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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:04 AM
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Is it possible to pull a chest muscle?
I've got an ache in my chest, just right of center over my right breast. It doesn't hurt constantly, but when I put any pressure on my arms or try to pick up anything.

Are these my pectoral muscles? Is it possible to pull a pectoral muscle?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:05 AM
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1. Yes, I have and it is not pleasant.
Take some ibuprofen and drink a lot of water!
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:06 AM
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2. Sure is I pulled one doing pull ups several years ago.
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 11:07 AM by ohiosmith
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:06 AM
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3. Sure you can!
Some people pul chest muscles when they have a cold, coughing can cause it, or lifting something heavy can do it too!

Hope you feel better soon! :)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:08 AM
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5. ...
I have fractured ribs coughing (when I had pleurisy and bronchitis - at the same time.) Weird and wacky stuff.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:07 AM
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4. that or a pinch diaphram.....
Pinched diaphrams make you feel like you are having a heart-attack
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:09 AM
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6. yes, it is possible
I have done it more than once. Feel better, MissMillie.
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SariesNightly Donating Member (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:11 AM
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7. I'm not sure
Has it been long? If not, then you may have worked out too much and it'll go away in a few days. If it's longer than that, it might be serious.
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:11 AM
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8. any muscle can get 'pulled'. But chest pain...
........
is not something to ignore. could be something more serious.
maybe you want to get checked out by a medical professional?
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:12 AM
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9. Did it last month from shaking hands over & over & over...
take 2 asprins and don't call me in the morning I will be sleeping. Hurts like h-ll.
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:15 AM
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10. If it's a skeletal muscle, you can pull it
take ibuprofin. If it hurts too bad, see your doctor and they can provide muscle relaxers to help the healing process, and don't do any heavy lifting.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:53 AM
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11. Yes it's called costochondritis...take motrin 800 mg and use a heating
pad for 30 minutes at a time. It can take a while to heal since you constantly aggravate it simply due to the respiratory cycle.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:55 AM
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12. I "pulled a tit" as they say, playing soccer...
...did it on a throw-in. Hurt like a bitch for 3 weeks.
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:58 AM
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13. It's most likely costochondritis
inflamation of the joint between the rib and the sternum. Push on it. If it hurts like hell, that's it.
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