I sometimes hear what it sounds like my spine cracking when I turn over or stretch but don't know that that is the cause of the noise. I don't lay on my stomach anymore because that almost always caused a pop. My back goes from being fine to being very sore for quite a while after lifting too much. I have moved from osteopenia to osteoporosis but pretty borderline. I have read on here that there are some new stands that may be as good or better than Dexa scans and are not limited to every two years, so I was going to look into that. I broke 5 vertebrae in my lower back about 3 years ago as well as one slipped disk.

Also, a lot of people on this forum have mentioned finding a neurosurgeon rather than a spine Dr. so that puzzles me a bit as my primary Dr. did not suggest a neurosurgeon. I hope you get it figured out as constant pain especially when trying to sleep is miserable.