Am I still growing?

[akcasino]

Ive notices this for like 2.5 years now, but it never happened in high school. I mean I was poor in high school and we never had anything to eat. I work out and stuff and don't exert myself or maybe and don't know it. My sternum snaps all the time. like when I move my chest outwards, everything else snaps too but I think its weird. Why does my sternum snap like there's cartilage?

[Aloicius]

Your ribs join your sternum via a cartilage joint. I don't know why things are snapping though. If you are 27 I would say there is a next to zero percent chance you are still growing. Does this cause you pain or discomfort? If it does you should see your doctor and see about getting an x-ray.

[voodoochild]

You should get professional medical opinion.

I doubt anyone here could give you a decent answer.

[aceofdiamond]

go to the doc he/she will help. so are you saying that if you don't eat something bad will happen to me? were poor too and we have hardly anything to eat... and we live on a farm.. so is something bad going to happen to me too? T__T

[Anonymous]

you should get professional advice from a MD. I was poor in highschool too. it might be something to do with diet.

[Mopfish]

I get that too! But I'm in high school... I got it checked out @ the doctors & they said I'll grow out of it - but its got worse since then. All I have to do now is breathe deeply & it snaps. So I really don't know what to suggest...

[akcasino]

I mean I work out all the time. Sometimes I think its just me being sore. Ill push my chest outward and my sternum snaps and it sounds like how you snap your fingers. Ill get out out of bed and and breathe in and my sternum snaps, but there's no pain at all. lol

[Mopfish]

Well maybe its something to do with working out... because I do a lot of that too. And yeah your problem sounds very similar to mine.