Help required from those of you with some muscular knowledge. I have a pain in my chest on the right hand side. It feels as though the muscle has pulled away from the breastbone. I believe it to be a muscle strain from when I was loading a vehicle earlier in the week. The concern I have is I have just looked in the mirror and noticed the right pec and shoulder have completely dropped. There is no bruising or marking on the chest and the pain in localised to the right pec about 1-2 inches from the centre of the breast bone. By the way, teaching disarms during the eskrima lesson hurted* a lot. * In this instance hurted is a proper word.
Simon - get yourself to a professional medical practitioner. The fact that the shoulder has dropped as well concerns me. Are you sure it's not your collarbone and the pec is taking the stress and thus manifesting the most pain?
Good luck & get to the hospital. Unless you've a great doctor try the local hospital if it has a drop in centre or even A&E
Ouch Simon. Collarbone sounds plausible but I think they normally go from impact (it's the classic injury for motorcycle racers who crash and land on their side/shoulder, it serves as a crumple zone). Get yourself checked fella, we need the good guys out there fighting the good fight Mitch
Thanks guys. The word is I am stupid and carried on with work today. Work is really busy and it is all hands on deck. Luckily I have an office job. The pain is eased with pain killers and I have asked my wife to make an appointment with the doc. It will not go untreated and I will get it looked at in the next couple of days,
Could it be an AC joint separation? I had it once from a bad landing, luckily it was a grade 1 separation, but it still took me a couple of months before I could fully use that shoulder.
Thanks for the advice and to those who contacted my by PM. I have got a doctors appointment tomorrow and will post another update once I get further information.
Just come back from the doctors and all appears to be well. As suspected I have a strain/pull of the pec major, maybe even a slight tear in some of the muscle fibres. Mild painkillers and no being stupid has been recommended. I have a new doctor. I had to take my top off in front of a woman. Jeepers. :woo:
Glad to hear you are ok!! Female doctor, shirt off LOL!! Mate that's nothing, I got kneed in the ghoulies in early uni and had bruising from the waist down... Only doctor available was a twenty something young lady...I would have loved to only have shown her only my chest :' S powchoy
You know I think more female doctors have seen my crotch than partners.... Missed the thread earlier but good to hear you're ok man reading that lower shoulder description made me cringe
