Your first seven ribs are connected to your sternum and held in place by ligaments and cushioned by cartilage all of which move together when you stretch.
Popping feeling in ribswhen laying on hard floor.
Sometimes you might walk across your floors and hear a popping or creaking noise.
If you re hearing a snapping or popping sound when you stretch your rib cage it is most likely your breast bone or sternum popping.
The swelling of the joints associated with sternum fractures can cause popping in this area as well.
I do think you should see a doctor if possible to see if.
The sound happens when a plank becomes loose and the nail rubs against the subfloor.
Slipping rib syndrome goes by many names including clicking rib displaced ribs rib tip syndrome nerve nipping painful rib syndrome and interchondral subluxation among others.
If your floors are nailed down to the subfloor the popping noise could be coming from the nails.
You will need to take it easy for a week or two so it has time to heal.
Cracked broken or poped out one of your ribs.