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snapping inside head, post decompression surgery

Has anyone out there that had decompression surgery or no surgery, ever turn your head a little and your head pops? It sounds like a knee popping, but I hear it in my head, It stuns me for a second, it is painfull, I feel it and hear it, but don,t  what it is, if this is major and if anyone else has this problem. I do know that it can be heard outloud by others nearby (though not by me, it is loud inside my head). I do also have a syrinx at T5, and liesons on my brain (though not sure yet what they are).
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3060676 tn?1440702944
I have this all the time. Mine is painful when I have weakness. My NS said it was probably a tendon snapping past and try not to "make it happen"...

My PT noticed that it happens less when I build up my muscles and don't have as much weakness. As long as I keep up my strength with PT, mine is not painful.
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Thanks RheaAnn....never heard of this issue before.....good to know PT is helping it for you.
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Wow good thing I just read your post. I thought I was crazy, again. This loud crack sound happened twice. This is not your ordinary pop sound. It is more of a loud, sharp CRACK. Very disturbing and you wait for some horrible pain or maybe, pass out, but there was no pain right away and then the soreness sets in.  Just when you think symptoms my be over, surprise Chiari symptoms come back new and even more strange. When I see my doctor I always start my sentence with "Please don't think I'm crazy but.......  And this is 2 years after decompression surgery
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I am six years post decompression surgery (with syrinx in lower Cervical upper thoracic area) and have recently started to experience pre-decompression symptoms, i.e., clicking & popping with associated pain in my neck plus vertigo, dizziness and nausea. I am going for an MRI next month to see what's happening. I am terrified! I really don't want another surgery.
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.

Do you know if your syrinx shrank at all post op?....In the six years how often have you had the syrinx checked?
539750 tn?1226521677
Yes, I had the popping sounds.  I am 2 years 8 months post surgery.  Sometimes you can hear/feel them right where surgery was.  Very strange.
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1769279 tn?1315015320
No. Havent had that to ever happen before. Sorry, no help. Hope u find ur answers...soon.
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I also have popping sounds in my head since surgery. However, mine are not painful and both my NS and Physical therapist say that they are totally harmless if they are not painful.

When you say they hurt, where exactly in your head are you feeling the pain?
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620923 tn?1452915648
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  Hi and welcome to the Chiari/Syringomyelia forum.

I saw u had surgery, but not sure how long ago it was...do u know if ur syrinx has shrunk since surgery?

What u could be hearing and feeling could be scar tissue or u may have a joint that pops out of the socket.

When was ur last MRI?

  "selma"

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1755089 tn?1376053555
I didnt got a surgery, but once in a while went I turn my head there is a popping sound in my neck/head erea and its very painfull and desorienting.
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