Fri, Feb-05-10, 21:32
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Plan: raw facultative carnivore
Stats: 128/140/150
BF:
Progress: 55%
Location: Vermont, USA
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Originally Posted by Metalmama
...I have a question though for you guru's - my knees make a terrible and very loud crunching/crackling sound whenever I bend them. It doesn't occur when walking but when walking up stairs or bending fully at the knees. It's quite the alarming sound but I don't feel any pain. ...
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In my case I used to get that a lot, mainly in my left knee and left elbow. A chiropractor said it was subluxating (dislocating) joints (for the knee it was the kneecap popping out of place, which is called patellar subluxation) due to lax/weak connective tissues and malalignment. Going Paleo improved it and going carnivore further improved it. I was just noticing today that none of my joints have cracked less in recent weeks than they have since they started doing so when I was a teenager. My left elbow doesn't even pop when lifting weights any more.
Perhaps my connective tissues have tightened/strengthened some. I remember reading a student handout in college that said that cracking joints were "normal" in college-age people. How then explain that mine greatly improved in my 40's?
Last edited by PaleoPhil : Fri, Feb-05-10 at 21:55.
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