{"id":6956,"date":"2012-08-15T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2012-08-15T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T17:20:56","slug":"do-your-joints-crack-when-you-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/do-your-joints-crack-when-you-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Your Joints Crack When You Workout?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Why do my joints make a clicking \/ cracking sound when I lift weights?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Chances are have probably noticed that when you perform certain weight training exercises you may get a clicking, popping, or cracking sound in your joints. Especially the shoulder joint, elbow joint, knee joint, or hip joint.<\/p>\n

This is quite common among bodybuilders and weight lifters who are constantly working and moving their body’s with various strength training exercises. <\/p>\n


\nClick To Watch The Video and find out why your joints crack when lifting weights…<\/strong>
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When you first experience your joints pop or crack you may feel a bit worried or alarmed. But the main thing you need to ask yourself is does this pop or cracking sound hurt. More often then not it’s totally painless and you may actually feel that your body is more limber and agile after your joints have popped.<\/p>\n

Even if your joints pop or crack, as long as there is no pain or discomfort associated with the pops and cracks, then it’s totally safe and you don’t have anything to worry about.<\/p>\n

However, if there is pain and discomfort then you should get it checked out by your doctor. As this could be a sign of a more serious joint issue such as arthritis, bursitis, or tendinitis. <\/p>\n

Here are some references that you can read that will better explain how your joints work and why you are experiencing the popping and cracking sounds.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cracking_joints<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/scitech\/mysteries\/joint.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-exactly-is-happening-when-my-joints-crack.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.webmd.com\/osteoarthritis\/guide\/joint-cracking-osteoarthritis
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If you have experience certain joints cracking or popping from time to time when you workout, please let me know in the comments section below…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why do my joints make a clicking \/ cracking sound when I lift weights? Chances are have probably noticed that when you perform certain weight training exercises you may get a clicking, popping, or cracking sound in your joints. Especially the shoulder joint, elbow joint, knee joint, or hip joint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,27,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-injuries","category-q-a-column","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36tGh-1Oc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6958,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6956\/revisions\/6958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}