Elbow makes noises during push ups.

[OmegaShadow]

Everytime I do push ups my elbow makes these kinda popping-ish sounding noises, or it sometimes cracks, similar to the cracking noise people make when they crack their nuckles.

Also I feel this bone moving in my elbow when I do push ups.
Below is a animated skeleton picture of the bone area of what I'm talking about, that I can feel the bone moving is circled. I also think this is where the noise is comming from, although I'm not sure.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3452/noise1hg0.jpg


I don't feel any pain in my elbows while doing push ups. I always try to do perfect military style push ups, and can do up to a max of 53. I feel no pain in my elbows doing my maximum number of push ups, but I'm wondering why my elbow makes these noises? I always stretch our my arms and other body parts properly prior to doing any sort of excercise. I also drink up lots of water.

Does anyone experience similar problems when doing push ups? I have tried doing other styles of push ups to "relieve" strain on my elbows, arms & hands, but no matter what style I do my elbow always makes these noise.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm no doctor, so I won't comment on that issue exactly. I will say that my knees often crack when bent, especially if they were motionless for an extended period of time, however, I can go for a 6mi run and not feel a thing in my knees.

When I had my outprocessing medical appointment a few weeks ago, I mentioned it to the doctor and he stated that it wasn't anything to worry about so long as I didn't feel any pain. Take that with a grain of salt though, it was a military doctor.

 

[drbrock]

I used to get while doing my push ups but the sound and feeling eventually went away. I can do a max of 75 fast with a max of 30 slow. Maybe when you past a certain level or your body becomes used to the motion it goes away.

 

[presidentender]

If it's never painful, it probably isn't a problem.