This is weird. Why does my sternum hurt?

[natedog]

Isn't cracking bad for you?

I really don't see how it could be. I've been cracking my knuckles and wrists for 20 years, neck and back for 10, and I don't have any kind of arthritis or other pain/problems from it. My knuckles don't appear to be enlarged or swollen, as one myth seems to suggest would happen...

 

[bigstve12]

My sternum cracks also..i love it! Cracking is not bad for your joints, all your doing is pushing them beyond their normal ROM. All synovial joints have 4mm of joint play, which is like ROM beyond active ROM. I dont know if the sternum is a synovial joint, I tend to think that its not....who knows, it relieves tension in the area so ill keep doing it

 

[RusPA81]

I have got that doing decline presses before. Maybe it is because I rarely do them. I really don't know. I do kind of like though.