hard chest workout yesterday.... hurts to breathe today, anyone?

[blown93302]

i had a killer chest workout yesterday and last night i couldnt even sleep. eveytime i breathe my pecs/chest hurts. i am on test/eq/dbol so im hoping that its not any of those. it only hurts when i breathe so im guessing its not my hear either. anyone have this heppen to them, or can give advice? thinking about stoping dbol too... let me know what you think.

 

[reconnect]

im sure you just over done your pure pecs but if it could ease your mind go get your bp taken take it easy haow loong have you been lifting for?

 

[blown93302]

thanks bro. lifting for around 3 years, and im 2 weeks into first cycle. my strength has really gone up fast, so i think i should just take my lifts slower......

 

[Japanese machine]

r u bouncing the weight off your chest?

 

[MikeyLikesJuice]

not good bro, you may have pulled a muscle around the heart, I would take it easy for a few days, my friend said the same thing you are saying and ended up in the hospital, hope everything is ok

 

[blown93302]

thanks for the concern guys, but im fine today. went away this morning. think i just took it too hard. and i use dumbells so no i didnt bounce.

now i have another problem though... seems like i have water in my left knee.. its really puffy..... anyone experience this????

 

[MadCow1]

Pain in chest is a collapsed lung.

Knee will have to be amputated.

Bummer

 

[blown93302]

Pain in chest is a collapsed lung.

Knee will have to be amputated.

lol, thanks for the encouragement!!!!!! im really worried about my knee though... i think its an infection. hope not though....

 

[Bobber]

Same shit happened to me when I first started working out. Not stretching and having dirty form is what lead to the pain. The doc told me to stretch and the discomfort went away with in days. Try it out bro.

 

[saltlick]

The knee propblem is most likely swelling secondary to spraining/straining the tendons/ligaments of the joint capsule. These are just micro-tears, and should heal if you let them. Tendons and ligaments do not strengthen as quickly as muscles (especially on juice), and can be damaged by lifting beyond their capacity, even if it didn't feel like you hurt the muscle. A general rule of thumb, ice the injury for the 1st 24-48 hours, and then apply heat. The ice slows down the circulation, and therefore slows down the swelling process. After about 2 days, most of the swelling that will take place already has, so use heat to increase the circulation, and speed up the removal of the excess interstitial fluid. Again, it should heal if you let it - don't stress it until it quits hurting, or the tears will expand. If the swelling doesn't go away, you may need to get the knee drained, and that hurts, so try to let it heal. Also take ibuprofen (motrin, advil), 600-800mg (3-4 pills) every 6 hours with food. Even if it doesn't hurt but is swollen, the ibu has great anti-inflammatory properties, and will speed up your recovery.

As for your chest pain, it was definitely not heart-related. Angina (pain felt when the heart is deprived of oxygen/blood flow or other damage) does not get worse or better with respirations, or with pushing/stretching the chest. It can sometimes get worse with exertion, so if it hurts a little while sitting down, but more when you do anything streuous, it may be cardiac. I know you said it was better today, just thought I'd throw that out there to you.