Both me and my twin sister have had this issue since we were kids. It only happens a couple times a year since we try our best to avoid the triggers. Our trigger is typically yawning and moving our neck or yawning with our neck in any bent or turned position. I am assuming this isnt a disease or anything that a doctor will be able to diagnose. I am convinced it is just cartilage/ligaments in the neck moving and popping out of place. Maybe its because we all have slightly different anatomy in the ligaments that allow this movement. Both me and my sister have a different technique to fix it so i think you just have to see what works for you. I used to be able to chug water and push a little lower than where you take ur pulse. That stopped working for me and now I have to open my mouth wide and bend my neck to the side and push it back in place. My twin sister basically does a low moan noise and it pops back into place for her. I also notice that once it happens to me, I am more prone to getting it in the near future. Like i went 2 years without getting it and then had it happen twice in a week. Maybe it causes some inflammation and then its more likely to pop out of its positon

@haileyhunt234 sorry I’m so late to see this but it just happened really bad and it was very difficult to pop back- BUT I’ve been doing it for myself my entire life as long back as I can remember. How I pop it back in is relax my head and neck, tilt head back straight to your back as far as you can, then with a flat open hand, fingers together, put gentle pressure on the exact area and push in on your neck. Feel around for the bulging bump (node??) and press gently until it literally pops back in. It doesn’t hurt to pop it back- you will get immediate relief of the pain. You’ll feel right again. Unfortunately, today my neck muscles were so tight that I couldn’t lay my head back to get the positioning right and had a bit of a panic attack trying to get it back in place. However, with some emotional support from the hubs I relaxed my body best I could (laid flat in bed with my head over the other side of the pillow) and just began flexing my mouth and jaw muscles until the pain relieved. Then I was able to do the pop back with my hand and just a tiny pop noise happened. Typically when I do this it’ll make quite the noise to me and I can feel the pop much more. Idk wth happened this time but it was not like that, hence why I ended up in this thread!! I just had to try to help everyone out to pop it back in themselves since I’ve been doing it since I was a small child, over 30 yrs now 🫢🫣) I sincerely hope this reaches you and helps as many ppl as possible!