Can I ask if your copd is starting to get worse do your ribs and back start hurting?

[123zxc]

Does your ribs and back start hurting the worse your copd gets

[Teddyswims]

When bad the only explanation I can say is it’s like fireworks going off in my back,

[Ergendl]

Yes, if I forget to take my reliever inhaler before I do anything that will demand deeper breaths. The heavier deeper breathing with more intense physical activity, forces my ribs to move further than the small intercostal muscles between them can easily go. They overstretch and get very sore. If the very deep breathing is sudden and unexpected, some may even tear. Heat and cold treatment and circular fingertip massaging can help to treat them.

[Lutontown]

Could be an infection? Get your sputum checked.

[Runner4848]

Hello yes mine do , i am getting pain cramps and stitches around lower front ribs ,back area mid spine , all sore ,i was blaming it on my recent car accidents but now think it's my diaphram obv car accidents aggravated it ,but now doing simple tasks i get pain & cramps stitches ,btw i have bronchitis & emphysema which can give problems in this area .

[siouxbecket]

I get this, lower front ribs through to back - pain is quite debilitating, only relief is a hot water bottle or lying down. I have been told it has nothing to do with my lungs ( I have emphysema & bronchiectasis) but it is more likely intercostal muscles between ribs. Also told physio would help but not been referred.

[O2Trees]

As copd progresses, we get increasing muscular-skeletal remodelling. I am quite a different shape than I used to be, and mostly not to do with age but with copd, and these changes cause pain.

If you can access a respiratory physio then it would be worth asking for exercises which could help you. This is why we need if we possibly can to exercise and keep our muscles functioning as well as they can. I also have copd, bronchiectasis plus asthma and the years are taking their toll!

[123zxc in reply to O2Trees]

Thank you so much for your replies has any one got the zephyr valve

[O2Trees in reply to 123zxc]

Sorry 123zxc, Im not sure what that is.

[BreatheasyBe]

Usually an indication that something is brewing. Send phlegm sample in straight away before starting rescue antibiotics.

[glds100]

I have had Asthma since I was 18. For years I had mentioned my ribs down my back ached when I had an asthma attack, I was looked at as if I was mad, told there was no connection then about 5 years ago it began to be listed as a side effect of an asthma attack. I know it is not COPD but there must be some similarities.

[123zxc in reply to glds100]

Thank you maybe I'm not crazy!