Costochronditis

[Biddy62]

Has anyone here been diagnosed with this? Can you advise please?

Many thanks

[AnnieW55]

No personal experience but there is the NHS web site - link below. Hope you are better soon.

nhs.uk/conditions/costochon...

[Biddy62 Graduate10 in reply to AnnieW55]

Thank you AnneW55. I will look st the link. It may be what I used to 'self diagnose'. I've been to the GP who did bloods, ECG and chest X-ray to rule out anything serious. So now I'm on my own.

Thank you for your good wishes. 😜

[pinkaardvark Graduate10]

Never heard of it and had to look it up. You say self diagnosed.. are you sure you actually have this?

[Biddy62 Graduate10]

Not sure but as doc has ruled out lots of other stuff I wondered if this was what I have. Apparently it can be brought on by repetitive exercise such as running. 😫That's sort of why I was asking on here. To see if my symptoms were the same as anyone else and then to see what happened. Or what they were advised to do.

Thank you 😊

[davelinks Graduate10]

Doc reckons I have that, and wasn't too concerned, a mild aching in left of chest which goes as soon as it comes, especially when I move and pull my shoulder back, feels muscular, had it some years on occasions, can put some of it down to motorbike accident where I banged my shoulder, and did heavy lifting in my job for many years, lifting fire equipment, but has given me great pecs, which I can flex well!😊

[Biddy62 Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

That sounds like what I've got. So thank you (I think 😂) davelinks 👍🏻

Where the majority of the pain is is in two areas where I have had broken ribs ( the most recent last spring when venturing into trail running and not watching for tree roots closely enough- just the three ribs 😫) so I guess it may now hang around - I shall venture back into running and gauge the discomfort from there.

Thanks for the info and keep maintaining those pecs!! 💪🏻 (And biceps😀) .

[davelinks Graduate10]

I can feel it slightly sometimes when running, maybe movement of the arms, but fades away toward the end of the run, it comes on if I do a little bit of lifting or reaching but soon goes away, it doesn't bother me unduly... the running also helps tone the arms and biceps..😉

[Biddy62 Graduate10 in reply to davelinks]

Thank you davelinks that's very reassuring. I was worried I'd be grounded 😂

Mine is generally quite mild and although I haven't run for 3 weeks to see if it went away (it didn't really) I do remember it was quite bad just before New but I did a Parkrun I wanted to do and it went away completely for a day or two. So no excuse now really. 😜

Thanks again. I feel better already 👍🏻