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Posted 12/10/2014 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
I went to the ER tonight because I stared having some chest pain on the right side, deep into the top part of the boob. I almost like where you would place your hand if you were saying the Pledge of Allegiance, but with left hand over the right side. It's not GERD, not gallbladder or mastitis, radiating heart pain, nor a blood clot.

They think I might have strained a muscle there or something, but I can't think of how or why it would from mildly-irritating for a minute or two, to constantly feeling pressure and worse pain when I breathe.

The dr also suggested just from fibro. Is that a common pain place?
Posted 12/10/2014 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
You can get fibro pain anywhere there is a nerve.
It could also be costochontis(?). It's inflamation of the breast bone. Very painful....
Heat, pain killers, and rest is about all you can do.
Posted 12/10/2014 7:46 AM (GMT 0)
I have had chest pains also, bad enough that I was getting ready for my hubby to take me to the ER. They calmed quite a bit and I felt better so went to my pcp the next day and had an ekg. Everything looked fine.

This started with a strange twinge or tickle in my chest, left side, and slowly worked up to me thinking I was having a heart attack. This went on for a little over a year then all the chest pains went away and I haven't had any in about 6 months now. My pcp also attributed it to fibro.
Posted 12/10/2014 11:57 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like it could be costochondritis. I have been having the same issues for months. Very painful. Mine goes from my ribcage, through my boob to my sternum. I find if I vacuum or do something with that back and forth movement with my arms, it rears its ugly head.

Very common with fibro.

Donna
Posted 12/10/2014 12:46 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I agree, very common. I've had a lot of stress lately, and my chest has been killing me. I also had some heart tests done, and they were fine. It appears to just be musculoskeletal. If you push on the area around your sternum and ribs is it tender? I believe with fibro and costochondritis it often is. If I push almost anywhere in those areas, it is extremely tender. It also sometimes hurts when I breathe deeply or move.
Posted 12/10/2014 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
I get them and it is my muscles. I have to stand perfectly still until they stop contracting... Costochrondritis. I think it is called... I think I have it too...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 12/10/2014 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
I have a strange chest pain that I have had since February.  I feel it when bending over to tie my shoes, picking something up, laying down on my side or sometimes other types of movements.  I have to pull myself back into a standing position for it to clear. 

They thought it was costochondritis but since it never went away, the doctor is not sure.  The doctor doesn't think it's my heart either based on tests I have had.  I can exercise without the pain or no problems breathing.

the doctor told me she thinks I have components of fibromyalgia but I do not have the tender points that are common with fibro.  They do think it's muscle/skeletal. 

I hope you get some relief for it. 

Posted 12/10/2014 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
This could just be muscle spasms. Try pressing along your chest from the sternum leading up to the shoulder. If you feel really tender areas, these are trigger points. If you press on them as hard as you can stand and then massage and repeat, the mucsle will eventually relax. Do this with any you find in this area and even on the right side of your neck. These are areas that have trigger points that can cause this type of pain. Repeat this several times a day until you have no more pain. This is partly how I took care of my frozen shoulder.

I'm glad you were checked out, though. That's always the best thing. But now that you know it isn't anything serious, this just might be the ticket for you. I do hope this helps.

Sherrine
Posted 12/12/2014 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Costo is how my Fibro started. It's not anywhere NEAR as bad as it was when I first got it. I can go weeks now without any chest pain. However, it does come back periodically and probably always will as I consider it one of my fibro pains now. Ahhh the joys....:)
Posted 12/13/2014 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
The first time i had that happen, my dr sent me to the E R to be sure..but the last time it happened i waited it out through a night and went to his office the next day..he did an Ekg and other things.. But all normal so thinks its fibro.

It can range between mildly annoying.. To having to take pain meds and get into bed..i do stretches to try to keep the area loose and moving better..not good to let the rib area tightened up.

My therapist says if its a locked trigger point, no amount of stretching will help...it has to be released..fortunately i am learning to do those releases myself...

Lj
Posted 12/14/2014 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
I've had similar chest pains a few times, but each time I get scared enough by it to start thinking I should go to the ER, it goes away. I've had a couple routine heart scans since I've got a strong family history of heart problems (mom, dad, and grandparents on both sides) and they always come back clean. I guess this is another thing to put on the list to talk to my PCP about at my next appt.

Have a blessed day!
Mari
Posted 12/15/2014 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
I just got back from the hospital. Had chest pain Saturday. They admitted me overnight and they gave me a full cardiac workup including nuclear scan. No evidence of cardiac problems. I keep saying it's not GERD but who knows. They gave me nitroglycerine and it went away instantly. That doesn't mean it's angina because the esophagus relaxes with the nitro and clears the GERD.
So could be the fibro I guess.
I hope it doesn't return.
Posted 12/16/2014 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
It does sound like costo. I struggle with that more than just about anything. It hasn't been a great week for it either. It's worse in my back right now. Usally more in the front. But next to my left shoulder blade is killing me. It has been hard to sleep, and when I sleep on my side it sort of crunches your shoulders in and makes everything hurt in my chest cavity area. It comes and goes but it's always there. The best thing for me is rest.
Posted 12/16/2014 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
I get a dreadful chest pain too. It happened again last week. It has not happened for a long time and you don't think about it when it goes away. I had to fix one of my toe nails as it broke. It is a really hard task for me. After I was finished I used my light vac to pick up hair on the floor. I began to get the pain again. It starts in my back and moves into my whole chest. I drop what I am doing and lay down to rest. I can't move, I just breath deeply. It stops in maybe 15 or 20 minutes. Then I got up and was able to finish the floor. It happened outside once and several times when I was in bed, in the middle of the night. My Doctors know about it. One said it may be a muscle spasm. It was scary the first time and it is horrible pain.

Loring

Osteoarthritis in Multiple Joints, Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia, Chronic Daily Headaches, I.B., Hard of Hearing...
Posted 12/17/2014 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much, everyone. This makes me feel a lot better about going to the ER about it. I felt so stupid that it was "just fibro pain" and not a heart attack or something. But it sounds like the pain is very similar, so I don't feel quite as silly or as much as a wuss.
Posted 12/17/2014 2:58 AM (GMT 0)
Think its better to get checked out when you are just not sure what is happening...fibro can feel like so many other things...so it can be difficult to judge.
Posted 12/20/2014 11:51 AM (GMT 0)
Greetings everyone! I just joined a few moments ago searching for some info and ran across this. I have those pains, went through the stupid heart attack tests, blah blah, (I was first diagnosed in 1989) and what worked for me is getting those big balance balls with the sand in the bottom. I lie face up arms stretched out and breathe slowly until the spasms decide to go away. Sometimes I just lie on it and stretch because it feels pretty darn good.. There's my 2 cents :)
Posted 12/23/2014 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
I have struggled for years with this pain. Docs don't know how to treat me as I had a gastric bypass twelve years ago, so that narrows medication selection that can be taken. I had to come home from work today due to this pain. I just feel like I hit rock bottom! Going to doc again Wednesday and am going to ask for ct scan.
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