Trust me, you will definitely know if you break a bone. Bone breaks are very painful. And sometimes you can hear the bone break as it happens (but not always). When my vertebra compressed, I didn't hear that. But when my leg broke at the knee, I heard it snap. And there was also swelling involved, especially my leg/knee.

BTW, as I always told my students in school--There's no stupid question, except the one you don't ask. So don't ever hesitate to ask questions here. We all can learn from each other.

nanny1611 thanks so much. I hear a lot of crackling but at 65 yrs old I suppose I should hear some of that. I'm kind of phobic about health issues because I have so many. I am NOT treating my Osteoporosis with any meds. They scare me.

I'm like Nanny, I've known the two times I broke a bone. I'm 59 and really feel the difference in my body these days. Moving slower. Not doing the drugs either.

My son in law had stress fractures in his spine. He had to get an MRI to see them, They hurt but not like your normal broken bone.

But yes usually you can hear or feel a bone break

When I broke my hip I just thought I fell and bruised it. But my leg
did hurt badly.

I had one compression fracture that I felt, but one I didn't know about until it was X-rayed. The other fractures, I knew I should go to the hospital and have an X-ray. There was a possibility that it could have another injury, but I generally knew it was broken.

This my 1st post. I take 40 mg prednisone for 5-6 yrs. As a result I have osteoporosis which I take calcium,vit d in different amounts to try and keep d level normal I have also gotten reclassified routinely. This past spring I got sciatica pain on right side then it spread to left. After 2 weeks of not being able to lay down or sit in car x-rays showed multiple sacral fractures. Nothing to do but wait it out. In the fall I bent over 3 different times and broke a ribbon each time. Friday I fell gently in the snow and fracturedo fibula on left leg. They did not all present with horrible pain,the ribs I ignored until the 3rd time. I'm 63 so yes I think the aches and pains are age related. So please do what drs ask if the reasons are good. I thank God I didn't fall on hip replacement from 2 yrs ago. And yes -an unasked ? Is the dumb ? Feel well

Hi, xmas25, and welcome to this forum of Daily Strength. Thanks for posting and adding your insight.

you know? I think maybe I didn't so much 'feel' the breaks happen in my vertebrae...I sort of did, now that I think of it, but it seemed like a crunchy sound or feeling. I thought to myself 'maybe some of a calcium buildup is breaking off...or something like that' - I thought it might be a good thing - trying to laugh right now - I actually am laughing right now. thank God for a sense of humour. was told at some point, they let me in on little clues of information here and there over the yrs that I had bone spurs growing out from lumbar vertebra and when the crushed ones slid across one another in...just the right way as to hit one of these bone spurs, it would hurt so byond much.
so that's what I thought might be breaking off - nope, it was my compression fractures happening. hey! maybe I should go to the er in hopes of finding a bone doc : ) you just never know.