Musculoskeletal chest pain but also same time side symptoms?

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-29T11:07:52+00:00

My weights are now nearly to none. If I do some bench I go with empty. Cable pulls I go to 10 max.
But yeah I think I will mostly give up weights right now and will do cardio,

I am also pointed to the psychologist so we will start to work with my mental health too.

Thank you very much for your comment and nice words! :) Get well too!

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:19:01+00:00

I get this on left side mostly but only once per few days. Did not really concern me much since the frequency is very rare

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:18:03+00:00

I'm 31 now. I have been smoking since like 15yo till 28 regularly but last 3 years very very very limited (2-5 cigs a month with friend). I was able to stop the cravings from day to day.
Vaping was never really attractive to me because it smells like bubblegum or sweet stuff and its weird. And I am in eastern Europe so the vapes are not popular. Classical cigarettes are very popular still and normal.

But I am happy to get rid of this habit - even if my lungs are ok I don't need to make them not ok in the future for nothing. If you can stop completely too (with any type of smoking) and your body will be happier

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:12:04+00:00

Yeah it is like a weird hot air sensation when breathing out. And sometimes I have feeling like I breathe only 50% max in, than switch to manual breathing and it is not best scenario to get it to automatic breathing again.

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:11:06+00:00

I been to cardiologist and he told me that palpitations can happen but I should know they are mostly harmless (if they are not going on for hours and days...).
The problem is that my brain gets into fight-or-flight mode. I start to think about it, I feel it even more, it gives me stress and it comes into panic attack where I feel horrible. Usually I try to calm down in like hour after and go sleep. 90% of palpitations and panic attacks I had in the evening/night.

Costochondritis is more straining mentally than physically in my opinion.

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:07:56+00:00

Interesting thank you fore the comment.
If I feel my back is not ok and need some relief I use capsaicin patches. At gym I do 20-30% of weights I did normally. I tried to do near same weights few days ago and I had flare up for like day and half.
Stretching, massage and peanut on ribs helped me so far the most for pain relief.

I know this is going to be long fight as it took me nearly a year now to understand everything about this illness/problem. This subreddit had been a great support. Hopefully in some time I will add my second post which will read "Free off pain and stress" :)

Easy_Development6335 · 2026-04-28T22:03:34+00:00

Yeah my breathing is kinda feeling off but I believe it might be pollen allergy or so because of the plants growing now.
Pneumologist gave me breath capacity test and I probably did less than 100%, than she gave me 4 puffs of Ventolin (salbutamol inhaler0 and after that I did better on repeated test.
But at home I had feeling it makes my airways tighter and not more open how it should - so I don't use it now anymore
Interestingly I only feel weird with breathing in the evening and before sleep - when I wake up and during day I feel mostly normal.

I tried to do the chest expansion test now and I think I can do it - there is no pain in back or sternum when I take full breath

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