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Is my sternum broken or just bruised?

By thowesn293798 | 3 posts, last post
Sasa Milosevic, MD answered this Injury Of The Sternum
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thowesn293798

Yesterday I was doing backflips on the grass but i messed up on one of them and I landed on my head and chest. My head was fine. The wind was knocked out of me and I couldn't breath well for 5 min. The hard breathing eventually stopped. When I started doing my parkour training again I had a sharp pain right in the center of my chest when I climbed over something using only my upperbody to keep myself up. It felt like something was moving around in my chest when that happened. When I sneeze, cough, or laugh i feel fine. The only time it was hurting bad was when that happened or when I push hard on something. Is my sternum broken or bruised? I don't want to tell my parents unless it is really serious or they will be mad. How do I treat it? Please help.

medic-dan109453

Hi Thowesn,

You may have bruised it, or some accessory muscles.

It is VERY difficult to break your sternum from what you describe.  Grass/dirt does give a little and absorbs the impact.  It typically take more of a crush type injury - chest into steering wheel for example, to break your sternum.

Hope it helps.

 

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Teenage dream 17

Hey there medic - dan. I am in the same situation and I can see that you do know a lot about this issue. I hope that I am not wrong. 

I was fighting with my parents when I bought a motorcycle for my birthday. They were so mad at me ( I think that they were just scared). I understand them now. I had this accident a couple of days ago (three days to be exact) and I just can't tell them this.

But I feel huge, really huge pain in my chest, it is hard for me to breath... My girlfriend told me that I probably do have broken sternum and I don't know what to do.

I can't tell my parents since I am 17 years old, they will kill me...And take my motorcycle from me. 

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Hi sorry for what happened I can't help from self exp but my friend hurt his while riding a bike and has had the same pain for 2 years you might have the same thing I would see doctor soon hope this helps
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