Last week I went to the doctor because I believe that I have Costochondritis. I had been taking ibuprofen in varying amounts for about a month and it helped a little, but I didn't feel like I was getting any better. The doctor basically agreed with my diagnosis and gave me a prescription for a stronger anti-inflammatory medication. It's been a week now, and the medication seems to be helping. I'm slowly regaining flexibility (without pain) in my chest. Hopefully one more week of the medicine and my sternum will be healthy enough to not need the medicine anymore.
My symptoms basically occurred like this: I was sitting at work on a Monday (maybe May 18th), I leaned back in my chair to stretch, and I felt this sharp pain in the middle of my chest. I almost thought I was having a heart attack! After a little bit of moving and relaxing the pain basically went away, but I could feel pain and tightness in my chest if I arched my back at all. Later in the day I had to sneeze and I felt my chest pop and a lot of pain again. That sucked.
Basically these symptoms continued for a couple of days so I did some research (i.e. google) and figured out that I probably hurt the cartilage in my sternum. I'm not sure exactly how I hurt it, but I have a suspicion that I hurt it when lifting some plywood the previous day. Anti-inflammatory medication seemed to be the recommended treatment so I started taking ibuprofin, but I wasn't taking it with any regularity and I wasn't really being careful to not reinjure myself, and I think that's why the problem persisted.
If this happended to someone else, I would recommend taking advil or other ibuprofin regularly for a couple of weeks even if it feels like you are ok, and trying to avoid any activities that irritate the area. If it's not improving after a couple of weeks then go to a doctor.
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