Chest Wall Pain

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Hi all: A few of you have been talking about your chest hurting. And I know now that chest pain is one of the symptoms of PF and IPF. What finally sent me to a pulmonologist was chest wall pain, especially after exercising. I actually became quite frightened during a water exercise class and had to leave because of how much it hurt. The pulmonary doc sent me to a cardio doc as part of the overall battery of tests. However, I knew it was unlikely that I would have heart trouble -- no history of high blood pressure, cholesterol, none of thos other factors that generally cause problems.

Prior to my cardio appointment I went to the web to search out possible reasons for chest pain, and found this trigger point massage site. I began using the techniques of trigger point therapy on my chest -- and, oh, my gosh I sure hurt! I was a little too determined and for a few days my skin hurt -- but I did this rubbing (essentially from my neck down to my bellybutton), paying particular attention to very sore areas.

Within two weeks my chest pain stopped. I now make a practice of rubbing my chest and working on those trigger points on a regular basis. Doing so has stopped the actual chest wall pain, but has not helped my breathing, or made me less tired, or anything like that. If I don't do this, then the pain returns.

If you press around your sternum, around your rib cage, especially around the diaphragm, and you are experiecing pain, massaging will probably help -- at least I hope so.

So: try this site and see what you think: http://www.triggerpointbook.com/angina.htm

sunshine and flowers,

Rita -- IPF 10/05 See if you've won, play MSN Search and Win