Since your injury happened just two days after you were working out with some weights, that does seem to be a primary suspect in your problem.
One of the things that happens when we hurt a muscle or a tendon is that other muscles and tendons tend to take up the slack, which is one way pain can travel from one area to another. They can get constricted and tight with the pain and inflammation and affect everything they are connected to.
Did you work with a weight or weights that specifically would target the ribs or upper abs area?
Where is the pain the worst? At the site of the original pain, or in your back?
Have you ever had a bruised or cracked rib? It can cause intense pain, and pretty much has to heal on its own. But it would have/should have hurt right away.
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Hi, Healthnut,
Welcome to EmpowHer, and thank you for writing!
Since your injury happened just two days after you were working out with some weights, that does seem to be a primary suspect in your problem.
One of the things that happens when we hurt a muscle or a tendon is that other muscles and tendons tend to take up the slack, which is one way pain can travel from one area to another. They can get constricted and tight with the pain and inflammation and affect everything they are connected to.
Did you work with a weight or weights that specifically would target the ribs or upper abs area?
Where is the pain the worst? At the site of the original pain, or in your back?
Have you ever had a bruised or cracked rib? It can cause intense pain, and pretty much has to heal on its own. But it would have/should have hurt right away.
February 23, 2010 - 9:15amThis Comment
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