Sore pectoral (I think)

[Catrin]

Trying to figure out if there is something I can due to ease soreness from a fall today. I had a mild endo on the mountain bike trail (dastardly front brake) and while I am fine, I do have some soreness/pain on my right side. I THINK it is my pectoral - deep breathing causes some muscular discomfort in the area on the right side of my right breast. Raising my arm causes some mild discomfort and lifting something with that arm causes a little more. It isn't my ribs and it isn't a sharp/stabbing pain.

It could also be that my fall bruised some breast tissue, I am fairly well endowed and it is possible that the impact simply pis*ed off my breast.

Normally I would RICE, but does ice make sense? Has anyone else dealt with this? I will try ice to see if that helps, it is just hard to see how ice will help if it is the pectoral, my girls do present quite a barrier...

Just trying to do what I can to decrease soreness tomorrow - and my camping/mtb trip starts Monday.

It was a fun ride - both before AND after the partial endo

[indysteel]

Ice and some NSAIDs sound like a logical place to start IMO.

[Catrin]

Ice and some NSAIDs sound like a logical place to start IMO.

Yep, starting there. I am hoping at this point it is simply sore breast tissue, cause I can't see how ice can help me' pecs since they have so much...padding

I've learned the best way to ice whatever currently needs addressing is to mix water and rubbing alcohol in a ziplock baggie and freeze that. It takes some experimenting to get the right percentage, but when it is done properly it creates an icy slush that molds nicely around whatever body part is sore. This works much nicer than ice cubes.

[indysteel]

I have a pack that I bought years ago at CVS that basically contains an icy sludge and is covered by a soft, removable cloth that serves the same purpose. In a pinch, frozen peas work nicely, too.

[Catrin]

I have a pack that I bought years ago at CVS that basically contains an icy sludge and is covered by a soft, removable cloth that serves the same purpose. In a pinch, frozen peas work nicely, too.

I keep the icy sludge frozen just in case Hopefully things will be more calm tomorrow after doing what I can. Leaning over does cause more discomfort, and poking around does find soreness, but for the life if me I can't figure out if it is muscular or tissue. I don't know that it really matters or changes how to treat it.

[OakLeaf]

drift ...

The commercial cold packs are made from a chuffier plastic than ziploc bags, and work nicely to keep food cold as well. I'd hesitate to toss a ziploc full of rubbing alcohol into a cooler of food, or even beer.

/drift


Hope you feel better soon.

[Catrin]

drift ...

The commercial cold packs are made from a chuffier plastic than ziploc bags, and work nicely to keep food cold as well. I'd hesitate to toss a ziploc full of rubbing alcohol into a cooler of food, or even beer.

/drift

I wouldn't do that either - it only lives on a shelf in my freezer to be handy for times like this. I am really hoping I didn't actually crack a rib, the more active I am the more I notice it - but that would make sense for muscle or tissue strain as well. Not much they can do for any of it though, and I think it would hurt more if it were an actual cracked rib. I will know more in the morning I think.

The ride AFTER Limewave helped me to get up was the best ever on that trail

[Catrin]

It's not the pec - I think it is actually my obliques, but I don't think I broke anything either as that would surely hurt much more. It seems to be a combination of sore breast tissue, obliques and back muscles (on both sides) and ice seems to help the chest.

It is also much better than it was, but I think it will take some time to go away completely. Very thankful it wasn't worse. I did a test yesterday and can do pushups and planks with no additional pain - I think if there were anything to be concerned about that wouldn't be possible - and neither would I have been able to have my best mountain bike ride ever after that fall. I don't THINK I am ignoring a real injury here. Not that I would ever do that

Ok, I've got my fall out of the way for July, glad I have THAT out of the way before next week