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Chest discomfort

I  currently have a chest pain/ache. It's same type of ache I had 6 years ago and the doctors could not find anything wrong with me. The pain 6 years ago I think was brought on by exercises like push up and weight lifting.
I've jogging now for 3 months and now I have the same aching chest. The same type of I had 6 years ago.

Is there anything out there besides ibuprofen I take to relieve the pain or I'm going to be always confined to just sitting around waiting 3 months for this to go away? I can I jog? What is the cause?
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144586 tn?1284666164
I am pleased you got a full examination.

I ended up with severe costocondritis and it took almost a year for the problem to completely disappear. The treatment was avoiding exercise and ibuprufin. I was surpised at how long it took.

To my knowledge there is no specific treatment. But I'm open to any suggestions.

I took regular sauna treatments, which I believe helped.

All pain eventually disappeared.
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Thank you all for responding.

In 2004 I had all kinds of tests done, everything came back negative.

It's from doing any activity I think puts pressure/strain on my chest.  I had to stop doing simple exercises like push ups and light weight lifting. I could not even do yard work. It took about three months for the aches and pain to dissipate.

I started jogging 2 months ago about 3 times a week and boom! I woke up last Monday I started getting aching and tightness in my chest. I don't feel it when I first get up in the morning  until about an hour after I start moving around, then it's more consistent. These are the exact same symptoms I had 6 years ago and took about three months for the aches and pain to dissipate.

Do I have to wait months for the pain to go away? The only doctor I have not seen is a orthopedician. My doctor said they don't deal with pain associated with the chest.

This is very frustrating. Now what?
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Hello!

You can avoid all exercises which are giving you chest pain.

You can start mild cardio such as walking and jogging, also try swimming.

Chest pain can be due to external injuries to your ribs or muscles or ligaments. Get a chest X-ray done to rule out fractures and follow up with an orthopedician for an examination.

I would also suggest you to follow up with a cardiologist and a pulmonologist to rule out any cardiac issues or lung issues.

After you get a go ahead you can slowly start all forms of cardio after conditioning yourself and if you have any medical problems you have to slow down.

Take care!
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144586 tn?1284666164
We don't really know this is costochondritis.

It may be. It may not be.

The definitive question is: "Does the pain result from a cardiac problem".

Generally pain from myocardial ischemia is dull, aching and not positionally relieved. Thus before jumping to the conclusion that this is costochondritis, we have to perform a differential diagnosis.

As we get older we become more susceptible to these problems. Don't assume that because the pain four years ago was not due to cardiac ischemia, that the pain today is the same.

The definitive differential diagnosis is generally through use of sublingual nitroglycerine:

If the pain disappears after a sublingual nitro the etiology is cardiac.

Seeing a chiropractor for a potential cardiac problem does not seem like a very good idea.
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Costochondral pain is a common problem. It is a strain of the ligaments that tie the ribs to the breast bone. Just as other ligaments can become strained, like in common sports
injuries, so too can this part of your rib cage. The fi rst sign of such a strain is chest pain. It can come and go, but the pain will be sharp. It is aggravated by reaching for objects, coughing or breathing deep. And this kind of pain is frequently confused with heart pain.   Frequently, costochondral pain is caused by a misalignment of the vertebra, called a
subluxation. If the spine is misaligned, it no longer supports normal alignment of the rib cage. Chiropractors have been talking about subluxation causing problems in the body for more than a century. Yet, in medical school, not one word about spinal misalignment
causing any problems. I believe that a good chiropractor can offer a very good service to a patient. if there is a subluxation in the spinal column, the nervous system will not function well, and that correcting this misalignment can have many positive effects for patients.
If you have chest pain, it is best to play it safe. If you are not sure what it is, and even if you think you know, go straight to the emergency room and make sure. Conventional
medicine has made wonderful advances, for instance, in helping people overcome an acute heart attack.
Costochondritis is a common problem and occurs more
frequently in women. It is more common on the left side of
the chest and can be suspected if the patient is tender just to
the side of the breast bone.
Seeing a good chiropractor can help you not only overcome
illness but help you achieve your optimal health.

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