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Re-aggravated old ribcage injury
Topic Started: Nov 19 2006, 02:41 AM (261 Views)
Hoss Fuentes

It's an old thing that never healed I guess. The pain is located on the right side in the front of the ribcage down near the floating rib. Everytime I try to Deadlift over 400lbs I hear a crack or a pop and I hurt a little bit (2-3 out of 10) for a few days if I don't squat or pull anything from the floor and the injured feeling goes away in about 3 weeks. If I push it though, look out. It can get as bad as a cracked rib with pain breathing, walking, sitting etc.

I'm just coming back after a 5+ year layoff and thought it had gone away. I was wrong.

Any thoughts on what it might be and if I can ever deadlift heavy again?
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Jamie
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Honestly, I'd go to a doctor, man. Have you?
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MaxPower
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2nd what Jamie said. Something hasn't healed right.


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Hoss Fuentes

Thanks for the replies. I'm not avoiding the doc, I just don't know what an MD can do for something like this. You can't throw a cast around it and meds aren't really going to help. In fact, it's not really a big deal. I can squat, OHP, PP, powerclean, sprint and do pullups and dips full-bore (for me) without any re-aggravation. Hell, I can even box and take body shots ok. That's enough for everyone and if I can't deadlift heavy anymore, eh. I guess I was just hoping someone had experienced it and there was some way around it or there was something I was doing wrong that was the cause.

Oh yeah, I'm pretty tall and I was doing a clean style dead with a very low starting position. I rekon the compression from that is what's causing the problem. I'm gonna give it one more go in a month or two with a PL style higher hips type start and see if that helps.

Great site, by the way.
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Caber McJock
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I agree
It would be a good idea to a least have it diagnosed though.
Maybe try front squats and sumo pulls, you're more upright on those.
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Hoss Fuentes

I think you're 100% right about the fronts. Sumo? Meh.

Now that I think about it, I had it sort of diagnosed after it happened. A guy put his head right on the spot when I was laying out to tip the ball back to our number 8 during my final match. I heard the same crack/pop then. It was much worse, I couldn't breathe without 6-7 out of 10 pain for weeks. It healed up fine after that and a doc looked at it later while he was checking out my knee and thought the rib hadn't broken but that I probably tore some cartilage between the ribs. I guess I just have a perm weak link there.
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GrantB
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Could be costal chondritis. I was looking into this when I had my problems with the xiphoid process.

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic487.htm
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Hoss Fuentes

Much Appreciated, Grant!! That sounds like exactly what I have. I just wish the suggested treatment was better than "stay away from what done it". I'm gonna do the fronts and give the ol' PL high-hips DL a try after the symptoms go to zero.
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MaxPower
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I had it sort of diagnosed after it happened. A guy put his head right on the spot when I was laying out to tip the ball back to our number 8 during my final match.

Never had that exam before.
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Hoss Fuentes

This is the guy who did the exam. He's fucking brilliant!!

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