posted Nov. 12, 2003. 34 year old male. 5-9" 180lbs. Muscular build...160 colosterol.
On Oct. 25th, 2003 while working on my deck, I injured my left arm. The injury amounted to a painful pinch/tearing of the bicep close to the elbow not through exertion but by being suddenly pinched between two pieces of lumber. It was initially very painful but two days later after icing it a couple of times and taking 600mg of ibuprofin (only once), I was back to working on the deck with minimal pain. Another couple of days later, I started noticing a dull aching pain in my chest. Seems to be high, 3-4 inches below collarbone, and left centralized. It's now 2 1/2 weeks later, the chest pain is still there. On a pain scale it's a 1 or 2, and is just enough to make me aware that there is pain there. My arm still exhibits pinpoint pain to pressure at the injury site. I've noticed my left hand begin to go numb when driving a couple of times. I've noticed sharp chest pain (6-7) when going from laying down to vertical quickly but it lasts a second and then subsides. I've also noticed that my injured arm throbs ever so slightly when I lay in bed at night. I have NEVER had any of these chest symptoms before so they are very noticible to me. I also have noticed a drop off in stamina doing such simple things as carrying a 5 gallon bucket of water across the yard.
Q: Heart problems can cause arm pain,is the reverse true? Could an artery blood clot or muscular damage be putting back-pressure on the heart causing the dull pain? The injury site never did bruise. Should I be concerned?