Sternum pain when I cough, move, breathe... What IS this!!

What has happened after this?

I had a similar situation and my boyfriend told me that this must be costochondritis, but when I went to see my doctor he did this famous x -ray and it showed that I have cracked sternum.

It looks like that pain is the same when you are dealing with these two types of condition. I remember that I was not able to sneeze, laugh louder, cough, etc. Every move that looked like this caused me a lot of pain and this pain was restricting my daily activities all the time.

So, are there any exercises that I can do while I am having this condition? 

i am really wondering what this is. I have pain in the middle of my back between the shoulder blades and pressure in the chest. I have the exact same symptoms where at night it will hurt, in fact its hard to sleep because I lay on my side and the pressure is intense. In the morning I am so sore in my chest, and it is ok during the day alot. sometimes the chest pain feels like strained muscles in the chest. it hurts so bad and i am an active student and 16 year old. its hard to explane this to my mom because she does not beleive me. and i am in pain all the time. :cry: :cry:

JenniferM wrote:

About three or four months ago, my chest began to hurt in the sternum area. It began as what the doctor would call costrocondritis. But that is suppossed to go away after a while. This did not. Sometimes it would be ok, but somedays, getting out of bed was hard. The entire length of both sides of my sternum felt as if they were on fire! The littlest movement to the left, right, down, up, checking my blindspot while driving would set it off. The most annoying was when I would be stomach down on the ground propped up on my elbows watching tv and then trying to get up. I felt as if someone kicked me in the chest!

I have read all the posts on this on this board, but there are still no answers. Now the pain has centered itself right in the middle of my sternum. When I cough it hurts and when I sneeze, I feel and hear this popping soung coming from, I think, my esophogus.

This is really scary. Anyone have any luck with understanding this strange medical issue?

I know it's been over a year since you've posted, so I hope you are already better.
I had the same pain, it was terrible, had every test available with no luck. I went to a new RMT and she asked all my health info. I told her about this pain and she said she'd take a look.
So while she's massaging she pushed in and asked, is this where the centre of your pain is? I groaned. It was a knotted up tendon that slid under my shoulder blade! It took a few sessions and I've been great since!