am 20 years old and am in very good
health. I'm 5'7 and can dunk a basketball
and am very athletic. I am in good health
for the most part except a couple minor
sports injuries BUT.........
For the last couple of years i have had a
bad sternum. I noticed the pain about 3
years ago and it affects my sleep at
night. Whenever I sleep on my chest, when
i wake up my sternum is extremely tender.
It hurts when i push in and it also hurts
whenever i take hits to the sternum while
playing basketball. Even when i laugh
extremely hard it hurts. When i stretch in
the morning there is a real faint cracking
noise in my chest.
One time when i was wrestling with someone
they hit me in the chest and it hurt so
bad i went to the hospital. I cant take a
hard shot to the chest at all. I got an
x-ray taken and the doc said everything
looked good except for an unfused rib, but
that should be causing me no pain. Also i
think i do have Tmj. My jaw cracks when i
open my mouth real wide. Does anybody know
what i have? I've had it for at least 3
years so i dont think its anything too
threatening. I ahve no medical insurance
and i support myself, go to school, and
work full time. I cant offered to go to
the doctors again. THanks for your help.
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 09-13-07 07:12am
Can you sleep on your back?
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Mike8696
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Posted: 09-13-07 10:05am
yea
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 09-14-07 06:12am
And do you play basketball for the school
team? Or is it just for fun?
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Mike8696
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 4
Posted: 09-14-07 15:25pm
I have played for multiple teams at the
same time. Right now i am in college and
worked out all summer to get back in
shape; however, because of this and
multiple minor injuries (ankles, right
knee, and right elbow) i decided to take
this year off to get physically 100%. I
am planning on playing next september
though. I have had this chest injury for
about 3 years, but its bad in the mornings
or when i press down on it, laugh
extremely hard, or even cough hard. I
wish i had the money to go to the doctors
and stuff, but i pay my own rent, tuition,
and am saving money to transfer. I am
already struggling i can never afford
this.
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 09-19-07 06:16am
Are there any sliding-scale clinics in
your area? Do you live in a city?
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MMAFighter
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Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 368 Location: WA, USA
Hmmmm Posted: 09-26-07 20:00pm
I sometimes get sternum pain from getting
punched there. For me the "walrus
stretch/cat stretch (same as the dand
exercise from Hindu wrestling, similar to
a dive bomber pushup, except turned into a
stretch)" fixes things up. But since you
said stretching just causes a crackling
noise, I'm not sure you should try that.
You said you worked out a lot, maybe you
are working out so hard that your body is
destroying itself. My physical education
teacher from 9th grade had a Pac 4 record
in rugby, could sprint faster than any kid
in our class (which is amazing since my
school has a really rigorous sports
program that has taken us to several state
championships), and bench press over 250
lbs (he could do 300lbs on a machine, so
I'm guessing 250 without machine).
Recently, injuries have popped up in both
his rotator cuff and his ankle, which both
required surgery and both he might never
fully recover from. Maybe you should ease
back of working out, especially stuff that
is taxing on your bones like weight
lifting or sports involving contact. One
last thing, putting heat packs on your
sternum may help since heat promotes more
blood to flow to your sternum, icing your
sternum might help unswell any sort of
bone swelling there. That's all I got to
say, try not to worry. In 8th grade I
bruised my middle finger knuckle from
punching a metal pole, afterwards any sort
of pressure applied to my knuckle would
produce a cold shooting sensation. After
2 years of punching a bucket of sand and
using heat packs, my knuckle made a full
recovery.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 09-27-07 09:38am
A lot of times the sternum pain you have
described could be due to having a
subluxed rib, especially if breathing
hurts. An Osteopath could help with this.
