Last post Sun, Jul 27 2008 1:29 PM by beckywatson49. 15 replies.
With the subject line, you may expect this post to be about computers but it's not. Click Click means different for me. Click Click is the noise more and more of my joints are making.
As a few of you know i went to my first Physio Assessment last week. My diagnosis of Lumbar Root Nerve Irratation L4/5 was confirmed. I was told my muscles, joints and nerves were very tight and i must try and stretch them through exercise.
During the assessment i was asked to perform (like a seal lol) various movements such as sitting to standing, bending my knee etc. I have noticed previously that more and more of my joints seem to click. My knee when and if i can bend down. I roll my neck a couple of times a day to loosen it and that clicks. My wrists, fingers, toes etc. At the physio appointment even the Physio man remarked that i keep clicking.
Do you or have you experienced this? Will it stop once i start swimming again next week(thursday can't wait)? Is this the start of aritritis or another joint condition? Im 35 so surely this isn't old age yet?
Your thoughts please. Thanks, Chris x
My neck has clicked for about 18months. My knee for about 6 months but is getting worse. My knee gave way on me 10 days ago and i fell at home. Ended up spending a night in hospital. My GP has now referred me to orthepidics (not sure i spelt that right) and will probably have a MRI on the knee. Osteo would not really surprise me but i have recently learnt to expect the unexpected.
Hi Chris, I am glad you finally found out about what was wrong with your back. I have the clicking all over in all my joints. Sometimes it hurts pretty bad in my knees and feet. My hands are stiff and hurt, so it does sound like you may have Osteoarthritis like Norma and I, but I am not a doctor so I can't diagnose it. LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, by the way, don't expect to feel great at your first aquatic therapy. It still hurts me and I have been going for a month now. Take Care Now, Sandy
Hey Chris! Wow, that's an interesting question. I too am not a doctor, but I would ask you physician about it. My son has clicking knees and has had for all of his life, with no pain. I can always tell it's him running up the stairs because I can hear the clicks! Good luck with the swimming and have a good time. Let us know how it goes! Take care now.
Becky
Hi Chris, I have some clicks myself. my jaw clicks when I chew. the one that hurts though is my back. L 4-5 is herneated and I've been waiting for over 3 years for it to fuse. It seemed like it was, but then I moved the wrong way (whatever that was) and it clicked, or rather it crunched, and I felt the partial fuse give way. The PAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNN... well, lets not get into that, but anyway I'm still waiting for these vertebre to fuse.
My knees don't click any more because my ligiments and tendons are all stretched. I have knee braces for that and I'd wear them some day if I can ever stand up straight again! They say taking EFAs (essential fatty acids) and fish oil (puke) and some Halyaronic Acid is good. Tens units... I have some really cool horse liniment! HPQR. It does help! It's made for World Class hunter/jumpers. Some of those horses cost half a million dollars! They better make some good liniment! Anyway I use it. It's good. Expensive too! Then I have those Holographic stick on Discs. They help relieve the inflamation.
Like Becky says about her son, at least she can hear him coming. My wheelchair clicks...
pambe
pambe: Like Becky says about her son, at least she can hear him coming. My wheelchair clicks... pambe
He-he, I get a forwarning that he's coming alright. He runs up the stairs too. I used to be able to do that (sigh). I forgot too, my prosthesis clicks sometimes too. It's usually a signal I need to re-apply my liner and leg. It also makes a thwap-thwap sometimes too, so people can here me coming for miles! LOL. Kind of embarrassing when out in public. I can't very well sneak around unnoticed. I get a lot of looks too. Kind of funny actually. They can't figure out why I am making that sound, until they see my leg!
HEY,
MAYBE WE SHOULD START A BAND! LOL OR A CLIQUE
I have been told (and again, I am no doctor!), that my "clicks" are ligaments popping over the bone, and if there is no pain, they represent a "release" of the ligament and muscle. This seems a bit different from most of the experiences reported here.
I have clicks when I exercise, just about everywhere, and they feel good. If I circle my head, my neck will click at every joint, and the whole neck will feel released when I am finished. When working my back, if I twist, (slightly), in the areas where there are no herniated discs, I get a click and my back muscles feel better too. My knees and ankes click when I walk in the water at the beginning of my workout, and then stop as they get "warmed up."
So, I don't know about the rest of you, but my physical therapist told me that this was a good sign, and to let it go as much as possible. I guess it is possible that there are different kinds of sounds for different conditions and situations, and we are calling them all clicks. Anyway, that's my take. bonnie
My hip clicks. Several MRIs later, I am assured there is no arthritis. It seems to be a combination of something called - really truly - "snapping hip syndrome" where a strip of tendon "snaps" over part of the femur bone, and some bursitis in the joint. It clicks (or snaps?) the most when I've just gotten up from sitting and clicks much less after I've been walking a few minutes..
Clicks, clanks, clunks and snaps all do seem to have different meanings to different people. In a newborn baby a hip "clunk" is the thing we pediatricians lokok out for and a click is innocent. Perhaps similar to what Bonnie suggests, the solution is to put more attention on how our bones and joints feel and less on how they sound?
--Nightengale goes click, clack, chirp!
Hey Chris! I got to thinking. Maybe your clicks are due to inactivity? Just a thought. Ask your PT for some range of motion or stretching exercises. You've got to keep your muscle tone up.
I hope you don't think we are making fun of your clicks or dismissing them at all! We know you are worried. We are here for ya buddy! Let us know what's going on, please? Take care.
Hi all.
Dear becky, it takes alot to offend me. All the time we can find a angle or subject to giggle at the more sane we are staying. I like to find the funny side in most things and especially when things getting serious. Don't get me wrong some things are not to laughed at but i bet you can see something near by to have a snigger at.
Well i am still clicking like a gooden. Been referred by my GP for orthapedics (don't know how long i will have to wait for an appointment). An MRI has been mentioned for my knee's. Keep you informed.
Chris x
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I'm 30 and get the clicks all the time, and for me it's usually the osteoarthritis. It can be embarassing when I'm out and popping in various places, particularily my back and shoulders which get quite loud and persistent. We both have L4/5 issues, so yeah, I know that pain. At least it's a pretty effective region to use a TENS unit, though the pain down the butt and hips is pretty aggrivating when walking or needing to sit for long peroids. Best advice I have is don't worry about the clicking, rather, work on building muscle around affected joints to they aren't so vulnerable to injury, and also stretch and see if that helps, even temporarily.
chrishilllhc: Hi all. Dear becky, it takes alot to offend me. All the time we can find a angle or subject to giggle at the more sane we are staying. I like to find the funny side in most things and especially when things getting serious. Don't get me wrong some things are not to laughed at but i bet you can see something near by to have a snigger at. Well i am still clicking like a gooden. Been referred by my GP for orthapedics (don't know how long i will have to wait for an appointment). An MRI has been mentioned for my knee's. Keep you informed. Chris x
Good, I'm glad you weren't offended. You are such a sweetie and I worry about you! Laughter is the best medicine, I guess! Yes, keep us informed.
