Should You Pop Your STERNUM? (For Costochondritis) 

I don’t necessarily feel pain. I just have the sensation to crack it.

Damn... I saw the intro and just popped it

I could cry I'm so happy finding this, I've been waking up with terrible pain for weeks and popping my chest multiple times a day just making it worse. Thank you for the tips, and for sharing your experience!

Thank you!! Occasionally I get the chest pain and I just pop it for relief. Never thought my waking up back pain/tightness between my shoulder blades would be related to this chest pain. The last few weeks I haven’t been able to pop my chest to find relief so I started searching and I found this video. It feels great after doing these two exercises for just a couple minutes. The broom in the doorway feels amazing. Didn’t realise I was so tight back there.

This was actually so helpful, i tried a video that rolls out ur Thoracic spine in the back and it didn’t help, but the trunk twist that you mentioned was a game changer

I had problems with my sternum for a year now. After getting my personal trainer license I started to warm up and mobilize my spine before every workout, just in case. My sternum is doing a lot better since then and until this video I didn't understand what was going on. Thanks man!

Thank you for this. I been suffering from this for almost a year now. The pain only activated when I did pushups or slouched for a long period of time. Most likely as you said due to bad posture because I work a desk job 40 hours a week. Anti inflammatory meds did not work. Steroid injections did not work. The first time I actually found relief was when I went to a chiropractor. Definitely need to work on my posture so this doesn’t become a problem again

Think you saved me from causing myself major damage my sturnum was really startimg to take a beating cant thank you enough

Oh my god thank you so much my guy. So much relief. Thanks brotha.

The first exercise and it popped. Thank you!

I'm so glad I found this. I will need to put this into practice. I hope this helps

I’ve been popping my sternum by leaning back as much as I can, and while it gave tremendous relief straight away, I could tell it was bad for the back overall. My upper back had been tight for ages, so everything you said makes sense.

SO helpful! Saw a doc today who said she had never even heard of sternum popping and I was like...whaaa? And she did nothing about it. This will help, I bet!

The thoracic spine movement loosened my back up pretty well, thanks!

Thank you 🙏 I m in pain I am 57 year old women and I have a lot of bone issues and I was desperately feeling sorry for myself cause I hate feeling this pain it’s almost like you can’t breathe move nothing but I try the mop outside the door stretch omg I can’t believe how better I feel thank you so so much I will continue to stretch ♥️ It’s a start to feeling better

Thank you so much. I’m pregnant and I was laying weird got up and my chest felt stuck. I tried the normal stick chest and try to pop my sternum it didn’t work. This just saved me from a panic attack!it really relieved the tightness

When I twist my torso I get popping in the middle and also on the right side. Also a few times on the left side. I will try the exercises and keep taking magnesium and a multivitamin.

This video makes perfect sense as i have been experiencing the pain in sternum a few months after i had a scapula tear from leaning forward into a seated row with too much weight. So i guess the muscle wasn't the only thing a broke. It only makes sense to do the same movement now in the form of a stretch to fix the area

Hey thank you for this video. Don't know if it will help but you described my issue almost exactly. I think for me it was a few different things that led to this issue. I stopped working out almost entirely. I went from 5-6 days per week weight training (bodybuilding) to nearly entirely sedentary due to mental health stuff and injuries. I also was sleeping on a very worn out mattress that allowed my chest to compress a lot while sleeping. Plus, I was sitting on my couch several hours per day which forces a hunched-over sitting position due to the shape of the cushions in the back portion. I notice my sternum pain is the worst after sitting on the couch. Popping my chest like you described gives temporary relief until I sit again for just a few minutes. Army doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong and their only answer was steroid injections (pass) which they prescribe for pretty much everything. I'm excited to find after about a year of dealing with this annoying issue there is something I can do to hopefully change it

Bad intro. I just agreed with “just pop it” and left the video lol

Honestly didn’t believe you at first . You’re my hero 🥺 it worked .

i was looking for this, thanks bro!

I had no idea it was possible to pop it, now I'm intrigued to try.

I was going crazy about to perform surgery with a steak knife but this was amazing advice thanks man

Thank you so much for this!

Thanks man you helped me a lot . I owe you

Dude u r a legend! I always have tight chest after sleeping and this is so helpful. Lots of popping sounds too. Love it

God bless you brother I'm44 years old now and I have been sofring from these treble pain for about 28 years as soon as I tried that excersis I get better

thanks for the advice i will have to start being more aware and not pop it at all to see if it makes a difference. Ive had this condition for over a year now so it's getting a little tiresome but ill def continue thoracic mobility and postural tentativeness

Thank you.. I’ve always known what to do because these are the exercises and stretches I do to get the relief, but I didn’t know what was causing it, so thank you for doing the research. I kinda thought I was the only one ☝️.

Thanks for this!

Iam suffering with this from 1 and half year without any treatment becuz of my poverty ... happy i found this video

Awesome explaination😅😀 and exercise too

I've been popping mines for a year now, it's starting to hurt now.

Bro I been sitting like shit since I was nine years old on my dads computer, now I'm 14 and I just wanna tell you of how much this helped my pains. Thank u bruv

Thanks! Ive had terbile undiagnosed sternum pain which i believed were coming from popping it but no medical person was able to confirm that. I appreciate the info.

Thank you sir I've been having this problem for a year now and I thought I was the only one experiencing this.

Been living with this problem for 7 years now and it’s a everyday battle to not be in pain

It really worked. My negative creativity kicked in imagining fracture and taking scan. But these stretches work big time. Thank you Doctor.

When I bend my back in the way that's been recommended to me by many people... It still pops and it goes away. This pain only started after I started doing weight training constantly. I've been able to relieve it effectively with stretches

Your story sounds exactly like mine. I tried to work out too hard after years of inactivity and being sedentary.

Subscribed. Thanks for sharing these exercises. Costchondritis has been killing me, and the reasons you said are why I get it . Even though I have a straight chair and rest posture but still get it. Gonna try these .

Hey man thanks for the video! yeah have recently quit my physical job and have been working on a desk for over 10 hours a day! and because of covid gmys havent been open for mounths and when they opened back up for a short wile between lockdowns i did a heavy chest session at the gym. The second day after i woke up with the problem! must of been a combination of the 2! ive stopped training for a couple of weeks i hope it doesnt take too long to get rid off

Ay it worked! Thank you so much

Good stuff man. What helps me is sticking a hard massage ball between the wall and my back and just roll it up and down. It loosens up the back muscles I guess and the urge to pop goes away. I also feel a bigger range of motion after that.

Awesome man, it worked 🤟

Thank you so much this was very helpful

im nearly 25 i was born with a minor case of Pectus excavatum, i broke all of my ribs at the age of 5. I have been "popping" my chest for as long as I can remember. I can stretch my shoulder apart or pull my shoulder in and it will pop/crunch sometimes. It's never caused me any pain or discomfort

Thank you so much! Very helpful and creatvie

this is helpful man! yea thanks!

Very good. Thank you so much

Thanks for this video, I have a habit of popping my sternum, it seems to take the discomfort away, but now I will do these exercises so hopefully the inflammation can go away! Thanks 😊 God bless you!

Tq man. I will try this out!

My sternum cracks randomly when I move, also the two bones in my lower arms crack against each other near my wrist. My lowest two long ribs on the right side rub together and it’s vaguely uncomfortable. I can hear a internal clicking noise from one of my neck vertebrae when I run. The achilles’ heel tendon tends to tear (very painful) if I don’t flex and stretch my ankles every morning. Basically what I’m asking is, is this normal. My doc has no comment and has not told me anything when I bring it up. I’m in my very young 20s if that means anything.

i had the worst chestpain today, my sternum been popping and cracking for about 2 years now since it started, even since, it became slowly painful, but nothing too serious, just a little pain after popping. But today i had the worst pain i felt, my sternum and my chest felt like it was crushing into itself, idk its hard to explain the feeling, but it was very painful. My everyday routine is basically wake up, and sit infront of a computer whole day, for hours and hours, since i work and do my job on my computer basically. So could the pain be cause of this? barely no actual body movement for hours, bad posture most likely when sitting infront of monitor for hours?

Popping my sternum while I'm watching this

thank u so much ,i just recently started popping my sternum like u showed it the intro, sometimes if I don't pop it then it's difficult to breathe and causes irritation but now I'll do these stretches , thanks

Great info bro but my sternum's been popping since I was a teen, most times it pops without me even trying & it feels great and I'm very active into calisthenics and bodybuilding, a Dr told me we just have different anatomies and not to worry about it.

Been popping my sternum for maybe a year but sometimes i’ll try to pop but it won’t and it leads to excruciating pain where i cannot move my upper body at all

Thank you my guy helped me a lot

So i woke up today morning this happened to me when i started trying out a new workout a month ago and it happens not everyday but 2-3 times in a week. And i never knew chest could pop the way it did but today morning i tried to pop it. But it dint do the work and there is a pain if i contract my chest. Or if i breath heavy. Any suggestions ?

this was very useful, thanks

My sternum pops unitentionally when I take a deep breath and I pull my shoulders back. Only happens about once every 3 months.

My chiropractor said the stretch where you pull back on a bar to stretch out your back is the best thing I could do. I don’t have a bar like that at home, and have trust issues with the broomstick method. Do you think doing the cat pose from yoga is similar enough? 🤔 Like, really pushing into the floor and rounding out the back?

Mannnnnn thank you for this. I don't have insurance and I was really worried that this was possibly heart problems, from how uncomfortable my chest was feeling. That popping/clicking feeling had me worried for sure. I feel a lot better after watching this. Been unemployed for 6 months so a lot of sitting around, and bad posture in an old computer chair 12+ hours a day. Do you think that correlates? May sound dumb, but I've been a little worried

the last one is really helpful

Perfect, thank you.

Thanks mate!

I'm also having the same problem and with that pain it's very difficult to train chest during workout.

Very helpful video. I have bad posture but the problem with me is that when I take a deep breath (inhale) then straighten my back on (exhale) my sternum pops. I do this about 100 times a day give or take. If you know anything about this issue please advise. Thanks bro.

A few months after I was told I had Costochondritis my sternum kept popping it doesn’t hurt when I do it it kinda gives me relief but I’ve noticed my collar bone sticking out mire on one side ever since which doesn’t hurt.

Another good one is individual shoulder circles, forward and backward 👍

Hey guys, mine used to pop multiple times a day and did hurt at some times. this lasted a year or more. I started doing Hot yoga 1 hour 5 times a week and it went away. I haven't popped mine or felt like I needed to in 6 months. Yoga has helped a lot more than just this popping. I recommend. Thanks.

When he first cracked his chest is sound like a Twix bar snapping

God bless you! I’ll certainly try those stretches!

I've been poppin it for a few months and now it's hurting even if I'm not poppin it. It's impossible for me to do pushups, even chest presses. Pls help

Are you guys also similar with winging scapula and a flat thoracic spine?

bro that beginning of the video was fuckin HILARIOUS

Woh woh....thank you so so much 😍🙏

I wasn't even aware of the term sternum, till I googled "bone cracking in chest" .. the sternum pain is a living nightmare and it's been a year I couldn't figure it out how to fix this.. I could barely bend down to lift any things fallen on the floor. Even sneezing or coughing could cause an intense pain. I kept popping it because it relieved the stress for few hours but that's about it. Fortunately, I use to practice taekwondo back in college and I started doing all the warm up excercises which included all the ones you have mentioned in the video. I was just curious to Google it out because I thought sternum popping wasn't normal. Turns out it's quite common. And yes, my sternum issue was because of bad body posture while walking or sitting. It was literally a curved posture towards the front.

Jurassic spine(In my Russian accent) lol Thanks for the info bro!💪🏽

thank you. it helps!!!

thanks for your advice

lifesaver, thank you

If I don't pop my sternum I feel like i have alot of restriction on my chest to where no matter if I try to pop it or not I fix my posture and it pops on its own and I get a relief from it but it's on going

I really hope the stretch will help me. Idk whats going on with my sternum. My sternum is popping since 4 months ago and it just wont stop being super stiff and painful. Its driving me insane, sometimes I cant even breath properly because of pain

this actually cracked the shit out of my ribs back and neck :D

Maaaan You can’t imagine how much I relate to this. I got costo the very same way, I used todo a lot of weightlifting training and some calesthenics, then had to stop because of a very stressful period at Uni and was sitting to much not minding my posture. That moment my sternum started popping. Then took back on training but the pain didn’t go away and started getting worse w/ some excersises(dips mainly😫) Its been a year and a half since I got it and I’ve tried a shit ton of stuff, but it’s still there (a bit better) How long has it been for you? How was the recovery process for you? Cheers man, keep it up💪🏽 I’ll check your other videos too

Thanks for that bucket 🪣 intro bro. That shit was like a light 💡 bulb turning on. Seriously.

I was really confused about it. I has this popping after I start joining MMA training and Gym after a long time. And no one could answer it, and I always popped my sternum. Thank you so much for giving me a clarity about the situation. I will start doing the exercises you suggested. Again Thank you so much

So I've been popping my sternum for about a year or even more than that. Sometimes i noticed pain after popping it but it quickly went away so i thought nothing about it. 2 days ago i popped and i still feel pain.. when i breathe out a lot or when i press the sternum. What should i do..

My sternum started getting a bit stiff lately until I pop it by pushing my chest out forward. No pain. How can I stop this thing from needing to happen?

Thankyou so much!!

Popping my sternum tends to cause inflammation of cartilage attaching my ribs to the sternum. It's called costochondritis and the pain can be debilitating.

Damn I've just started having problems with my sternum and started popping it to relieve the pressure. It gets sore after popping it and it's hard to do certain things bc of the soreness

The thing is, i felt that tension where i felt like i needed to pop it. So i tried to turn my upper body from side to side to stretch/loosen up like you did, and that just resulted in popping my sternum.

just tried this back stretch, feels good honestly

I’ve recently started getting this popping when I stretch, but no pain and not even that uncomfortable. Do I really need to worry about it?

I have been practicing the back lever for some time a couple months and that is where I got my sternum injury. How long should I take a break from the back lever?

I was busy with shoulder mobilisation after surgery and during the process Physiotherapist with manipulation hurt my sternum. He tried to push my upper back but instead he almost broke my sternum. Now after 8 months I still have pain front and back and popping/cracking noise and of course frozen shoulder. Thanks for your videos!