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21 years
As of 5 months i started experiencing a "crack" coming from right below my shoulder.pain started showing and i took medication for muscle infection and nothing happened.the crack is now in my thigh
Mar 19, 2015

Dr. Tarek Gherbal Physical Therapist
Joints naturally produce cracking sounds or sensations; a cracking sound without any pain is not clinically significant and it does not necessarily mean that something is wrong.
My advice to you is that:
1) try not to provoke it; if a cracking sound happens by itself with no pain, continue everything normally and try not to do it on purpose.
2) if it hurts every time it cracks, probably something is wrong and it needs to be diagnosed by a specialist (preferably an orthopedic surgeon).
3) Start exercising; repetitive movement and exercise activates the synovial liquid inside the joints, it helps to ease the friction between the bones. (Swimming is excellent in that sense).

Hope my answer helps.
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