dips... why the click

isaac1987 · 05-10-2007, 08:45 AM

Recently quite a few amount of dips but have started to hear a click in my sternum
(which i ignored ><) and just recently i did only about 3 (starting my set) and a pain in my chest happened... of course i stopped right away, i was wondering what i should do? any suggestions?

RIKTER · 05-10-2007, 08:57 AM

Did it go click-clack, if so, then call Under Armor right away as you may get to be in their next commercial..haha no seriously, I would stop doing them and get(the last thing any of us want to hear) checked out by a doc.

DJAuto · 05-10-2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by isaac1987

Recently quite a few amount of dips but have started to hear a click in my sternum
(which i ignored ><) and just recently i did only about 3 (starting my set) and a pain in my chest happened... of course i stopped right away, i was wondering what i should do? any suggestions?

Were you going too low? Were these dips weighted?

Do find this "click" happening in other movements?

isaac1987 · 05-10-2007, 09:28 AM

i dont use weights but i use bodyweight, and i do go dwn really low if not 90 degress close to it...thing is i ve been doing alot almost 40 full dips...
and only during dips too....

DJAuto · 05-10-2007, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaac1987

i dont use weights but i use bodyweight, and i do go dwn really low if not 90 degress close to it...thing is i ve been doing alot almost 40 full dips...
and only during dips too....

If you've recently started doing the dips, it could just be a matter of your cartilage getting used to the stress.

It may go away as you get stronger.

isaac1987 · 05-10-2007, 09:36 AM

im being doing them for awhile actully, thing is i find the click to happen during the mornings, and recently a slight pain in my chest...

atl2axj · 05-10-2007, 07:48 PM

are u warming up properly? i have a clickin' sound whenever i do any type of tricep exercise..i think it's cartilage getting used to the stress but also it's less when i'm warmed up..seeing a doctor is not a bad idea if it persists..

YouCrazyDiamond · 05-10-2007, 09:47 PM

Ive always heard not to worry about clicking if it doesnt hurt.

As for the pain in the chest - I know that when I would do weighted dips I would sometimes get a sharp pain in my sternum where the pecs originate (the cleavage).

isaac1987 · 05-10-2007, 10:02 PM

hmmmm thats exactley it, actually it started to go awya the pain, imma wait a while beofre i dips again i guess ><