I pulled my chest muscles during a particularly bad coughing fit and have been in pain for a day before I found this. It's not completely gone but it's significantly eased. Thank you, I am now subscribed.
This is really great. I'm 24 and am a beginner weight lifter. I tore my chest muscle, according to my nurse and she recommended me this video. Thank you.
I’m going to consistently try this exercise. I have an irritated muscle that gets sore when I twist it/limited mobility. This exercise masked the pain which I think is a good sign. So, I’m going to keep trying this exercise, thanks.
Yes. So Giselle did you notice with said muscle tear that it felt like a squeezing sensation in your chest. Then as your anxiety increased did it also seem like the muscle hurt more from the anxiety?
Eric Roberts I have this going on right now, it does increase with thoughts about it. I’m sure it’s anxiety but I don’t want to cross out heart disease. I’m 21 and relatively healthy
@@gamemuch4936 Happened to me yesterday right after stretching too hard before getting out of bed. I felt sore under my armpit are then started feeling random sharp throbs under my chest. The anxiety comes because we don't expect pain to come sporadicallyl from an area right over our heart. You feel helpless and think heart problem. It will go away, just don't overexert. Massage the area and breath slowly from your chest, through your nose and not your mouth. The random pain stopped when my underarm area felt better so it can't be a coincidence. If it comes back then I'll be seeing a doctor just to be on the safe side.
Thank you for sharing this information. The tightness by chest muscle tendon was experiencing a lot of inflammation, triggering my anxiety attacks. This is a life saver.
TWO FINGERS OR THREE FINGERS. DO YOU FEEL THAT BRAD? All seriousness thanks for the video. I have been hurting for several months and this is really helping me. Thanks guys.
@@waelmarthi3393 did this video a while back. Just pulled pec again benching...I will start very light cable fly’s next week for sets of 20-30. Week after I will prexhuast high rep fly’s with very light bench press and continue pre exhaustion for a month or so because it REALLY helps with bench press comfort
Thanks a lot guys. I've been doing the massage with Penetrex cream. I also try to ice my chest 3-4 times a day. I have been doing the stronglifts 5x5 program for two months now. The other day, during the bench press workout, my right chest just sort of crumpled while doing my second set (thank heavens for the cage!). The weird thing is that I don't see any bruising on my chest, but I do see a dark bruise on my right bicep. There's no pain whatsoever on my bicep or anywhere on my arm. But doing this message with icing, advil and ibuprofen has made a marked difference.
I recently started feeling discomfort in the exact same spot by my armpit and it effected my chest and made my arms feel numb and weird for some reason. I’m definitely going to give this a try!!
Strained my chest doing push ups lmao. Took 2 days rest and some ice. Started massaging and doing rom exercises all day. Began doing push ups on my knees day 3. And then I was back to normal in about two weeks. Make sure to do that massage it really helps early on to make the healing process faster.
Is it possible to strain both at the same time cuz I think I sprained it whilst doing push ups but there was no pain when I was doing them, it just occurred after like a few hours
49 yr. old man here--As recently as October, I bench pressed over 300lbs. in competition. Sometime around the New Year, I woke up with numbness in my index finger and trigger points in my right upper lat, rear deltoid and pec. It seems as if they move on me and I am improving very slowly but surely. I cannot even warm-up on bench press, much less go heavy. I can squat and deadlift with no problems at all. Great video! Any more tips/advice from anyone who has experienced this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,
I'm a pre-PT student and weight training enthusiast who, well, we know it was my own mistake that brought me here (benching without enough warm up). Thanks Doctors, for your work and help..
yeah i tried benching without enough warm up and without good form, it felt like i couldn’t pick up my arm for a few hours but a day later no bruising with slight swelling and i have full range of motion but slight soreness/tightness if i stretch my arm too much
I was doing push ups as conditioning for my boxing practice and I was sore from the day before, once I tried to do it I got about 2 push ups done and then instant pain on my chest towards my shoulder. (kinda like where an undershirt strap would sit) and im scared I pulled something or tore something. I just know there's something wrong. :(
You guys are pretty goofy, but I appreciate the information you posted about a torn pec muscle. I injured my right side after a particularly strenuous pull-up workout and, like Bob, I keep re-injuring it. The massaging technique will certainly help the healing process. Thanks again.
I strained my Pec major on the second set of bench press a few days ago. I can feel it slightly in the sternal head of the pec as well as at the insertion point on the humerus. Its almost like a straight line across. The pain is not unbearable but I am afraid of potentially rupturing it at the insertion site because of where the pain is located. What exercises should I avoid until it feels better and when should I start stretching it?
My left pec major tore in 2001. I shoved a large guy hard against a truck. I heard crushed cereal at least twice, then walked away. The tearing didn't hurt yet. Within 20 minutes, I couldn't raise my arm without pain. I went home and carefully removed my shirt and manually lifted my arm. I saw a purple clot the size of a silver dollar. I applied ice and rest. A few days later, it drained. My chest turned purple, brown, green in some areas and it drained down my left arm. It was a difficult transition, having to reduce my weights in half. 3 years later, I got an MRI to see what happened and if there was anything that could be done. My pec major was torn straight the belly. I still have the sternal and clavicular heads. That left front deltoid grows a lot more than my right, to help compensate for the loss. For the last year or so, I used Painless pumps to help fill in the depression and it does a good job. I have to make sure I pull back and there is no blood. I have to refill my oil implant every 2-3 weeks. I did notice there was less pull on the left front delt. 11 months ago, I tore my triceps longhead. Again, I heard that crushed cereal sound. I may have close to 50% strength in the back of my arm. I don't know if it will come back or not, but I will continue my therapy. Some tears heal all the way and some don't. I tore my left triceps after my chest injury and it came back. I had a .45 bullet pass through my right triceps and it came back. I tore both quads and they returned. It all depends on how much. If it's less than 25%, you'll probably get most or all strength back with time and work. If you try to work too heavy, you risk tearing something else. There will be exercises you use to do but can't anyone. Have to event new ones that don't hurt. As for my chest, I was hoping my tendon came off the bone and it could be reattached, but that didn't happen. A good orthopedic will tell you you can't sew muscle to itself there. A sneeze could pull the stitches loose. Like the guy stated in the video above, where it tears, scarred tissue will form and attach to either side, but it breaks. Mine broke when I was doing decline dumbbell chest press, then my left triceps made that awful crushed cereal sound. I've never had an injury from the gym that I didn't fully recover from. The bad ones seem to happen outside. I have have been doing this tissue rub. I watched this video a while back after my arm injury. My dead tissue is near my elbow. It has reduced since. I just practiced this on my chest, an old injury, where the tissue draws towards the sternum and it seems to help it relax, not pull as much. I don't know if this was relevant, but both my left chest and right triceps use to be my dominate muscle groups.
my chest was having sharp pain which goes away completely the same day near middle of my left chest, i got it checked and found that i have muscle pull/strain and i need to take a break from chest exercises for a week or 1 also while stretching and slowly making my way back into chest exercises again but it can occur again in future even after healing completely due to strain mark it will leave there.
my chest was having sharp pain which goes away completely the same day near middle of my left chest, i got it checked and found that i have muscle pull/strain and i need to take a break from chest exercises for a week or 1 also while stretching and slowly making my way back into chest exercises again but it can occur again in future even after healing completely due to strain mark it will leave there. @@Itsmuna
I think I tore or strained my right pec after doing upper body workouts. There was no big single traumatic event, but I just felt sore after I finished. A day later (today) I started doing pushups and found I could do about half of what I usually rep. After I did as many as I could there was a sharp pain in my right pec. I can stretch it horizontally without pain but raising my arm vertically hurts as well as rotating internally. Should I see a physician or just rest it for a while? Thanks for the video too.
@@umuteyasar Eventually I did recover alone without seeing a physician. This was during a time I was really trying to push my 1 rep max on bench and was hitting chest 3x a week. Granted I was a teenager and I felt I could handle to load but it became too much. Adequate rest got me back to where I was
I was bench pressing today and heard a terrible sound from my chest. It is very sore, and I cannot even do a push up. I believe I tore the muscle you guys are talking about. When should I begin doing this kind of treatment?
How long has this lasted for any of you guys? I’ve had what I’m sure is a strained / pulled chest muscle for just over a month, they say it can heal quicker for others or stays longer for others
Yep, exactly me. Got a bad strain/pull while doing shrugs with heavy weight, the pain has gone done but it's still there and makes itself noticable when doing some excersises.
I've had the flu and coughed my way into a torn lower chest muscle. It almost healed but a strong coughing fit tore it again. How long should a torn muscle take to heal? It seems like forever.
hi guys! Is it possible that the injury in the pectoral muscle causes also light palpitations and feeling of weakness in the shoulder area? I am wondering whether is my heart but I have some hurting spots in my pectoral muscle. thanks
I just did it doing close grip bench press. My chest is swollen bruised heavy by the upper corner at delta. Pain is complete side of pec , under pec and across top by collar bone. I definitely felt the electrifying feeling and burn.Should I avoid training altogether and for how long, or can I train around the injury? Thank you Brian
Hey guys, thanks for the great video! I got a chest strain about 5 months ago and it's only gone down in pain by around 15% since then, even though I've stopped ALL upper body training.. I think it's because my job requires me to write constantly which is pretty painful. Should it really take this long? I'm kind of worried it could require surgery of sorts.. Massaging like this seems to help but not significantly (and I've been doing it for weeks!)
@@davidmarkeilov472 It's crazy timing for you to ask (my comment was 4 years ago) because it did... but then I strained it again about 2 weeks ago! Eventually it did go away though but it would both me every now and again, there was obviously a lot of scar tissue and it was never 100% back to the way it was, but I was doing upper body exercises again (very minimal chest). But I guess it repaired weaker than I thought, because I pulled it again doing push ups, and now it hurts like it did before.
@@Cassie12348 did the pulled chest muscle feel like a heart attack bro its cuz i was skating and all of a sudden my chest started hurting from the left and its been a week now and it doesnt really hurt but i feel something irritating in my chest.
@@Bankrigged_ Not exactly! For me it was a sudden sprain feeling when I was doing the push up, like I could feel a pain in the muscle suddenly. It didn't hurt too bad when it happened, but then afterwards it felt very warm and a bit tingly in the location of the sprain, and more pain came on later. But it wasn't a general chest pain - it was localized to the part of the muscle where it happened.
waiting to get an MRI to see the damage, but its been 6 weeks and my pectorals major is still bunched up in that tangled fashion, I'm very concerned because I'm supposed to compete in a powerlifting meet in JUN. On a good note i can perform weighted pull ups, 30 push ups in 1 set, and i attempted benching 135 for 3 sets of 10 reps while massaging in between sets and had no pain. i stopped doing everything because i don't want to make it worse.... any other advice? also thanks for the video ill start massaging it 3x a week.
I'm 50 and I suffered a sprained chest muscle from slamming in the mosh pit at a punk rock show...actually very painful ..incapacitating.....hard to explain doing greasy kid stuff at my age,,,,,..... if it's too loud......
Over the past couple of weeks there's been discomfort near the end of my right pec leading towards my armpit. It's still there and not really going away after not working out my chest the last two or three upper body workouts. I've benched 340 a little over a month ago, and since the discomfort started, I still did 315 for a few reps and 225 for I think 14 reps. The point being is, I still have full function but I very much feel discomfort and can tell I should stop working out my chest. I would think this would be a light strain. I'm getting it checked out on Thursday. Because I am able to hit my normal weight, would you say doing these massages and exercises would suffice if I don't target my chest for the next few weeks?
I guess you figured it out by now that you weren't giving it enough time to heal. When I was 20, I strained my shoulder, couldn't do anything in upper body without pain. Well, I went to a place for 3 months that didn't have a gym. I had to invent exercises with construction stones pillowcases, hand grippers, and cable wire. I didn't know it was flat bench press that gave me the injury and prevented me from getting better until I returned home. I use to bounce a little off my chest. After 3 months, I was healed and I redid all my chest exercises and concentrated on perfect form. I wasn't concerned with the weight I could use, I just wanted to grow. Of course, we're able to use more weight when we grow. You rarely see any pro or good bodybuilders do flat bench. They grow the most with incline and dumbbells.
If its in your armpit, its a tendon strain not a muscle strain. Takes longer to recover and you should not train. I have the exact same problem now after benching.
@@Rk88874 I have the same pain and I think I got that by doing heavy dumbbell incline Flys... It's been like a month now the discomfort feels when working chest... My question is how long did it took to you to get fully recovered? And what is the solution?
Im an powerlifter that trains with weights for atleast 5 years. Before that i was professional rower and i never had problems with any muscle or tendon. Recently i started to feel some light pain just above my left armpit while doing any pressing movement but it goes away almost fully during benching. Im not sure if its the tendon or muscle that hurts but im afraid its going to get worse. Does this massage applies for both muscle and pectoralis tendon?
i injured my anterior sternum while working out, now when i wide open my arms or lift anything over head or push down my hand against any rigid object while sitting straight, i feel pain on the right upper chest and interior lining of the chest. please suggest what to do?
I injured my right pectoral muscle with pushups. Can you please tell me the best sleeping position (& if I need a pillow under my arm or back) so this can heal? When I first wake up it's like I injured it all over again and it's the most painful in the mornings, so I know I'm sleeping wrong. Your massage and stretch techniques really help, but then I wake up in pain. Please help. Thanks!
How long does it take o heal? I am pretty sure this happened to me when I wasn't properly warmed up :( I didn't feel it when it happened. But a day later I had some pain.
@@LucianoClassicalGuitar that's great, I think I pulled a muscle while lifting only, but felt the pain a day later like you. I'll be visiting a doctor to be sure. Did you stop your workouts?
Hello! Great stuff! I've been dealing with chest problems for the past few years now and like you described with your own chest injury, it has continued to flare up. Is there a way I can give myself the massage you demonstrated? And how important is the exact motion of the massage?
I believe I may have strained my left pec. My symptoms are a dull pain, a pinching pain, as well as burning sensation. Just wondering if that is normal for such an injury.
Gentlemen, My son has experienced what he calls a buzzing feeling as he increases his velocity in his pitching motion. It starts from his nipple area and extends towards his armpit. He also has the same "buzzing" feeling down his forearm from the elbow to the wrist when he pitches. The chest is sore the morning after. Suggestions and advice would be appreciated.
hello, I've been having a muscle strain in my sternum area for over a year, would this work? what other things i could do if this doesn't work? thank you
20 Year old male here. Around 3 months ago I strained my chest muscle either playing hockey or lifting... I have not lifted chest since but have played hockey here and there. I notice pain in the pectoral muscle, more inward and further from the shoulder than you have shown in your diagram, when doing activities ranging from getting out of bed to doing crunches. Do you have a list of exercises I should / should not be doing in order to recover, ie back, squats, biceps? Thanks, Matt
Hey guys nice video, my outer upper right pec hurts enough to keep me from going really heavy. My right shoulder was popped alot from when I played football so that might be why. Any ideas on how to strengthen and gain flexibility in my right shoulder?
how many days should i stay out? i had same thing last year was 2 months out without feeling pain just vexing.Now i have a vexing at 70% of the last year ones
Hey there! Great video, I just subscribed! I have injured myself slightly while deadlifting a few weeks ago, and I think it's a minor pec strain. it's located in the top outer part of my chest (left side) and although there is no pain, the pain comes back if I deadlift (basically the heavy weight that keep tensions down my arms and therefore pulling the chest) but the funny thing is that it does hurt nor it's uncomfortable while bench pressing or cable flyes. Why do you think this is or what do you think it could be if not pec strain? would appreciate your help.
I had a second degree chest muscle strain during bench press. I relaxed for about 30 days but it did not go away. So i started deep massage with a physiotherapist. I have done until now 2 massage sessions. At the second session the massage was very painful. Is it normal to feel such pain during the massage? Or must i stop? I have a third session in 2 days and i have arranged for 10 massage sessions.
I started having pain in my right chest muscle 2-3 hours after a bike accident. I had x-rays done, but I didn't tell them about the muscle pain because it didn't start until after I left. I figure I just strained something when I landed.
+Brent'sCardsAnd Coins I have the same problem but I fell by doing a butterfly twist. It's been months but it has not healed fully. I have not done any therapy though.
Hello all I need help if possible, in the last three weeks or so I have developed a severe pain in my right side chest muscle that really is not an issue at work during the day but at night when I roll over during sleep it actually makes me yell out in pain. Also if i'm laying down and use my left elbow to raise up with the pain that it creates on my right side outer muscle? of the chest is some of the worst I have ever experienced. I recently had lab work done and the notes from the Doc said great job keep up the diet and exercise so i'm sure its not my ticker. I have a fairly physical job where I lift 50 pounds many times throughout the day and nothing that I have done at work has caused me any discomfort. I'm 54 with no medical conditions but I am about 30 pounds over where I should be and fairly agile for a fat boy, thanks for any input and have a great day.
had pain there for years everytime i lifted and i would even take 6 months off with no relief so I am going to give this a try. Already started massaging like they showed and it went numb within 30 sec so thats a good sign I have also been stretching like they showed at least ounce a day and also in the gym i have lowered the weight I usually lift. if this works ill come back and update!
Hi i had this injury in 2006 took 5 months to heal.in september i was carrying my freinds daughter 5 years old and i reinjured that area again .what can i do to stop this injyry reoccuring?
Thank you so very much, the doctor showed me quickly one stretch to do but I forgot and this video gave me the tools I need to take care of this pain. It's bothering me day and night.
After open chest surgery 3 years ago I just cannot build up my pecs. I am skin and bone. every time I try lifting weights I get pain. What can I do to build them so I do not get pain?
Im going to Marine boot camp soon and ive been pushing it really hard. Running 2.5 to 5 miles a day lifting weights ab workouts and i sprained a chest muscle now its so difficult to control my breathing and im always out of breath... how long will it take me to recover for this and get my normal breath back? can i still run atleast
About 1yr ago while undergoing a heavy bench press program my left pec started to spasm randomly through the day and became really sore. I began to lose some strength on that side and laid off the gym. The spasms eventually went away and I recently just atarted getting back in shape and just 50 pushups on 1st workout and next day my chest hurt horribly. So ive laid off, thing is it has been a year. There was never any bruising and the spasms and cramps came on slowly and usually while at home watching tv. I never felt a tear or had a stand out painful moment it just crept up on me. How could it not heal after a year off?
***** thank you for the reply. I started the massage as you showed and iced it. The next day it was pretty sore just from the massage, but today it feels better. Do I still massage it again? Do you think every other day is to much? Will massaging it make it sore?
im 17 i got a chest strain/tear like a month ago benching only 240 the next week after that i started benching again with minor pain 3 weeks later it didn't hurt at all it was fine i was benching 295lbs and on the second rep i strained it again but it dosent hurt as much as the last time. Wat should i do im a powerlifter i like to bench heavy
Injured my chest muscle near the sternum several months ago and for the most part it doesn't bother me but if I move into certain positions it is uncomfortable like a pulled muscle and has not gone away. Any advice? Thanks!
Thanks for the video! Strained my chest muscle two days ago rock climbing. It's still a bit sore to the touch (mostly near the armpit), but the pain has reduced significantly. When should I begin massaging and stretching during the healing process? So far, I've been trying to just rest and ice as much as possible. Also, any advice on how long to wait before lap swimming, or how should my muscle feel before swimming again?
Back in December I tore my chest and a slight tear of the labrum. MRI only picked up on the labrum tear so I got surgery for that and I'm currently doing physical therapy for it, so I didn't know it was a pec tear until recently. When i lift my arms to my side sticking straight out ,and have them parallel, the outer part of the chest that connects to the front delt/ armpit area is sunk in. Could I rehab that or would you think surgery would be better? thanks for any help!
I pulled my chest muscle climbing a tree back in March. It has been like two months but it still hurts sometimes. I have been massaging it and icing it and putting heating pads on my chest and taking pills. I'm scared its something worse, what do it do? And I'm only 10 so my dad said it will take around a week or two to heal, but it has been two months since my injury.
How would I know if I have a grade 3 pectoral tear? I don't have bruising but o my gosh does it hurt and causes a burning feeling through out my chest... I was at work one day on the ladder getting a box of apples off the top shelf (I'm 4'8 & 90 lbs) the box had to weigh half my weight or more... Anyways my arms were above my head to reach it, all the weight was on my chest muscles to get it down... It hurt a bit after I got it down but as a female body builder I just thought I'm a beast and that I would feel better in a day or two... Its now been 2 weeks and it still hurts!!!! Bad too!!! I feel like my breast are swollen, they are also tender to the touch... Breathing is hard to do, as is coughing or even bending over to tie my shoes is painful... My pain tolerance is extremely high, like kidney stones since I was 7 years old and a broken wrist in 3 places (didn't tell my parents till the next day) so when I say something is wrong and I'm in pain, it's for real! So how would I know and what should I do?
10 yr old girl here. I was at skyline for my brother's party. (Skyzone is a big trampoline arena) and I jumped to shoot a basketball in the hoop and all of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in the center bottom of my chest... what do I do?? -Kylie
Video is posted 10yr ago and still helped me now
The human body doesn’t update lol
@@johnathanb4330not for another 100,000 years at least lol
I pulled my chest muscles during a particularly bad coughing fit and have been in pain for a day before I found this. It's not completely gone but it's significantly eased. Thank you, I am now subscribed.
This is really great. I'm 24 and am a beginner weight lifter. I tore my chest muscle, according to my nurse and she recommended me this video. Thank you.
physicaltherapyvideo I'm having chest spasms on upper right pec muscle what can cause this and what yo do to stop
What's the treatment for a tear I hope not surgery
How are you now
I’m going to consistently try this exercise. I have an irritated muscle that gets sore when I twist it/limited mobility. This exercise masked the pain which I think is a good sign. So, I’m going to keep trying this exercise, thanks.
Thanks so much for this helpful video! I was worried It was my heart. Then I was thinking it was that I pulled a muscle 🤕 lifting weights.
Yes. So Giselle did you notice with said muscle tear that it felt like a squeezing sensation in your chest. Then as your anxiety increased did it also seem like the muscle hurt more from the anxiety?
Eric Roberts I have this going on right now, it does increase with thoughts about it. I’m sure it’s anxiety but I don’t want to cross out heart disease. I’m 21 and relatively healthy
@@outdatedcontent Same here, I'm a bit worried about it, but it occurred during working out.
@@opiumdensRus For me Yes
@@gamemuch4936 Happened to me yesterday right after stretching too hard before getting out of bed. I felt sore under my armpit are then started feeling random sharp throbs under my chest. The anxiety comes because we don't expect pain to come sporadicallyl from an area right over our heart. You feel helpless and think heart problem. It will go away, just don't overexert. Massage the area and breath slowly from your chest, through your nose and not your mouth. The random pain stopped when my underarm area felt better so it can't be a coincidence. If it comes back then I'll be seeing a doctor just to be on the safe side.
Thank you for this I really need this. Because I pulled a muscle in my chest while I was at work.
Thank you for sharing this information. The tightness by chest muscle tendon was experiencing a lot of inflammation, triggering my anxiety attacks. This is a life saver.
TWO FINGERS OR THREE FINGERS. DO YOU FEEL THAT BRAD? All seriousness thanks for the video. I have been hurting for several months and this is really helping me. Thanks guys.
How does this have no attention? Hahaha
how often should you do this and let the pec rest before stressing it with weight? I do power lifting so my bench is always intense
any updates on this? I'm also wondering, thank you
Any updates to this
Still waiting for an answer 🤔
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@@waelmarthi3393 did this video a while back. Just pulled pec again benching...I will start very light cable fly’s next week for sets of 20-30. Week after I will prexhuast high rep fly’s with very light bench press and continue pre exhaustion for a month or so because it REALLY helps with bench press comfort
Anyone do this and feel like theyve had a heart attack?
Thankyou. Spent 10 hr in Er worried it was my heart just was a small tear they think near the muscle over the heart. Thanks for the video
Thanks a lot guys. I've been doing the massage with Penetrex cream. I also try to ice my chest 3-4 times a day.
I have been doing the stronglifts 5x5 program for two months now. The other day, during the bench press workout, my right chest just sort of crumpled while doing my second set (thank heavens for the cage!). The weird thing is that I don't see any bruising on my chest, but I do see a dark bruise on my right bicep. There's no pain whatsoever on my bicep or anywhere on my arm.
But doing this message with icing, advil and ibuprofen has made a marked difference.
Did u recovered
I recently started feeling discomfort in the exact same spot by my armpit and it effected my chest and made my arms feel numb and weird for some reason. I’m definitely going to give this a try!!
How did this work out for u?
Is it feeling better now?
I have the same thing, affects back too, pulled it years ago, need to go see someone
Strained my chest doing push ups lmao. Took 2 days rest and some ice. Started massaging and doing rom exercises all day. Began doing push ups on my knees day 3. And then I was back to normal in about two weeks. Make sure to do that massage it really helps early on to make the healing process faster.
i messed up i felt i already had the muscle pulled but i still lifted and now the pains is unbearable
@@Vlonkedfn rest is key just take a week off and work other muscles 👍🏻
Is it possible to strain both at the same time cuz I think I sprained it whilst doing push ups but there was no pain when I was doing them, it just occurred after like a few hours
49 yr. old man here--As recently as October, I bench pressed over 300lbs. in competition. Sometime around the New Year, I woke up with numbness in my index finger and trigger points in my right upper lat, rear deltoid and pec. It seems as if they move on me and I am improving very slowly but surely. I cannot even warm-up on bench press, much less go heavy. I can squat and deadlift with no problems at all. Great video! Any more tips/advice from anyone who has experienced this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,
***** Thank you! This video has already helped tremendously.
This really help man, immediately my arm is moving much smoothly and without restriction. Thank you!
I'm a pre-PT student and weight training enthusiast who, well, we know it was my own mistake that brought me here (benching without enough warm up). Thanks Doctors, for your work and help..
yeah i tried benching without enough warm up and without good form, it felt like i couldn’t pick up my arm for a few hours but a day later no bruising with slight swelling and i have full range of motion but slight soreness/tightness if i stretch my arm too much
does that seem like a strain, i would assume that if it was a tear/partial tear it would be way more painful and bruised compared to just a strain
if so does this massage help and about how long until you were able to do push ups and pull ups again
@@noname-lj7poSame happened to me. Not enough warm up for bench. How long did it take you to get back to benching/ training chest?
I was doing push ups as conditioning for my boxing practice and I was sore from the day before, once I tried to do it I got about 2 push ups done and then instant pain on my chest towards my shoulder. (kinda like where an undershirt strap would sit) and im scared I pulled something or tore something. I just know there's something wrong. :(
Lhia Gonzalez me to
@@hdjfifreidiirir5024 search fitnessfaqs he made a video called "chest pain with dips" he will tell you about it!!!
Throw a cross wrong in sparring and same bs happen to me
You guys are pretty goofy, but I appreciate the information you posted about a torn pec muscle. I injured my right side after a particularly strenuous pull-up workout and, like Bob, I keep re-injuring it. The massaging technique will certainly help the healing process. Thanks again.
Did it help ?
thank you for your prompt response....I will keep watching you !!!
I strained my Pec major on the second set of bench press a few days ago. I can feel it slightly in the sternal head of the pec as well as at the insertion point on the humerus. Its almost like a straight line across. The pain is not unbearable but I am afraid of potentially rupturing it at the insertion site because of where the pain is located. What exercises should I avoid until it feels better and when should I start stretching it?
thanx, and God bless all.
Guys got good chemistry.
My left pec major tore in 2001. I shoved a large guy hard against a truck. I heard crushed cereal at least twice, then walked away. The tearing didn't hurt yet. Within 20 minutes, I couldn't raise my arm without pain. I went home and carefully removed my shirt and manually lifted my arm. I saw a purple clot the size of a silver dollar. I applied ice and rest. A few days later, it drained. My chest turned purple, brown, green in some areas and it drained down my left arm. It was a difficult transition, having to reduce my weights in half. 3 years later, I got an MRI to see what happened and if there was anything that could be done. My pec major was torn straight the belly. I still have the sternal and clavicular heads. That left front deltoid grows a lot more than my right, to help compensate for the loss. For the last year or so, I used Painless pumps to help fill in the depression and it does a good job. I have to make sure I pull back and there is no blood. I have to refill my oil implant every 2-3 weeks. I did notice there was less pull on the left front delt.
11 months ago, I tore my triceps longhead. Again, I heard that crushed cereal sound. I may have close to 50% strength in the back of my arm. I don't know if it will come back or not, but I will continue my therapy. Some tears heal all the way and some don't. I tore my left triceps after my chest injury and it came back. I had a .45 bullet pass through my right triceps and it came back. I tore both quads and they returned. It all depends on how much. If it's less than 25%, you'll probably get most or all strength back with time and work. If you try to work too heavy, you risk tearing something else. There will be exercises you use to do but can't anyone. Have to event new ones that don't hurt.
As for my chest, I was hoping my tendon came off the bone and it could be reattached, but that didn't happen. A good orthopedic will tell you you can't sew muscle to itself there. A sneeze could pull the stitches loose. Like the guy stated in the video above, where it tears, scarred tissue will form and attach to either side, but it breaks. Mine broke when I was doing decline dumbbell chest press, then my left triceps made that awful crushed cereal sound. I've never had an injury from the gym that I didn't fully recover from. The bad ones seem to happen outside.
I have have been doing this tissue rub. I watched this video a while back after my arm injury. My dead tissue is near my elbow. It has reduced since. I just practiced this on my chest, an old injury, where the tissue draws towards the sternum and it seems to help it relax, not pull as much.
I don't know if this was relevant, but both my left chest and right triceps use to be my dominate muscle groups.
I want to say a big thank you to you guys, it helped me greatly. I also used some massage oil.
Watching these video all day today. Thank you so much for sharing.
My common sense tells me my pain is from doing a rowing exercise. My stupid health anxiety tells me heart problems.
Did you experience discomfort when breathing as well I have health anxiety too and keep thinking I’m dying from an undetected heart disease 😂
my chest was having sharp pain which goes away completely the same day near middle of my left chest, i got it checked and found that i have muscle pull/strain and i need to take a break from chest exercises for a week or 1 also while stretching and slowly making my way back into chest exercises again but it can occur again in future even after healing completely due to strain mark it will leave there.
my chest was having sharp pain which goes away completely the same day near middle of my left chest, i got it checked and found that i have muscle pull/strain and i need to take a break from chest exercises for a week or 1 also while stretching and slowly making my way back into chest exercises again but it can occur again in future even after healing completely due to strain mark it will leave there.
@@Itsmuna
Great information I keep pulling my chest like I have now any help is great.
So does the pain also go to your upper back a bit or no, very godd video, I'll definitely be trying this tonight
I always pull my chest muscle it hurts like hell and feels like cramps
Right
I think I tore or strained my right pec after doing upper body workouts. There was no big single traumatic event, but I just felt sore after I finished. A day later (today) I started doing pushups and found I could do about half of what I usually rep. After I did as many as I could there was a sharp pain in my right pec. I can stretch it horizontally without pain but raising my arm vertically hurts as well as rotating internally. Should I see a physician or just rest it for a while? Thanks for the video too.
Exactly what happened
That’s what happened to me
@Orion ' did u recovered
did you recover
@@umuteyasar Eventually I did recover alone without seeing a physician. This was during a time I was really trying to push my 1 rep max on bench and was hitting chest 3x a week. Granted I was a teenager and I felt I could handle to load but it became too much. Adequate rest got me back to where I was
would that technique work for an old injure in that area .?
I was bench pressing today and heard a terrible sound from my chest. It is very sore, and I cannot even do a push up. I believe I tore the muscle you guys are talking about. When should I begin doing this kind of treatment?
How long has this lasted for any of you guys? I’ve had what I’m sure is a strained / pulled chest muscle for just over a month, they say it can heal quicker for others or stays longer for others
Yep, exactly me. Got a bad strain/pull while doing shrugs with heavy weight, the pain has gone done but it's still there and makes itself noticable when doing some excersises.
Very very very good job on this video gents! Thank you very much for the info.
Bob and Brad are something else
We will take that as a compliment!
This just happened to me a couple days ago. Should I use heat or ointment cream for this too? Thanks for posting this!
I've had the flu and coughed my way into a torn lower chest muscle. It almost healed but a strong coughing fit tore it again. How long should a torn muscle take to heal? It seems like forever.
I had the same problem, which caused bu coughing, how do you feel now? Does the pain comes and goes?
@@n.c.3005 LOL that was seven years ago. Hope you heal quickly, though
@@brightpurplevikingplzz reply how to treat your problem...plzzz suggest my husband is on same problem
hi guys! Is it possible that the injury in the pectoral muscle causes also light palpitations and feeling of weakness in the shoulder area? I am wondering whether is my heart but I have some hurting spots in my pectoral muscle. thanks
Thank you guys for this advice.
I just did it doing close grip bench press. My chest is swollen bruised heavy by the upper corner at delta. Pain is complete side of pec , under pec and across top by collar bone. I definitely felt the electrifying feeling and burn.Should I avoid training altogether and for how long, or can I train around the injury? Thank you Brian
Thank you. This really worked!
can u get this from constant coughing and stretching its been about 3 weeks still got it
Pec and bicep tear at 50. Will try and report back. Would small massage gun be effective as well?
I've had it for a year an idk what to do. I guess i'll give this a try an see what happens.
Thanks guys for a great video. I have a torn pec and it is very sensitive in my arm pit, is that normal?
Yep 👍🏽
Hey guys, thanks for the great video! I got a chest strain about 5 months ago and it's only gone down in pain by around 15% since then, even though I've stopped ALL upper body training.. I think it's because my job requires me to write constantly which is pretty painful. Should it really take this long? I'm kind of worried it could require surgery of sorts.. Massaging like this seems to help but not significantly (and I've been doing it for weeks!)
@@davidmarkeilov472 It's crazy timing for you to ask (my comment was 4 years ago) because it did... but then I strained it again about 2 weeks ago! Eventually it did go away though but it would both me every now and again, there was obviously a lot of scar tissue and it was never 100% back to the way it was, but I was doing upper body exercises again (very minimal chest). But I guess it repaired weaker than I thought, because I pulled it again doing push ups, and now it hurts like it did before.
@@Cassie12348 did the pulled chest muscle feel like a heart attack bro its cuz i was skating and all of a sudden my chest started hurting from the left and its been a week now and it doesnt really hurt but i feel something irritating in my chest.
@@Bankrigged_ Not exactly! For me it was a sudden sprain feeling when I was doing the push up, like I could feel a pain in the muscle suddenly. It didn't hurt too bad when it happened, but then afterwards it felt very warm and a bit tingly in the location of the sprain, and more pain came on later. But it wasn't a general chest pain - it was localized to the part of the muscle where it happened.
How long did u recovered
@@davidmarkeilov472 did u recovered
waiting to get an MRI to see the damage, but its been 6 weeks and my pectorals major is still bunched up in that tangled fashion, I'm very concerned because I'm supposed to compete in a powerlifting meet in JUN. On a good note i can perform weighted pull ups, 30 push ups in 1 set, and i attempted benching 135 for 3 sets of 10 reps while massaging in between sets and had no pain. i stopped doing everything because i don't want to make it worse.... any other advice? also thanks for the video ill start massaging it 3x a week.
I'm 50 and I suffered a sprained chest muscle from slamming in the mosh pit at a punk rock show...actually very painful ..incapacitating.....hard to explain doing greasy kid stuff at my age,,,,,..... if it's too loud......
Over the past couple of weeks there's been discomfort near the end of my right pec leading towards my armpit. It's still there and not really going away after not working out my chest the last two or three upper body workouts. I've benched 340 a little over a month ago, and since the discomfort started, I still did 315 for a few reps and 225 for I think 14 reps. The point being is, I still have full function but I very much feel discomfort and can tell I should stop working out my chest.
I would think this would be a light strain. I'm getting it checked out on Thursday. Because I am able to hit my normal weight, would you say doing these massages and exercises would suffice if I don't target my chest for the next few weeks?
I guess you figured it out by now that you weren't giving it enough time to heal. When I was 20, I strained my shoulder, couldn't do anything in upper body without pain. Well, I went to a place for 3 months that didn't have a gym. I had to invent exercises with construction stones pillowcases, hand grippers, and cable wire. I didn't know it was flat bench press that gave me the injury and prevented me from getting better until I returned home. I use to bounce a little off my chest. After 3 months, I was healed and I redid all my chest exercises and concentrated on perfect form. I wasn't concerned with the weight I could use, I just wanted to grow. Of course, we're able to use more weight when we grow. You rarely see any pro or good bodybuilders do flat bench. They grow the most with incline and dumbbells.
If its in your armpit, its a tendon strain not a muscle strain. Takes longer to recover and you should not train. I have the exact same problem now after benching.
Robin Klint i got it by doing dips damn
@@Rk88874 I have the same pain and I think I got that by doing heavy dumbbell incline Flys... It's been like a month now the discomfort feels when working chest... My question is how long did it took to you to get fully recovered? And what is the solution?
So how's it now... What was the solution? I what was the exact cause?
Anyone know how long you should do this for before strength training again?
Im an powerlifter that trains with weights for atleast 5 years. Before that i was professional rower and i never had problems with any muscle or tendon. Recently i started to feel some light pain just above my left armpit while doing any pressing movement but it goes away almost fully during benching. Im not sure if its the tendon or muscle that hurts but im afraid its going to get worse. Does this massage applies for both muscle and pectoralis tendon?
here 10 years later to say thank you, ive never pulled a chest muscle before and now I at least know what to do!
i injured my anterior sternum while working out, now when i wide open my arms or lift anything over head or push down my hand against any rigid object while sitting straight, i feel pain on the right upper chest and interior lining of the chest. please suggest what to do?
I injured my right pectoral muscle with pushups. Can you please tell me the best sleeping position (& if I need a pillow under my arm or back) so this can heal? When I first wake up it's like I injured it all over again and it's the most painful in the mornings, so I know I'm sleeping wrong. Your massage and stretch techniques really help, but then I wake up in pain. Please help. Thanks!
How long does it take o heal? I am pretty sure this happened to me when I wasn't properly warmed up :( I didn't feel it when it happened. But a day later I had some pain.
Hey I hope you're doing better!!
How much time did it take for you to heal?
@@chandniaswani227 Like a month to be feeling good again.
@@LucianoClassicalGuitar that's great, I think I pulled a muscle while lifting only, but felt the pain a day later like you. I'll be visiting a doctor to be sure.
Did you stop your workouts?
@@chandniaswani227 I stopped for a month and then started again but with not serious heavy weights.
@@LucianoClassicalGuitar okay great, thanks for answering my questions!! :)
thanks for the little pain relief this was driving me bananas for hours appreciate it dude
Hello! Great stuff! I've been dealing with chest problems for the past few years now and like you described with your own chest injury, it has continued to flare up. Is there a way I can give myself the massage you demonstrated? And how important is the exact motion of the massage?
Thanks guys this was very helpful
I believe I may have strained my left pec. My symptoms are a dull pain, a pinching pain, as well as burning sensation. Just wondering if that is normal for such an injury.
Gentlemen,
My son has experienced what he calls a buzzing feeling as he increases his velocity in his pitching motion. It starts from his nipple area and extends towards his armpit. He also has the same "buzzing" feeling down his forearm from the elbow to the wrist when he pitches. The chest is sore the morning after. Suggestions and advice would be appreciated.
hello, I've been having a muscle strain in my sternum area for over a year, would this work? what other things i could do if this doesn't work? thank you
20 Year old male here. Around 3 months ago I strained my chest muscle either playing hockey or lifting... I have not lifted chest since but have played hockey here and there. I notice pain in the pectoral muscle, more inward and further from the shoulder than you have shown in your diagram, when doing activities ranging from getting out of bed to doing crunches. Do you have a list of exercises I should / should not be doing in order to recover, ie back, squats, biceps?
Thanks,
Matt
Tore my pec benching three days ago and now I am all bruised up on my armpit region and bicep. How soon can I start massaging it? Thanks!
Thanks guys, I found this very helpful, straight forward and to the point, fun presentation too :)
Thank you for this video 🙏🏼
I just tried it, recovered instantly.
Hey guys nice video, my outer upper right pec hurts enough to keep me from going really heavy. My right shoulder was popped alot from when I played football so that might be why. Any ideas on how to strengthen and gain flexibility in my right shoulder?
how many days should i stay out? i had same thing last year was 2 months out without feeling pain just vexing.Now i have a vexing at 70% of the last year ones
My left side chest arm and back pain
Butt I worked pain gone and I am in rest pain starts
thank you it worked i was having pain for weeks
Hey there! Great video, I just subscribed! I have injured myself slightly while deadlifting a few weeks ago, and I think it's a minor pec strain. it's located in the top outer part of my chest (left side) and although there is no pain, the pain comes back if I deadlift (basically the heavy weight that keep tensions down my arms and therefore pulling the chest) but the funny thing is that it does hurt nor it's uncomfortable while bench pressing or cable flyes. Why do you think this is or what do you think it could be if not pec strain? would appreciate your help.
What if I have sharp burning pain that pulsates and twitches even without activity. Is it ok to start the massage
Can this method used for early stage?
I had a second degree chest muscle strain during bench press. I relaxed for about 30 days but it did not go away. So i started deep massage with a physiotherapist. I have done until now 2 massage sessions. At the second session the massage was very painful. Is it normal to feel such pain during the massage? Or must i stop? I have a third session in 2 days and i have arranged for 10 massage sessions.
Hi there How long will a tear muscle take to heal on chest thanks
How many day of this until I will heal completely?can anyone help? I've been doing this for about 5 weeks and it only helped a little
I started having pain in my right chest muscle 2-3 hours after a bike accident. I had x-rays done, but I didn't tell them about the muscle pain because it didn't start until after I left. I figure I just strained something when I landed.
+Brent'sCardsAnd Coins I have the same problem but I fell by doing a butterfly twist. It's been months but it has not healed fully. I have not done any therapy though.
+megaluisdeth It has been 2 weeks and the pain is almost non-existent. I recommend talking to a doctor if the pain hasn't gone away.
Hello all I need help if possible, in the last three weeks or so I have developed a severe pain in my right side chest muscle that really is not an issue at work during the day but at night when I roll over during sleep it actually makes me yell out in pain. Also if i'm laying down and use my left elbow to raise up with the pain that it creates on my right side outer muscle? of the chest is some of the worst I have ever experienced. I recently had lab work done and the notes from the Doc said great job keep up the diet and exercise so i'm sure its not my ticker. I have a fairly physical job where I lift 50 pounds many times throughout the day and nothing that I have done at work has caused me any discomfort. I'm 54 with no medical conditions but I am about 30 pounds over where I should be and fairly agile for a fat boy, thanks for any input and have a great day.
omg guys thank you soo much i love you, you saved me much love from finland
had pain there for years everytime i lifted and i would even take 6 months off with no relief so I am going to give this a try. Already started massaging like they showed and it went numb within 30 sec so thats a good sign I have also been stretching like they showed at least ounce a day and also in the gym i have lowered the weight I usually lift. if this works ill come back and update!
Let us know
Taking time off without doing anything for the pecs will not help them heal
Hiii bro ..my left chest is so mush painful since 2011 after doing heavy push-ups.any progress?
Great Great Great Job Guys! The Video Is Very Well Done and Explains A Lot! Thanks
Hi i had this injury in 2006 took 5 months to heal.in september i was carrying my freinds daughter 5 years old and i reinjured that area again .what can i do to stop this injyry reoccuring?
Thank you so very much, the doctor showed me quickly one stretch to do but I forgot and this video gave me the tools I need to take care of this pain. It's bothering me day and night.
After open chest surgery 3 years ago I just cannot build up my pecs. I am skin and bone. every time I try lifting weights I get pain. What can I do to build them so I do not get pain?
@Physicaltherapyvideo I pulled a pec muscle 3 weeks ago. It feels better but not 100% can I train it using light weight? Or can I train it at all
Im going to Marine boot camp soon and ive been pushing it really hard. Running 2.5 to 5 miles a day lifting weights ab workouts and i sprained a chest muscle now its so difficult to control my breathing and im always out of breath... how long will it take me to recover for this and get my normal breath back? can i still run atleast
About 1yr ago while undergoing a heavy bench press program my left pec started to spasm randomly through the day and became really sore. I began to lose some strength on that side and laid off the gym. The spasms eventually went away and I recently just atarted getting back in shape and just 50 pushups on 1st workout and next day my chest hurt horribly. So ive laid off, thing is it has been a year. There was never any bruising and the spasms and cramps came on slowly and usually while at home watching tv. I never felt a tear or had a stand out painful moment it just crept up on me. How could it not heal after a year off?
***** thank you for the reply. I started the massage as you showed and iced it. The next day it was pretty sore just from the massage, but today it feels better. Do I still massage it again? Do you think every other day is to much? Will massaging it make it sore?
@@brotherseth4523 how you feel now
When should you do this while healing or after.
During
im 17 i got a chest strain/tear like a month ago benching only 240 the next week after that i started benching again with minor pain 3 weeks later it didn't hurt at all it was fine i was benching 295lbs and on the second rep i strained it again but it dosent hurt as much as the last time. Wat should i do im a powerlifter i like to bench heavy
When you say do it for five minutes a day (the method) am I supposed to do it multiple times a day for five minutes or just once a day?
Injured my chest muscle near the sternum several months ago and for the most part it doesn't bother me but if I move into certain positions it is uncomfortable like a pulled muscle and has not gone away. Any advice? Thanks!
Thanks for the video!
Strained my chest muscle two days ago rock climbing. It's still a bit sore to the touch (mostly near the armpit), but the pain has reduced significantly. When should I begin massaging and stretching during the healing process? So far, I've been trying to just rest and ice as much as possible.
Also, any advice on how long to wait before lap swimming, or how should my muscle feel before swimming again?
Great, thank you!
Back in December I tore my chest and a slight tear of the labrum. MRI only picked up on the labrum tear so I got surgery for that and I'm currently doing physical therapy for it, so I didn't know it was a pec tear until recently. When i lift my arms to my side sticking straight out ,and have them parallel, the outer part of the chest that connects to the front delt/ armpit area is sunk in. Could I rehab that or would you think surgery would be better? thanks for any help!
I pulled my chest muscle climbing a tree back in March. It has been like two months but it still hurts sometimes. I have been massaging it and icing it and putting heating pads on my chest and taking pills. I'm scared its something worse, what do it do?
And I'm only 10 so my dad said it will take around a week or two to heal, but it has been two months since my injury.
How would I know if I have a grade 3 pectoral tear? I don't have bruising but o my gosh does it hurt and causes a burning feeling through out my chest... I was at work one day on the ladder getting a box of apples off the top shelf (I'm 4'8 & 90 lbs) the box had to weigh half my weight or more... Anyways my arms were above my head to reach it, all the weight was on my chest muscles to get it down... It hurt a bit after I got it down but as a female body builder I just thought I'm a beast and that I would feel better in a day or two... Its now been 2 weeks and it still hurts!!!! Bad too!!! I feel like my breast are swollen, they are also tender to the touch... Breathing is hard to do, as is coughing or even bending over to tie my shoes is painful... My pain tolerance is extremely high, like kidney stones since I was 7 years old and a broken wrist in 3 places (didn't tell my parents till the next day) so when I say something is wrong and I'm in pain, it's for real! So how would I know and what should I do?
10 yr old girl here. I was at skyline for my brother's party. (Skyzone is a big trampoline arena) and I jumped to shoot a basketball in the hoop and all of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in the center bottom of my chest... what do I do??
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could a torn or strained pec muscle cause pain when I breathe?