Popping Feeling In Ribswhen Laying On Hard Floor

If your floors are nailed down to the subfloor the popping noise could be coming from the nails.

Popping feeling in ribswhen laying on hard floor.

Your first seven ribs are connected to your sternum and held in place by ligaments and cushioned by cartilage all of which move together when you stretch. You will need to take it easy for a week or two so it has time to heal. Cracked broken or poped out one of your ribs. The sound happens when a plank becomes loose and the nail rubs against the subfloor.

A sternum fracture or break in the breastbone is usually caused by direct trauma to the bone. The swelling of the joints associated with sternum fractures can cause popping in this area as well. If you re hearing a snapping or popping sound when you stretch your rib cage it is most likely your breast bone or sternum popping. Slipping rib syndrome goes by many names including clicking rib displaced ribs rib tip syndrome nerve nipping painful rib syndrome and interchondral subluxation among others.

While this doesn t mean your floors are defective there are various reasons it can occur.