MissMillie
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:04 AM
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Is it possible to pull a chest muscle? |
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I've got an ache in my chest, just right of center over my right breast. It doesn't hurt constantly, but when I put any pressure on my arms or try to pick up anything.
Are these my pectoral muscles? Is it possible to pull a pectoral muscle?
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:05 AM
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1. Yes, I have and it is not pleasant. |
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Take some ibuprofen and drink a lot of water!
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:06 AM
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2. Sure is I pulled one doing pull ups several years ago. |
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Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 11:07 AM by ohiosmith
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Texasgal
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:06 AM
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Some people pul chest muscles when they have a cold, coughing can cause it, or lifting something heavy can do it too!
Hope you feel better soon! :)
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:08 AM
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I have fractured ribs coughing (when I had pleurisy and bronchitis - at the same time.) Weird and wacky stuff.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:07 AM
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4. that or a pinch diaphram..... |
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Pinched diaphrams make you feel like you are having a heart-attack
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:09 AM
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I have done it more than once. Feel better, MissMillie.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:11 AM
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Has it been long? If not, then you may have worked out too much and it'll go away in a few days. If it's longer than that, it might be serious.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:11 AM
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8. any muscle can get 'pulled'. But chest pain... |
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........ is not something to ignore. could be something more serious. maybe you want to get checked out by a medical professional?
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:12 AM
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9. Did it last month from shaking hands over & over & over... |
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take 2 asprins and don't call me in the morning I will be sleeping. Hurts like h-ll.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:15 AM
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10. If it's a skeletal muscle, you can pull it |
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take ibuprofin. If it hurts too bad, see your doctor and they can provide muscle relaxers to help the healing process, and don't do any heavy lifting.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:53 AM
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11. Yes it's called costochondritis...take motrin 800 mg and use a heating |
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pad for 30 minutes at a time. It can take a while to heal since you constantly aggravate it simply due to the respiratory cycle.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:55 AM
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12. I "pulled a tit" as they say, playing soccer... |
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...did it on a throw-in. Hurt like a bitch for 3 weeks.
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Fri Jan-07-05 11:58 AM
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13. It's most likely costochondritis |
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inflamation of the joint between the rib and the sternum. Push on it. If it hurts like hell, that's it.
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