Chest pain question

Just curious if anyone has experienced a sharp pain under their peck muscle from shooting too much. That is the only thing I can think of causing it. I have never had it before. Maybe a pulled muscle in the rib? It only hurts when I breathe deep. Just curious thanks!

Don't breath and it will go away

Lots of possibilities...pulled intercostal muscle, walking pneumonia...or worst case scenario, angina from a partially blocked coronary artery.

Stay mobile and stretched...it might go away in a day or 2. If you start feeling really bad...go to the E.R.!

Best of Luck,
Jeff
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I had chest pain a few years ago from shooting too much. I self-diagnosed costochondritis.

Now I just make sure to stretch before I shoot and haven't had problems since. It still took the rest of the bow season before it totally cleared up.

Grizzly

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Thanks for the replies, grizzly I think its going to stick around too. i'll keep icing and heating for a couple more days, if it sticks around after that I will just deal with it. I will just slow down a bit on the shooting. Its in my back too but thats not uncommon. I was just a bit worried, hoping someone else experienced this, so thank you for your input
. Good luck this year!

Good luck with your treatment. I had enough pain in my back that I originally thought I had injured my back as the primary injury and not my ribs. I figured it was a weird nervous reaction that made it hurt in my chest. I later decided the pain was in the front, but I felt it in my back as a secondary response. After about 3 weeks without shooting, the back pain went away and it stayed in my chest.

I found if I laid on my left side with my left arm up under my head while watching TV, it would flare up to the point that my ribs/sternum would pop (like a knuckle) when I rotated my shoulder down. I think this was part of the inflammatory response.

The pain and symptoms went away, but took longer than I thought. Probably about six months.

Just to be clear, I'm not a doctor, but I do play one on MonsterMuleys.com

Grizzly

PS. Tristate, please be an adult and respect my wishes that you do not respond to any of my posts. I, in turn, will do you the courtesy of not responding to any of yours. I simply do not wish to converse with you.

Yep same symptoms, worse after I lay down or sleep and back hurts worse. Thanks again Dr. grizz.