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(a)ndy
11-25-2010, 02:02 PM
I have been using the Intu-Flow® beginners routine for a week now and my joints already feel less stiff. Mobility exercise is new to me and I have never done any before (I am 40 years old).

However, my joints seem to be clicking and popping a lot during the Intu-Flow® movements. I have a few clicks in my neck but my shoulders appear to be clicking and popping frequently in all of the shoulder rotation movements.

Other than clicking knees during deep squatting I don't ever remember my joints clicking a lot, especially not my shoulders. I have been fairly sedentary over the past few years and I imagine I haven't been using a good range of motion in my joints during this period.

Is this clicking normal? Is it healthy? Is the clicking likely to stop or become less frequent? I would appreciate your advice on this as I don't know if I am doing more harm than good going through the movements and clicking.

Strus
11-26-2010, 01:20 AM
You may discover another clicking areas during your journey- congrats to you, you have entered long unused area.
Do not stop ff you really want to have healthy joints.
Keep doing Intu-Flow on daily basis for some months, better for the rest of your life. You will regain and keep full range of motion and joint health.

westroots
11-26-2010, 02:31 PM
Kia Ora Andy.

Good to see a new kiwi member joining the forum, there isn't enough here !. All I can add is enjoy the all the clicks and pops. and simply enjoy the release.

(a)ndy
12-04-2010, 08:53 PM
Thanks for the replies. A couple of weeks of daily Intu-Flow® and I feel like I have doubled my mobility. The stiffness and pain are melting away.

I have been reading Free to Move and just today came across Chapter 27 Understanding Snap, Crackle, Pop! It sounds like it is OK/normal to have these pops but I am hoping that they become less frequent over time. Having said that my knees have cracked on deep bending since I was a teenager and don't expect them to stop now, although it would be nice.

RedDawn289
12-05-2010, 04:47 AM
Andy, When I started Intu-Flow a few months back I had clicks in one of my elbows and knee. Now they are gone! Keep it up it works wonders.