signals as my brain tries to alert me, and to figure out what the hell is going on, at the problem area.

If this problem is left for long periods without treatment, I will develop inflamation,
swelling and discomfort at this level. this will then result in what I call 'static' muscle spasms. These static muscle spasms lock up my back and create A very stiff and
locked spinal column!

This causes a deep, intense and sickening arthritic feeling in my 'C' spine and between my shoulder blades, leading to burning and tearing pains! left alone, this will become more and more arthitic, resulting in curviture or twisting in the spinal column.

And so to the point! By mobilising (in turn) the muscles, tendons and vertibral segments and so on, by utilising exercises and therapists skills, such as Alexanders Technique, Yoga, Osteopathy and so on 'or' just self manipulation, I can reverse the effects of the compressions and improve my overall mobility and effect a good reduction in the pain levels!

It is during this 'improvement cycle' that I will hear and feel, the clicking, cracking, crunching and snapping sensations! ERGO, its all good!!!

If I am unable to open up the vertibral disc levels, My condition will become incresingly painfull and disabling, ERGO bad, bad, bad!!!

I know I am not alone in this, I am sure you have seen 'concert pianists' rubbing, twisting and doing that 'backward hand clicking' thing before playing, the same applies to gymnasts and thier spinal stretching exercises!

Mobility good! Clicky, Cruchy, Cracky all good!!!:)

Just a word of caution Cassie, make sure you speak to a therapist about what ever techniques you decide to use, as you must know what your are doing, you don't want
to get even worse, not after all that you have battled through, do you dear friend?

I am also sure that any Physiotherapists reading this post will experience an
'exploding head' right about now, so let me qualify my words, with the exceptance, that the long term effects of the steps I have written about, will almost certainly lead to more arthritis. However, in the absece of a cure to my chronic condition, what choice do I have??

All the best

SPINELF

click-clack, click-clack

I, too, have a noisy spine. There are times when I can wiggle, very slightly, back and forth and it goes click-clack click-clack. My doctor said "don't worry about that", but it's different from the pops when I stretch or "crack" my back. I plan on visiting the chiropractor (as soon as I can afford the copays again:rolleyes:). There is a strong history of osteoarthritis in my family, and my mother's generation have had enough joints swapped out to make them practically Bionic Women.

It doesn't hurt at all, just makes noise. I suspect a bone spur mid-back. I've got a reverse disk extrusion at L5/S1, which does cause me a lot of pain. All I get from my doctor is "let me send you for physical therapy".

I've had enough PT that I could teach the therapists how to do it.

Any ideas on how to deal with a bone spur in mid-back? :confused:

I, too, have a noisy spine. There are times when I can wiggle, very slightly, back and forth and it goes click-clack click-clack. My doctor said "don't worry about that", but it's different from the pops when I stretch or "crack" my back. I plan on visiting the chiropractor (as soon as I can afford the copays again:rolleyes:). There is a strong history of osteoarthritis in my family, and my mother's generation have had enough joints swapped out to make them practically Bionic Women.

It doesn't hurt at all, just makes noise. I suspect a bone spur mid-back. I've got a reverse disk extrusion at L5/S1, which does cause me a lot of pain. All I get from my doctor is "let me send you for physical therapy".

I've had enough PT that I could teach the therapists how to do it.

Any ideas on how to deal with a bone spur in mid-back? :confused:

Hiya JerseyBroad.

A 'bone spur' can be common in anyone over 28 years of age, but does not need to cause pain or disabiltity. The main cause for concern is when the 'Ostephyte spur' compresses your nerve strands or nerve roots, and when they prevent your
natural spinal mobility by locking the vertabae or causing compresive stress by not allowing the facet joints to move freely.

The only way to physically remove a bone spur, is to surgically operate! This in itself can cause more Ostephyte Overgrowths like facet joint bone spurs in the future!

The best 'non-invasive' root would take you down the Osteopathic and Chiropractic road, but also any other non-invasive therapy technique that would use 'gentle manipulation' of your spinal column that is designed to open up your facet joints and strengthen your facsia and core muscle groups.

After these therapies, I also found the best long term way of 'staving off' the deterioration of my condition was to keep as physically active as possible and streching exercises (ask you Chriro) or at least as much as my condition would allow!

I hope this helps a little JerseyBroad.

Best wishes

SPINELF

My neck always crackles and pops, thankfully not yet snapped! when I move my head laterally through a normal unforced ROM, its completely normal.