what could this be???

[yaqub73]

Hi-

I injured my chest in a rather weird way while lifting. I was doing cable curls with a easy curl bar and I tried to over-ephasize the stretch to my biceps and I seem to have hurt my chest in the process. I know that arching the back and whole rest of it is bad form, but I stupidly did this.

At first it seemed like a muscle pull, but now it's diferent. Say I reach my arms over my head and arch my back is when I really feel the injury. I was wondering if I could have somehow created a hairline fracture of my sternum or something crazy like that. It hurts right in the upper chest area and it seems to be on both sides.

It's almost 2 weeks later and I still can't lift and it seems pretty much the same. Not really painful, but enough to know that it's there and I don't want to worsen it so I have not lifted in the meantime,

Anyone have any ideas as to what this is?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[musketeer]

Cant imagine what's up there, dude! Are you any better yet?

(bump)

 

[yaqub73]

Nope not yet. I went to the doctor and he said it was Costochondritis some damage or inflamation to the cartalig(typo) in my chest, gave me Naproxen(anti-inflamatory). It worked after taking the 3rd one then it slowly got worse again. It's been just about a month now and it ain't any better. No I haven't been doing anything physical so i don't know what's up.

I have another appointment tomorrow/later today. We'll see.

Later