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<blockquote data-quote="cott97" data-source="post: 1531295" data-attributes="member: 70448"><p>It's worth getting checked out by your GP. If it is costochronditis then I have found a very short course of diazepam works to relax the muscles. I can tell when mine is flaring as small hard lumps appear along my rib cage under my breasts. They can be massaged away but even that is extremely painful. I warn my 16year old son that his dad is going to do it as I have been known to scream loudly enough that the dog rushes up the stairs and into the bedroom to rescue me. At its worst I have collapsed in agony with pain up and down my rib cage and the most horrendous cramps you can imagine. In one transatlantic flight I was convinced I was dying, only the fact I had experienced it before stopped me asking for medical assistance. Physio can be a great help too and there are specific stretches you can do however too much can make it worse so it's better to do it under medical supervision. I only got a diagnosis when a GP I worked with was present when I had an attack - sometimes we don't explain things in a way that allow a GP to make a good diagnosis. Once I understood what triggered it and the links to a back condition I have it all made sense. Up until that point I hadn't really linked it with a physical stretching which set it off - even straining on the loo was enough. Not sure if this helps but for me I can set it off by stretching and twisting to the side at the same time, a painful way to assist diagnosis perhaps. Mine is also not limited to one side though one side tends to be more painful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cott97, post: 1531295, member: 70448"] It's worth getting checked out by your GP. If it is costochronditis then I have found a very short course of diazepam works to relax the muscles. I can tell when mine is flaring as small hard lumps appear along my rib cage under my breasts. They can be massaged away but even that is extremely painful. I warn my 16year old son that his dad is going to do it as I have been known to scream loudly enough that the dog rushes up the stairs and into the bedroom to rescue me. At its worst I have collapsed in agony with pain up and down my rib cage and the most horrendous cramps you can imagine. In one transatlantic flight I was convinced I was dying, only the fact I had experienced it before stopped me asking for medical assistance. Physio can be a great help too and there are specific stretches you can do however too much can make it worse so it's better to do it under medical supervision. I only got a diagnosis when a GP I worked with was present when I had an attack - sometimes we don't explain things in a way that allow a GP to make a good diagnosis. Once I understood what triggered it and the links to a back condition I have it all made sense. Up until that point I hadn't really linked it with a physical stretching which set it off - even straining on the loo was enough. Not sure if this helps but for me I can set it off by stretching and twisting to the side at the same time, a painful way to assist diagnosis perhaps. Mine is also not limited to one side though one side tends to be more painful. [/QUOTE]
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