40 yr old male.
Sometimes my hip seems to nearly lock up, and I have to lean to that side and put stress on it to make it 'pop'. Hurts a little, but I get my range of motion back.

In addition, after sitting for maybe a short as an hour, deep inside my pelvic region on both sides will 'pop' as I flex/tighten my muscles to sit up prior to standing.

I fear that I may have a fractured hip tho I guess it could be mis aligned. But it's the deep pelvic 'poping' that has me concerned. I can only find references similar to what I feel as things a woman feels during pregnancy. And I assure you, I am not pregnant ':-).

All of my joints are becomeing easier to crack, as if I live a stress free life ( which I doubt ) and my muscles around my joints seems to have relaxed inadvertently to the point that a slight movement on my part causes them to 'pop'. Most disturbing of all is that I can 'pop' my sternum by taking a deep breath stretching my shoulders back.

Is this some kind of arthritis disease? Could my body be releasing 'relaxin' uncontrollably for no reason? Some joints are painful like my knees and shoulders and hip, and others are not, like my ankles,wrists, elbows, lower and middle back and my sternum is pain free.



thanks