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Okay, has anyone ever pulled or torn muscles or part of their sternum? (the chest bone)

I am in quite alot of pain, espcially when i lie on my side or twist to the side, or move my right arm up. A sort of stabbing pain on the right side of the breast bone.

I think I probably did it when I landed heavily during a fall wakeboarding, I crashed right onto my right side, plus have been doing some tricks which use mostly the right side too.

It bloody hurts. Any advise?

Chocoholic wrote:Okay, has anyone ever pulled or torn muscles or part of their sternum?

Yes, agree it hurts. You learn how much you use those muscles - breathing, walking, picking up a newspaper, just about everything.

It's definitely muscle pain? Maybe cracked a rib? I did that once also. Doctor said it would take a couple of months to come right and no I couldn't put it in plaster. Muscle shouldn't take that long though.

Chocoholic wrote:It bloody hurts. Any advise?

Don't laugh.

Yeah my osteopath said I'd strained or torn the muscle/cartilage that basically attaches the ribs to the sternum. He's not happy that I refuse to give up wakebparding to let it heal!

Although when he cracked my back into place, it did release some of the tension, so should heal quicker.

Chocoholic wrote:He's not happy that I refuse to give up wakebparding to let it heal!

I said something similar. The doc shrugged and gave me a prescription for Nabumetone (I think) which seemed to do the trick.