Reply With QuoteI'd go to the doctor.
Yeah, that always works so well...Or just leave chest alone for a week or so, and hope it goes away.
Cracked Sternum??
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10-20-2003, 04:09 PM #1Tiny Tom
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Cracked Sternum??
I went about 5 pounds heavier on my decline today on every set. I was on my last set 420 X 8, I dont bounce too mutch, but on my last rep It hurt right under my chest, right in the middle. It doesnt feel like any muscle there, so could it be bone that I hurt? It doesnt hurt too bad, only when I try to decline, or do dips does it hurt pretty bad. Should I go get this checked out? Or just leave chest alone for a week or so, and hope it goes away. I can incline, and it doesnt hurt.
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10-20-2003, 04:14 PM #2Registered User
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10-20-2003, 04:19 PM #3OMGWTFBBQ
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Youch, you let 420lbs whack you in the sternum? Hospital asap!
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10-20-2003, 04:23 PM #4Tiny Tom
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It didnt really wack me, I wasnt bouncing it any thats why I think it might be a torn muscle or something. :| Im gonna wait, and see if it still feels like this in the morning, and if it does I guess ill go get it checked...
Xrays are expensive though...
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10-20-2003, 04:29 PM #5I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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I would wait a few days (5-7) and if the pain perists or worsens then see a doc. If you do anything that bothers it stop doing it.
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10-20-2003, 04:44 PM #6Tiny Tom
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God dammit now that this rip fuel, and adrenaline from lifting is starting to wear off its starting to hurt more...
I think I fucked somethin up bad...
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10-20-2003, 05:09 PM #7Registered User
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racoon02,
I had something similar happen a few years back, I'm not sure what caused it, but doing squats and military presses, really made it hurt.
I went to the doctor and he basically told me cartilage was torn in the sternum. He also said the older you get the less chance of this happening, because the sternum solidifies. Of course he could have been
full of shit.
Does it hurt to breath, like you have broken ribs?Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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10-20-2003, 05:10 PM #8Registered User
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I might also mention there was nothing that could be done but to let it heal on it's own. But I understand wanting to know for sure what the problem is.
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10-20-2003, 08:21 PM #9Tiny Tom
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It mostly hurts when I push down, like to get up from a chair or do anything with a downward pushing motion. It also hurts pretty bad when I take a really deep breath, its like my diaphram is pushing on it or something. Im scheduled for an xray tomorrow, ill get back with how it goes.
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10-21-2003, 04:50 PM #10Registered User
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You might want to go and get that checked out bro.
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10-21-2003, 07:25 PM #11Tiny Tom
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Went to the Doctor erlier and got an xray, no cracks supposedly, but from the feeling you cant tell that.
Just gonna sit out a week, and hope it gets better, Ill ice it every night, and take alot of tylonol hehe.
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Maynard : But the Gimp's sleeping.
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10-21-2003, 09:36 PM #12OMGWTFBBQ
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doctor have any idea what it was?Originally posted by racoon02
Went to the Doctor erlier and got an xray, no cracks supposedly, but from the feeling you cant tell that. Just gonna sit out a week, and hope it gets better, Ill ice it every night, and take alot of tylonol hehe.
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10-21-2003, 09:42 PM #13Carl Mccoy Wannabe
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... that scene from Alien all over again.
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10-21-2003, 11:41 PM #14Registered User
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That's why people normally have health insurance. lolOriginally posted by racoon02
and if it does I guess ill go get it checked... Xrays are expensive though...
Good luck, hope it all works out.
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yeah i was gonna say... i don't remember ever having to pay for x-rays
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You could have just bruised the bone there, that hurts like hell. Or damaged the cartilege which is no big deal. Trust me, if you had broken something like a rib, you wouldn't be able to do a lot more things than just dips and decline. But in the event you ever do break a rib, Doc's won't do anything for it anyway, best they'll do is give some pain med's.
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10-22-2003, 06:59 AM #17Tiny Tom
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The doctor said its just a real bad bruise. Not mutch I can do but just give it rest. I think Ill take a break from chest for a week and see how it goes. Thanks for the help guys!
Lift hard, or go home!
Zed : Bring out the Gimp.
Maynard : But the Gimp's sleeping.
Zed : Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake him up now, won't you?
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