Oh no... Not again??
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Hi... I posted quite a bit before Christmas due to the severe pain I was in for 16 weeks non stop, day in day out. Doctors guessed at costochondritis.
I woke up one morning and by dinner time realised I'd had absolutely no pain all day! This went on for the whole of the Christmas and New year period.
Over the last 3 days I have felt the tenderness in my ribs and knawing back pain starting to return, not as bad as it was before but sometimes very uncomfortable. Is this what costo does.. Comes and goes? Am I likely to be set with this for life now?
I hope you all managed to have a lovely festive period and pain didn't ruin it too much for you x
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joanne78005 Elmo79
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yes normal i am pain free now but opposite to you i had flare up xmas but we did allot of travelling and stress on my body i am doing a diary as i am very fit do allot yoga dofferent types and i did ariel yoga yesterday but my teacher told me not to do inversion i am 57 so i prob over do .
I do beleive this condition you get flare up mainly when life is hectic busy but again we all individuals with this condition here my symptoms ...
knot in shoulder blade radiates tightness up side neck ,dull ache down arm then i get like a dull gnaw ache pain through chest wall through breast and in ribs all on left side which is what concerns me even though had tests its unpleasent and cause health anxeity . these forum great for support when you get these flare up x
Elmo79 joanne78005
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Thankyou Joanne. Glad to hear you are pain free at the moment, hope it stays that way!
MikeyNWCT Elmo79
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Perhaps you were more relaxed and focused on different things around the holidays. I've found stress plays a major role. Also, a full nights sleep as a HABIT is extremely important to living with this. You cant "make up" sleep by sleeping in late one or two days. its a lifestyle change. Drop everything and go to bed. It does come and go. I feel like I have bouts of it where its worse. Its a miserable condition. Stress is a killer. Do whatever it takes to rid your life of it if you have any.
janet94391 Elmo79
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Hi Emma this is what I am going through , started in February 2019 had it until about June felt much better than wham it came back by August lasted until end of September , I was so much better through to beginning January 2020 , stupid me picked up a shopping basket did not buy much than it came back had a bad day yesterday but seems better today , rule of thumb try not to lift , stretch, or bend much . I do a lot of walking and because I cant cycle now ( frightened the bike is to heavy or will fall off ) I have bought an exercise bike I just use it twice a day for 10 minutes and not push the handle bars up and down yet . I see on the internet exercises for this condition so I may gently try them .