Not really, they pop and click but not painful at all. I actually do have a VERY wide back it's kind of sucky because when I wear a formal dress of any sort, my lower body is a 5-6 and my back is always a 7-8, so buying a wedding dress and getting it fitted was fun, NOT! But I can do amazing things at the gym, lift a ton of weights and not have any problem. I have very large arms too, I'm always flexing for people it's funny...