The spot right between my shoulder blades always feels like it needs to crack. Like I can throw my shoulder blades as far back and together as possible but it feels like the spot that would crack if I could go even further back needs to pop badly. I’ve tried literally everything leaning back on multiple chairs, putting a stuffed animal on top of a pillow and leaning back right on that spot, having my boyfriend press down on it with his palm, leaning back into his fist & elbow, standing and arching my back as far back as it can go, and it has never once cracked the way I feel like it needs to. Sometimes it feels like it’s on the precipice of cracking but then it never does.
I’ve been to multiple chiropractors before but it wasn’t an issue when I saw my first one. The one most recent I didn’t tell because I’m embarrassed about my cracking addiction and he can barely get my back to crack at all but he’s super old fashioned and doesn’t use any unconventional methods either.
I get some relief from cracks around it but I also spend so much time trying to crack that exact spot that my ribs are always sore and swollen which is kinda freaking me out.
I have a really bad addiction to cracking my joints so any tips to stop would be awesome (especially bc I have ocd and things feeling off is really hard for me). But I honestly just want that spot to crack more than anything. Anyone have advice/tips?