A strained sternum? How the heck?

[crazycanuck]

I had a sterniclavicular (sp??) dislocation last year round this time

Sleep upright & try to use your core to move. It eventually works with a bit of practice.

TrickyT-same for me.

[bullitgirl]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate everyone's feedback. As I promised, I want to let you know how going to the doc went. I went for a meds check with a doc I use for holistic healing. He is an MD. I told him what had happened, so he palpated the area and having had experience with this type of injury, told me that I had strained and maybe even tore some soft tissue where the first, second, and third ribs meet the sternum on the left side. He gave me some muscle relaxers and told me to take naproxen (I have a bunch of that on hand) and use some Therma-Care pads to provide heat to the area at night when I am sleeping. I already sleep sitting up most of the night because of reflux and my chest tells me all about it if I try to roll on my side. I do have a nice Diamondback Recumbant bike at home and will be using it. The place I work is participating in the Walktober fitness program this month, so I am walking a lot too. Tonight we did take one of the dogs for a walk. They are Airedales and too big for me to handle with this strain, so my husband walks the dog and I walk with. I actually slept pretty good last night and am looking forward to going to Charleston, SC next week for vacation. We will be doing lots of walking there too.

I have been a bike fanatic since I was 13 yrs. old and bought my first bike. I lived on it. I rode off and on until the day my husband discovered cycling. I got into it with him for a while and got a couple of nice bikes. He doesn't ride much anymore and after dealing with back problems and having my fitness dwindle away, I made a commitment to get back in the saddle and commute to work. I have been loving that, especially the energy I get from being in better shape and the part about not contributing to pollution. I need to pick a photo to go under my "handle". I'll try to get one loaded when we get back from vacation.