Post: #1

Hey Guys,

Hoping to get some advice regarding a nagging chest injury I've been dealing with over the past year. I've found a lot of great advice and techniques on here to deal with shoulder pain, but not so much with the chest/sternum/pectorals.

This occurred about a year ago. I was doing a lot of calisthenics at the time, pull ups/dips/levers, etc. After working out one day I laid on the floor and was stretching with my arms above my head - stretched a bit to far and my chest popped pretty loud, lost my breath and had sharp pain in the upper right area of my pectoral across to the sternum. After resting for a few weeks originally it became more of a dull pain. Can feel it just about any time I look over my right shoulder, or move my chin toward my shoulder. I feel a tightness in the chest when I sneeze that is related to it. Also since then when I do shoulder dislocations, my sternum will sometimes pop or click.

I've been able to work through the pain and taken that approach for a while now. I just have a little bit of a weaker chest and have to baby that side a bit.. But lately I think because of this injury causing my form to be off - its starting to fuck with my shoulder as well. I'm considering taking 5-6 weeks off of upper body exercise and talking to a doctor to see what they say.

I know the obvious advice is I should go see a doctor.. but I always feel silly going to a doctor for a nagging type injury like this. So if anyone has a similar experience I'd love to hear from you. Some things I don't know about..

What type of doctor would I want to talk to about this? I'm pretty sure it's not bone related. Probably a muscle or ligament/tendon.

If anyones dealt with a muscle injury in the chest - how long was the rest period and how did you get back into activity afterwards?

What types of exercises would be doable while keeping the chest inactive during a rest period? (Seems like the chest flexes on ALOT of movements - even when I run or do ab workouts I can get pain in that area)

Thanks,

Post: #2

Sometimes when I sneeze, a solid 2-3 cups of blood comes out my dickhole. Do you guys have any advice? I know the rational thing to do would be see a doctor but I feel silly going for little nagging things. Has anyone else experienced this? Could baking soda and acv help?

Go to a doctor.

Post: #3

I stated that I know I should go to a doctor, and I'm asking if anyone has had experience rehabbing a chest muscle injury. Your a douchebag - you should ask for advice on fixing that.

Post: #4

Hey guys,

My arm is broken. Do you think I should keep doing arm work at the gym?

I don't want the guys there to think I'm a pussy.

Post: #5

Oh okay, I think I see how this works.

Hey Guys, I'm a pussy that goes to the doctor for every bump and bruise. Even if I feel fine I love going to the doctor and forking out hundreds of dollars to get one persons advice. This morning I woke up with a boner. I should go to the doctor, right?

Post: #6

(10-21-2017 06:58 PM)Stoolio Wrote:  I stated that I know I should go to a doctor, and I'm asking if anyone has had experience rehabbing a chest muscle injury. Your a douchebag - you should ask for advice on fixing that.

A douche bag I may be, but you sir are a moron.

You've had the injury for a year but have no idea exactly what it is other than a clicky poppy hurty. How could you expect anyone to help you with rehab advice when you don't know what it is? Could be a bone injury, a tendon, who knows.

In this case any advice other than see a doc is BAD advice. With so little information on the injury it would be likely that any advice you recieve could hurt you more.

Post: #7

(10-21-2017 07:39 PM)Stoolio Wrote:  This morning I woke up with a boner. I should go to the doctor, right?

That's my doctor for morning boners, I'll give you her number... she'll make you "pop and click", believe me:

Post: #8

I had an inflamed sternum from having a really bad cough for a week. I ended up going to a chiropractor (a really good one, most are quacks) and he did some different exercises with me and had me rolling out my chest with a lacrosse ball once a day. It slowly got better and went away. waiting around for it to get better isn't going to do shit. You need to see a chiropractor or someone who specializes in sports injuries.