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I am 24 yrs old a smoker and every time i pop my back my upper sternum pops. it just started in the last couple of weeks. what could it be?
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Cracking your joints: There are joints all along your sternum where each of your ribs meets it. Also your sternum is made of of 3 parts and there are joints between those. Each of these joints can crack like your knuckles when you stretch them. The more you do it, the more they'll crack.
Answered 7/6/2013
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