Hello everyone, I've been studying a lot of neck anatomy, including hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles, among others. I also spoke to some doctors about it, asked questions and cleared my doubts. And I came to a - Possible - conclusion. (I want to make it clear, that I did this research on my own, I talked to doctors also on my own, and I also did exams, so this is not a scientific article, at least for now, maybe I will go deeper as a researcher and take this to an even more professional side, anyway, I hope this can help you.) If you search for thyrohyoid membrane or thyrohyoid ligament, you will see that between the hyoid bone and the thyroid cartilage, there is a group of fibroelastic ligaments, these ligaments allow mobility of the larynx as a whole, and thus, aid in speech, swallowing, and breathing. Based on reports from people who suffer from it like me, I realized that most of us ventured into laryngeal massages or suffered some trauma in the region, such as: high pressure vomiting, blows or even falls. After having researched for months about all these things, using scientific articles as a basis, I went to ask doctors with many years of experience, one of them answered me something like this: People who do laryngeal/hyoid massages passively tend to experience symptoms like those (Clicking, popping). He didn't explain why, but I have a guess; As the connection between the hyoid bone and the larynx is made of fibroelastic ligaments, these ligaments are more fragile than muscles, and may tear or even break; depending on the intensity of the massage or trauma, it may have led to laxity or rupture of a part of these ligaments, more precisely on the lateral part near the greater cornu of the hyoid bone, and the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage, giving rise to friction, causing the click, because technically the hyoid became more "loose" so to speak. As a solution, I didn't find anything specific and truly effective, I don't know if there is any surgery to repair or strengthen these ligaments, but maybe physiotherapy, in the medium term, can help or even solve this problem, if there is a minimally invasive procedure for this, such as an infiltration or even the surgery itself, would be a good possibility. I hope I helped, and I want to remind you again that this is not a scientific article, nor something scientifically proven, it's just a hypothesis of someone who suffers from it, did a lot of research on it, and questioned experienced doctors about the problem. Anyway, look for an experienced specialist and ask about it, you may find a specific solution for your case. Hugs and best wishes to all!