Is costochondritis linked to PMR?

[Dot-69]

Diagnosed with PMR June 2020 after a virus in that January which was thought to have been Covid. I've now got costochondritis as well.

[Twopies]

Well, I got it on my foot at the time of my diagnosis. Thought it was broken. Foot doc said it was because the tendons were inflamed (pre-pmr); he said they caused my footfall to be irregular which created the costochondritis. had to sit with my foot iced and elevated for a month. Now my foot is misshapen from walking on it improperly during this episode.

[Dot-69 in reply to Twopies]

I've not heard of it in a foot. All the info I could find on costochondritis is that it's inflammation of the cartilage between sternum and ribs, usually on the left side which can cause some to think it's heart related.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Dot-69]

Yes it is, and it is quite common, have a look at related posts….or type costochondritis into search facility.

[Dot-69 in reply to DorsetLady]

Thank you, I will do that

[Dot-69 in reply to DorsetLady]

The YouTube video is very informative indeed

[piglette in reply to Twopies]

I think you may be thinking of another ailment not costochondritis. Perhaps it sounds similar.

[Twopies in reply to piglette]

Probably so

[Twopies in reply to piglette]

You know what? It was capsulitis, not costochondritis. Duh. Can I blame it on my pred head???

[piglette in reply to Twopies]

I was thinking and thinking what it could be, I just came up with tendonitis and I was pretty sure that was not it!!!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Twopies]

Probably!acrabstracts.org/abstract/w...

Sarah Mackie et al say that PMR is typically extracapsular inflammation - I don't know if that is a link?

[Dot-69 in reply to PMRpro]

Yes the link works, there are many professional words, need to look them all up to understand what they mean😀

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Dot-69]

No, I meant the link between PMR and capsulitis.

I put the link to the paper in to show it wasn't just an idea, there is science behind it. Yes - just looking there - whoever wrote it was like me, skilled at using 1 very big word instead of more small ones. Very useful when you have word limits

[Dot-69 in reply to Twopies]

😂 it sounds a bit similar. I've never heard of that either

[SnazzyD]

I did with Covid too as did my 22 year old daughter back in 2020

[Karenjaninaz]

I don’t know the cause but I think when I exercise my upper body a lot it seems to come out. I found salicylate cream applied does wonders to relieve it. Voltaren (diclofenac) cream would also help.