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    Thanks again for the reply.

    I am having such a difficult time with all of this. I knew not to let anyone touch my neck and it has turned out so badly.

    I can be laying still and even have this crackling noise??? It is really wearing on me emotionally. It scares me as well.

    Do people really have this much movement and noises in their necks?

    I am doing PT with stretching — maybe that is not the best since you mentioned stretching with more neck noise.

    Does foramin and central canal stenosis always progress? I hope this adjustment and twisting my neck did not make that worse.

    I saw you do consults over the phone??? Thanks again for the help.

    I just want to turn the clock back. I am probably being a pain but this has so affected my life. I have been worried for months and months about all this.

    JJSS
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    I had asked about ulnar nerve pinching initially but removed that as going to go ahead and see a dr. about this.

    Could that activator with stretching misaligned the neck so now tendons/ligaments catch or rub differently or even the vertebrae joints fit differently?

    What happens to ligaments that crack/snap multiple times a day?

    Can facet arthritis develop in a matter of months?

    My MRI only showed facet arthritis at C6-C7.

    The cracking can be heard by my husband. Yesterday I cracked at least 4 x. loud and hard. Rolling in bed causes crunches and lighter cracks.

    I felt it all the way up my skull this am.

    I don’t know how my neck is now such a crunchy mess with something moving out of place in the low discs and these horrific cracks.
    Sorry to ask again. I keep asking myself “Why this all had to start?”

    JJSS
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    Wow I did not expect a reply so soon.
    I just wanted to add a comment and here you had already replied.

    I have noticed my hands are falling asleep much more now-when I sleep however I do have carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve issues so don’t know if neck related. My whole hand is asleep when I wake. It Affects both hands.

    My rt shoulder cracks really loud too now-never before. I get spasms next to my shoulder when lying down-a constant twitch-in the fleshy part where the shoulder attaches to the chest.
    Can spasms in that area be neck related?

    I don’t get numbness in my legs yet thank goodness only tingling on and off. It seems that became more widespread after the flexion-distraction treatment.

    I have been trying since last Sept. to get used to all this but it is not easy.

    Sorry for the additional post. I just figured I might as well ask since 2x last night my hands were asleep and the twitching has been constant for several months now.

    JJSS
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    Thanks again

    It is hard as I can’t move without hearing or feeling something. There are so many different “noises”. If this affected me 1 or 2x a day,fine, but it never leaves me. The hard cracks are horrible! I just wish it would go away!

    I don’t understand why all this had to start and is very distressing.

    One thing I would like to know for sure:
    is it a ligament I feel moves sort of in and out by the disc? I hear crunching. This is about at C5-C6

    if you get periodic tingling in your legs and have spondy L3-L4 is that any cause for concern?

    I will say it again. It is really wonderful for you to take time from your schedule to help those in pain and so desperate. I have read many postings and feel their pain.

    I have dealt with: back, neck, and knees in severe pain. PT has always helped. Sure wish any of this would just stabilize but I know time and aging does not make anything better.

    I do have a few sessions of PT on order. Guess strengthening is mostly needed..not more stretching!

    I plan on this being my last posting— so thanks again.

    JJSS
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    Thanks for the reply.

    The sounds are like they are in my head and neck tissues. So gritty/crackling constantly. Even my shoulder is cracking now. Lying in one position will generate lots of cracking when I move. Turning my head back and forth multiple times to the right creates a constant crack/pop.

    I went to an orthopedic dr last week, who would not even let me talk.
    I turned down an xray since I have an enlarged thyroid.

    Does everyone with degeneration/stenosis develop all this crackling/cracking and movement in the neck?

    Can ligaments move in the neck by the vetebrae?
    This scares me when something gives in there and crunches. What would that be that you can feel move out of place?

    You have helped me more than any dr I have seen. It is too bad a dr, does not feel that every person is important and just take a few minutes to answer questions. This dr was more interested in getting back on schedule.

    I sure wish I knew why so much of my body is arthritic. Why this had to start and escalate I sure would like to know.

    JJSS
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    Thanks for the information and reply.
    I get a crunch noise around C5-C6. I can feel something move when this happens with my fingers? like a pop on the right side of the vetebrae

    Would that just be ligaments moving? What would cause that?

    I just can’t help but feel this HAD to have something to do with the activator and cold stretching. I had burning/inflammation for 3 months. The noise in my neck started soon after and escalated. I just wish I could understand why.

    The cracks are like snapping a stick. I can feel hard cracks and most times always with movement the crackling gritty sounds.

    It is bad enough to have problems in the neck but low back too and neuropathy all makes for PAIN. I think the neuropathy is spinal related myself. Thanks for a bit more info

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