Medical professionals, please help diagnose my chest pain

Not the appropriate place. See a doctor. Yesterday.

Could be a strained muscle in your chest. Had the same thing happen after playing volley ball for the first time in forever over the summer. Called my doctor and they said that’s probably was it was and it would go away. Took about a week but it went away. Exact symptoms you have

Very likely a rib fracture especially in the soft costal cartilage. Ribs break easily and also should heal relatively quickly but still might take a few weeks to feel normal.

rojo trying to save money by not going to the dr

I slightly messed up some between-rib cartilage when I was 22 and I couldnt run downhill because of the strain on it for like 3 weeks.

Good luck rojo

I had something similar, also when my son was 2. I went to the doctor and she was pretty confident it was a strain to a rib muscle in my back. Even though my symptoms were mostly deep in my chest, she said rib injuries often have a wraparound effect with the pain, where it can originate in your back but present pain in the front.

In my case running was impossible because as soon as I started heavy breathing, the pain would be 9 or 10/10. I just took it easy for a week and eventually it went away. Good luck!

Not gonna lie, I don’t feel like watching the entire video. But here’s how the medical system would treat this if you got checked out (ED nurse’s input):

EKG, labs, x-ray, pain med.

Assuming nothing is life threatening, you’ll be given a referral to cardiology, who will either do an exercise stress test, Holter monitor, or both (depending on how you answer their questions).

What any of that yields, no one can really say. The question is, do you want to ignore chest pain that you say is 9/10 at its worst? Or do you want to get checked out and have some peace of mind that nothing nefarious is going on?

First off - congratulations Rojo because you look in great shape and not overweight.

I'm not a doctor but I used to work as a lecturer (Medical English curriculum) in a medical school in China, some years ago, so I have some experience with these things, which leads me to think that this is a simple muscle strain and inflammation in the chest area due to the (unusual) activity that you engaged in (lifting your 50 lb son) with your family and should resolve within a few days. It's normal for a body to react when an unusual demand was placed on it, as was your case.

However, I would advise you to get confirmation and examination from your accredited personal physician as soon as possible to diminish the stress that you're experiencing at this time. Imagery (MRI) might be advised.

Good luck.

At least you know it's not a heart attack. Still, get it checked out ASAP.
And as you live in Baltimore, don't go Mangione on the doctors ;(

WellI certainly don't want to a) have to go to my primary care doctor who knows way less about sports injuires than you or I. b) get referred to someone who is going to do an EKG, MRI, etc.

1) That would take a LOT OF time.
2) I imagie most likely I've just strained a muscle so there is nothing they cna do.
3) If people were paying out of pocket, there is a close to zero percent chance they'd have all of those tests done since everything indicates I strained it on my run.

I was thinking of just calling up my physical therapist as you don't need a referral. He also does some back manipulation. He might massage it a little, give me a little ultrasound, hell even dry needle my calves when I'm in there. That way I'd at least feel like I was doing something while my body was most likely healing itself. So many times we go to a doc or trainer and think, "Wow they did x and I got better when you very well might have gotten better" without it

But would ice or heat help?

It's nothing, not worth bothering anyone about. Take some Benadryl and melatonin and get a nice long sleep.

Lol "Is there a muscle there"? What a question. most probably muscle, tendon etc why are you so suprised that you are held up by muscles and skeletal tissue. How did you get through a running 'career'.

Anyway, take painkillers and rest...better in 7 to 14 days

Or just rest..better in week to two weeks

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Anyway , I have a more severe pain in shoulder when sleeping in certain positions, no youtube plea for help. When I use my arm it is not so bad except in overhead motion. I figured a tendon tear. Had scans, my supraspinatus tendon completely torn

I can't have surgery in next 6 moths due to commitments, self employed so just bearing it out.

Not so hard to figure these things out rojo, especially with that thing called the interweb

Google "costochondritis symptoms"