costochondritis help please

The costo is tending to be rather naughty at the moment and I really need to take some anti-inflamatories.

But having just spent the past 18 months getting my immune system to behave vaguely well and my thyroid to level out a bit, I don't want to take the risk of upsetting it all again.

Any one know of some very gentle way of calming the costo down? Or even better anyone found a way of repairing the damage?

Hope everyone has a good weekend coming up.

I have costo. It was bad last week, shooting pains in my ribs/chest wall.
I waited it out, it took 4 days, but just woke up one day and it was better.
I wondered if the heat had made me sleep tense.

I dont have any medication for it Marion.
Mt dr doesn't treat it, sorry.

No my doctor can't come up with any ideas either Pen.

It's actually outdoing everything else at the moment and it would be nice if it would calm done a peg or two.

When I had it I was told to wrap my ribs. It definitely helped.
Sorry you are having to deal with this!

xo
T

I know I'm being lazy in not googling the term, but what is costo-whatever? I've never heard the term before.

cupatea wrote:When I had it I was told to wrap my ribs. It definitely helped.
Sorry you are having to deal with this!xoT

I was told to try to open my chest cavity more......

Marion,

I had this a few years ago and found out that by my gardening and stretching my arms under bushes I got this. The one good thing was I thought I was having a heart attach and when I found out it was this I just shugged it off. I took 800 mg motrin and in four days it was gone. It did come back often until I behaved my self for a year or so.

My doctor wanted to give me a shot of cortizone and I refused.

Try not to stretch your arms and hopefully it will behave.

Good luck to you!

kimsmom

Thanks everyone.

Vicki, costo is where the tissue between the ribs becomes torn or damaged.

Mine started after a near miss with pneumona, which in itself can cause inflamation, but being invincible went back to work to soon and resumed stacking heavy displays.

Ten years on I think it might be for keeps.

So to wrap or not to wrap, this is the question. lol

I use massage, wraps, and heat when my ribs act up and Aleve (Naproxyn) when it is reaaaalllly painful. I usually have problems when I've been on the computer too long. Something about sitting and staring a the screen for long periods of time is not good for my ribcage. I'm much more aware of when it is startin go act up so I can start alleviating the pain asap.

This is one of my more annoying Fibro complaints. It makes it hard to even inhale. Bleah!