I can relate to the cracking sounds when I get up as well as sleeping wrong and having a stiff neck for days.
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Some time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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I'm rather aware of this in ANY room, at this stage...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSupposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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Joe Public wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 2:14pmI'm rather aware of this in ANY room, at this stage...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSupposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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Grinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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My shoulders are like a bike chain skipping.Kory wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:28pmGrinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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Mine too. It's gross.Kory wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:28pmGrinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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I did PT over the winter to try and get my rotator cuff in shape to be able to throw a ball for the summer. Im afraid to really test it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:44pmMy shoulders are like a bike chain skipping.Kory wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:28pmGrinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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I'd frankly be scared to throw a ball. It's weird that I'm perfectly fine rowing, but when I'm riding the spin bike, just resting my arms on the handlebars, my shoulders will crunch in and out.revbob wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 6:19pmI did PT over the winter to try and get my rotator cuff in shape to be able to throw a ball for the summer. Im afraid to really test it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:44pmMy shoulders are like a bike chain skipping.Kory wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:28pmGrinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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I've been able to still cover ground in the OF and make catches but when Ive needed to throw Ive been at a serious disadvantage the past several years. Im fighting my age still trying to play with guys 20 to 30 years younger and not being able to throw well from the OF no doubt has people thinking Im replacable especially when I break in with a new gtoup like I am this year. They see an old guy and when I cant compete fully on defense no doubt some see me as a liability. Luckily for me (despite how I might come across here, Im not the asshole type in person).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 6:47pmI'd frankly be scared to throw a ball. It's weird that I'm perfectly fine rowing, but when I'm riding the spin bike, just resting my arms on the handlebars, my shoulders will crunch in and out.revbob wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 6:19pmI did PT over the winter to try and get my rotator cuff in shape to be able to throw a ball for the summer. Im afraid to really test it.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:44pmMy shoulders are like a bike chain skipping.Kory wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 3:28pmGrinding is definitely the word for the noise my neck makes when I turn my head from side to side.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Jun 2022, 9:05amSome time ago, I read that our bodies make an ungodly amount of noise all the time, but we’ve all learned to tune it out (perhaps to avoid going insane). Supposedly, if you were in a perfectly silent and sealed room, you’d suddenly be aware that you’re a horribly creaky and clunky machine just grinding along.
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So you're Jeter (minus the asshole part). Thank you, folks, that's my set, drive safe!revbob wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 7:11pmI've been able to still cover ground in the OF and make catches but when Ive needed to throw Ive been at a serious disadvantage the past several years. Im fighting my age still trying to play with guys 20 to 30 years younger and not being able to throw well from the OF no doubt has people thinking Im replacable especially when I break in with a new gtoup like I am this year. They see an old guy and when I cant compete fully on defense no doubt some see me as a liability. Luckily for me (despite how I might come across here, Im not the asshole type in person).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 6:47pmI'd frankly be scared to throw a ball. It's weird that I'm perfectly fine rowing, but when I'm riding the spin bike, just resting my arms on the handlebars, my shoulders will crunch in and out.revbob wrote: ↑05 Jun 2022, 6:19pmI did PT over the winter to try and get my rotator cuff in shape to be able to throw a ball for the summer. Im afraid to really test it.
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Middle of the night, I rolled over and my left shoulder, which has crunching and pinching painfully, let out a horrible cracking sound—like a bone being broken—but it feels so much better now. A bit tender, but I've got more range with my left arm now without the painful pinching.
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I was blessed/ cursed with "double jointed" shoulders...i could link my fingers and put my arms backwards over my head and back down to the small of my back, if you can picture that. Unfortunately, taking too many hits playing high school hockey (not very well, mind you), i separated my right shoulder and it just started randomly dislocating from time to time. I could reseat it time and time again with a small amount of effort and little pain, but one day I was at work, and it popped out of joint and I couldn't get it back in. A trip to emergency, several hours, and my first intravenous drug experience later (MORPHINE, no less!), I was scheduled for surgery, which I had, and now apparently it is physically impossible to dislocate my right shoulder ever again. Or do my party trick. And apparently, I have to worry about arthritis now, too, thanks to the now-obsolete procedure they used.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 6:18amMiddle of the night, I rolled over and my left shoulder, which has crunching and pinching painfully, let out a horrible cracking sound—like a bone being broken—but it feels so much better now. A bit tender, but I've got more range with my left arm now without the painful pinching.
...still have my winged scapulae, though. But that's another story for another time...
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We saw a street performer once who was double-jointed, wiggling thru small hoops and the like. It was more unsettling than impressive from my perspective. (Or it might have been his Australian accent that creeped me out.) Moral of the story: intelligent design is horseshit; god was on peyote when he made us.Joe Public wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 8:41amI was blessed/ cursed with "double jointed" shoulders...i could link my fingers and put my arms backwards over my head and back down to the small of my back, if you can picture that. Unfortunately, taking too many hits playing high school hockey (not very well, mind you), i separated my right shoulder and it just started randomly dislocating from time to time. I could reseat it time and time again with a small amount of effort and little pain, but one day I was at work, and it popped out of joint and I couldn't get it back in. A trip to emergency, several hours, and my first intravenous drug experience later (MORPHINE, no less!), I was scheduled for surgery, which I had, and now apparently it is physically impossible to dislocate my right shoulder ever again. Or do my party trick. And apparently, I have to worry about arthritis now, too, thanks to the now-obsolete procedure they used.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 6:18amMiddle of the night, I rolled over and my left shoulder, which has crunching and pinching painfully, let out a horrible cracking sound—like a bone being broken—but it feels so much better now. A bit tender, but I've got more range with my left arm now without the painful pinching.
...still have my winged scapulae, though. But that's another story for another time...
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Ouch. I've done that a few times. Feels better after.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 6:18amMiddle of the night, I rolled over and my left shoulder, which has crunching and pinching painfully, let out a horrible cracking sound—like a bone being broken—but it feels so much better now. A bit tender, but I've got more range with my left arm now without the painful pinching.