Shoulder ache, costochondritis

[cristiana]

Just chiming into say that I get costochondritis pain in my left ribs/sternum and have had so for many years.   It tends to worsen with heavy lifting, unsurprisingly, but also kicks off badly when I'm glutened.  I do think (not sure if this is right) that apart from inflammation making it worse, so does bloating.  There have been times when I've had so much pain there I've gone to get an ECG.   That's happened twice.   All clear, thankfully.  Not knowing what it was for many many months was psychologically draining, too.  

 

 

[TheFuzz]

On 6/23/2021 at 1:50 PM, ChuckM said:

Please let me know how you are doing. I have an ache in my left chest under my collarbone which comes and goes and has bothered me for years. I have costochondritis with very sore ribs and have for years but I’m believing it’s gluten which has made it more pronounced over the past few years.  I’m miserable often cause of it. 

Really sorry I haven't checked in here in a long time!  Turns out I have rheumatoid arthritis.  I've been treated for it, which has helped immensely.  But I still have unresolved chest pain.  The good news is there is no obvious cause.  The bad news is it still hurts.

[cristiana]

Hello TheFuzz

Good to hear from you.  I am glad that your treatment is helping immensely, but the unresolved chest pain still sounds nasty.

Mine at the moment is so much better.  It was awful for some years, so bad that I really thought there must be something seriously wrong.   It went round to my back, too.  I've been in ER twice to have my heart checked!  

In my case it finally did get better so hopefully this will happen to you too, in time.  Finally my coeliac blood tests are showing that I now have normal blood readings, so I guess that has helped a lot.  However, in the past few years I have stopped  running a club where I used to have to transport loads of clobber from pillar to post in large shopping bags and the pain could be awful the next day.  Even doing a shop with a handheld metal shopping basket could kick off the pain.  Do you do this type of lifting?

Cristiana

[TheFuzz]

The pain isn't horrible, it's just there when I breath deeply.  It mostly feels like a bruised rib would.

Last month I layed about 400 sq ft of brick, so ya, I'm used to doing heavy awkward lifting!  I mostly work through any pain I have, then enjoy a hot bath.

[cristiana]

Bruised rib is a good description - I've had that.   All that brick laying won't have helped at all, but like my own situation, sometimes these things can't be avoided.  Do you find that if you rest it gets a lot better?

Also, how is your celiac disease?  Are you managing OK with the diet and do you know what your numbers are like at the moment?  I find gastritis or accidental glutening really exacerbates the pain you describe.

[TheFuzz]

On 10/12/2021 at 12:18 PM, cristiana said:

Bruised rib is a good description - I've had that.   All that brick laying won't have helped at all, but like my own situation, sometimes these things can't be avoided.  Do you find that if you rest it gets a lot better?

Also, how is your celiac disease?  Are you managing OK with the diet and do you know what your numbers are like at the moment?  I find gastritis or accidental glutening really exacerbates the pain you describe.

If I'm really exercising hard it definitely takes longer for the pain to settle down, usually not more than a day or so. 

Celiacis fine, I can't remember the last time I got gluttened.  I had my numbers checked, and they were good, thoguh I don't remember what they are.  I don't think gluten is an issue.