Joint Cracking remedies

Astroman, when you mentioned that, " your neck made crunching noises and felt "gravely" with every move for a few years", that is exactly what my neck sounds like. You said that you used, "tendon and muscle myofascial release with foam workout roller, golf and lacross balls (for tendon areas) and theracane for hamstrings, back and some glute areas." Is there a site you used to get info on doing this? My tendons feel tight like cords and nothing I have tried has helped. Or could you PM me with info? Thanks so much.

dmw52 - I learned it all over several years. Several different techniques too, some from you tube and some in person at various chiros who do more than crack joints. I created hybrid techniques of my own design too, which work.

If you goggle muscle release trigger point myofacial astroman in our goggle bar, many old posts should appear.

I did this before lyme treatment and after. It improved faster after my 14 months of ABX, but was not automatically healing- it needed help.

For starters look up the Trigger point manual by Clare Davies, covers the whole body. A PT showed this to me in 2006 and said go buy it, so I did.. That was my beginning point. Its static held pressure under one minute if you can stand it that long. Alone, you need to be creative, using small diameter release tools and gravity or body weight. Its not overnight, becomes part of your daily routine. Without it, my life would have sucked way worse than it did pain wise.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-trigger-point-therapy-claire-davis/1110296550/2675236367920?st=PLA&sid=BNB_New+Marketplace+Shopping+Textbooks&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3pbzscet3wIVCw9pCh07AAY9EAQYBSABEgJ0YPD_BwE

Some chiros do Active Release Technique which is kind of a combination of triggerpoint anchoring blended with short movements. My health ins covered it under chiro, they need to be creative with the codes to get coverage.

The only thing I never tried was regular acupuncture and this new "cupping", which is the direct opposite of trigger point pressure release. Dry needling certainly was a waist of time and money- hurts too.

I get creaky and snapping joints, I used to take different brands of powdered beef gelatin, but realised this alone doesn't help much. I also need high doses of vitamin C, but what helps me the most is horsetail tea (it contains silica).