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Apr 2018
8:18pm, 19 Apr 2018
2,352 posts
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Ymee
Sounds like a good vest, Fleece - I get terrible arm-chafe in the summer.
I'm no musculoskeletal expect, Columba, but I always thought crunchy bits were just tight bits in your muscles. Crystals which liquefy and drain away? Not something I was taught about at medical school. Mind, I wasn't taught a lot of things which people expect you would be. Or maybe I've just forgotten a lot of what I once knew. Probably both.
Have eaten two whole slices of toast and a porridge pot today. And caught up on all the housework that apparently doesn't do itself by magic when I'm laid up....
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Apr 2018
8:36pm, 19 Apr 2018
14,194 posts
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Carpathius
I have studied human biology and have never heard of muscles accumulating any kind of crystalline substance that needs to be broken up by massage and drained away.
Lactic acid during exercise, yes. Breakdown of muscle protein, yes. But your bloodstream and kidneys and liver sort all that out just fine generally.
Not saying that massage isn't good - it's great in my opinion, but the crystalline thing is a new one on me!
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Apr 2018
8:58pm, 19 Apr 2018
32,775 posts
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alpenrose
Columba, I think you should google "crepitus" for your answer. I have plenty of it in my neck if I move my head from side to side. 
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Apr 2018
9:19pm, 19 Apr 2018
2,353 posts
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Ymee
Crepitus is a fancy word for crackles, heard or felt. Still mystified by liquefying crystals...
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Apr 2018
9:31pm, 19 Apr 2018
10,398 posts
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Rosehip
hmm - to liquefy something crystalline you would need to heat it to its melting point ...
A fan of reflexology once told me that it works by "liquefying" the crystalline toxins that are deposited in the meridians (??) of the feet - or something like that anyway- sounds like a similar idea, but not sure what they really mean they think they are doing?
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Apr 2018
9:34pm, 19 Apr 2018
10,399 posts
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Rosehip
It's a touch warmer than I'm used to - and opening a window lets in the smell of burning from a rather large fire that's being tackled 3 or so miles away
Really hoping for our VLMers sake the temp doesn't stay as high as it has been today
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Apr 2018
9:39pm, 19 Apr 2018
15,391 posts
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Columba
I know about crepitus. I have it in my neck too. Next time I'll ask for a more detailed explanation, thanks anyway.
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Apr 2018
9:44pm, 19 Apr 2018
22,228 posts
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LazyDaisy
I have a friend who trained as a reflexologist and who is permanently fully booked. I have to bite my tongue, because it seems like a load of old cobblers to me
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Apr 2018
9:55pm, 19 Apr 2018
5,472 posts
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Helegant
I get creams and crackles in my knees all the time. I thought it was all the rough edges rubbing together as in crepitus / decrepitude..
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Apr 2018
10:39pm, 19 Apr 2018
14,199 posts
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Carpathius
I'm pretty sure crepitus refers to the sound rather than any biological process.
I have it in my knees and neck.
I quite like Helegant's etymology
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