Is bone cracking during exercise due to calcium deficiency?

Most young people nowadays lack the necessary physical exercise due to their busy work and life, and they don’t like exercise themselves. Therefore, once you engage in vigorous exercise, your body will feel extra stiff, and you may even feel bones making noises. Everyone may think that this is a phenomenon caused by calcium deficiency in their body, but this is not the complete reason. It may also be caused by pathological reasons.

What causes bone cracking? Is bone cracking a sign of calcium deficiency?

Hearing the bones in your body making a few clicks from time to time, the listener will feel a little trembling. So, what is the reason for the bones making clicks all over the body? Does it indicate any disease?

You can often hear people making a "creaking" sound when exercising, such as a sound in the knee joints when squatting, a slight "creaking" sound in the hip joints when walking, a sound in the cervical spine when turning the neck, and a sound in the fingers when clenching the fingers... These sounds are usually called "snapping".

Generally speaking, if there is only a popping sound but no redness or swelling on the surface, no pain, and no movement disorders, it is physiological popping and does not require special treatment, nor is there any need to be overly anxious about it.

When the joints move, friction and sound will always occur between the articular surfaces, between the cartilage pads and the articular surfaces, between the tendons and the joint capsules, etc. In most people, this sound is not obvious, but in some people it is clearer. Especially for those who sit for a long time, less lubricating fluid is produced between the joints, which increases the friction loss of the joints and makes it more likely to hear the popping sound.

Experts emphasize: Generally, joint popping can be divided into physiological and pathological types. Most joint popping is physiological, and while making the sound it will not cause discomfort in other parts of the body. It does not cause much harm to the body, does not require special treatment, and there is no need to worry about it. However, some people experience discomfort such as soreness, swelling, etc. when their joints pop, which may indicate that there is a problem with the joints. Common clinical diseases include meniscus injury and patellofemoral osteoarthritis. This pathological clicking is more common in the knee, ankle, hip and shoulder joints.

Whether joint crackling is a hidden health problem has a lot to do with age. Generally speaking, joint cracking in young people is mainly due to physiological reasons, unless there is trauma; but once it occurs in older people, it is more important to consider whether there are local lesions, such as ligament strain, bone spurs, etc. In this case, you should go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible, find out the real cause, and actively carry out symptomatic medication, local physical therapy or other physical therapy, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. For example, if meniscus injury is not treated in time, it will aggravate the wear and tear on the cartilage. Cartilage damage is irreversible, which will cause inconvenience to the patient's walking and even lead to lifelong regrets.

Warm reminder: Do you need calcium deficiency to cause bone cracking? When bone cracking occurs, do not blindly supplement calcium. You should know that joint cracking is not caused by calcium deficiency. Calcium supplementation only supplements the human body's bones and has no effect on the joints. Therefore, do not supplement calcium indiscriminately. In addition, some people like to crack their knuckles to produce sounds. Some research reports point out that this habit will damage the soft tissue between the knuckles and weaken the grip strength of our fingers. Therefore, it is best not to crack your knuckles casually.

There is a sound in the knee joints when squatting, there is a sound in the cervical spine when turning the neck, and there is a sound in the fingers when clenching the fingers... People usually call these sounds "snapping".

Generally speaking, if there is only a clicking sound without any redness or swelling on the surface or pain, and no movement disorder, it is physiological clicking and does not require any special treatment, nor is there any need to be overly anxious about it. When the joints move, friction and sound will always occur between the articular surfaces, between the cartilage pads and the articular surfaces, between the tendons and the joint capsules, etc. In most people, this sound is not obvious, but in some people it is clearer. Especially for those who sit for a long time, less lubricating fluid is produced between the joints, which increases the friction loss of the joints and makes it more likely to hear the popping sound.

Treatment is only needed when there is pain or limited joint movement. It is a sterile inflammation, and injections or anti-inflammatory drugs cannot eliminate sterile inflammation. For treatment, you can choose a pure Chinese medicine plaster, which is safe and has no side effects. It can be said to be the most ideal treatment method.