cracked neck while overhead pressing, help?

[2tickets]

Hi

Could really do with some advice please. Just recently i have developed a problem when i press overhead.......basically i have no.problem lifting the bar however when i push the bar up and back over my head my neck cracks painfully. If i press the weight but leave the emphasis on my front delts i.e. Like a very very steep incline press then it is fine but the minute i try to power it directly overhead my neck cracks.

Can anyone advise please on what i might be doing wrong or how i can fix it?

[optionsdude]

Are you doing military presses behind your head or in front of your head? I've always been told to do them in front,behind your head is supposed to be horrible for your neck. Lat pull downs as well. Be careful and use common sense if it hurts or causes your neck to crack don't do it. I strongly recommend you get your neck checked out.

[2tickets]

Actually thats a good point......i do them to the front but i wonder if i am pushing my head forward too far and trying to drag the weight back too far when it goes overhead???? That would have the same affect as pressing behind the neck!!!!

I dont have this problem when seated pressing but i generally dont push my head thru so much when seated and have the weight more out in front of me at the top of the move.

[Brett N]

I just press straight up from resting position. When I press I briefly look to sky so I don't hit my chin and when I pass my chin I look straight forward. I do not try to be overly dramatic about the head change. Do opposite when I drop it down. I don't try to over extend my arms past my head at all. Straight up and straight down to the best of my ability.

[lovbyts]

I had something like that for a while. I went to a chiropractor and got a few adjustments as well as him giving me nick exercises to do and I have not had the issue come back in a couple of years.

[EasyDoesIt]

Don't know if you are doing it or not, but do not turn your head down to one side or the other to struggle getting the weight up. Neutral position throughout, which is straight ahead. It's a bad habit some people get into. At worse use dumbells and do not lock out. There are some various stretching exercises, but really a bit much to describe. Maybe see a GOOD CHIRO if it persists.