Help guys, My sternum has been in pain for like 6 months. Even after stopping doing anything to aggravate it for like a month, the pain is still there.I think I originally injured it doing dragon flags or dips. Can't remember exactly.Now I went back to doing dips because the pain is not severe, but there is definitely sternum pain. Just like an aching feeling more than a sharp feeling.But it's annoying because I feel it all day (like when I lay on my back or move it in a weird way).What can I do to fix my damn sternum so I can go all out on dips again??? I used to be able to do them without sternum pain...
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>>76948246>Just like an aching feeling more than a sharp feeling.I get this all the time all over (elbows, shoulder, wrist, and neck/traps mainly). Just ignore it. Sometimes they go away in a week or two, sometimes it takes months. Never had any progress into an actual injury though, nothing ever happens.
>>76948246>My sternum>>76946254u have wrong anatomy for this movement>what is wrong with my anatomy?nothing, it's normal for humans to have wrong anatomy for "pressing" with retracted shoulders and elbows even further behind shoulders - pecs gets wrapped around ribcage and as weight goes up pectoralis partially unwraps from ribcage - pecs get injured from that sudden joltmuscle doesn't work properly cause it's dragged and pulled over bone and jolted when it's apparent length increases suddenly when elbows go forward in dips bench and flies how to remedy? stop working pecs with retracted shoulders and elbows behind your ears lol shoulder must be protracted and elbows must be in front of you wanna get huge with bench? roid A LOT and bench with protracted shoulders, quarter range of motion and back flat on the bench like jay cutlerhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/vc1d9UNqzdY> why do i need to roid a lotu wanna build pecs beore u get injured too badly :Dlack of shoulder retraction allows pecs to work somewhat in bench> and what do u do for pecs?it's a pull with protracted shoulder, haven't worked pecs recently directly - they be done with biceps for meearlier i've been doing pulldown with protracted shoulder for pecs - i find that shoulder protraction disengages lats to large degree, i came up with it because climbers get pecs that way - they almost never retract shouldersso it's a pulldown to the opposite leg and the biceps thingie? sitting, arm as if it was on a sling, shoulder protracted but down, thoracic extension, powerband hooked below so that it's 45 degs to vertical, pull BACK AND UP BUT WITHOUT LOSING SCAPULAR/SPINAL POSITIONING, and i am not holding anything, rubber is looped on supinated forearm, this does especially upper pecs, and when i stop moving elbow and start moving shoulder up it's awesome for upper traps as well, truly combine harvester of an isometric hold, but there needs to be mindful control of spine and scapula
>>76948246>I think I originally injured it doing dragon flags or dips.Its from dips, lay off of them for a while. Look up "costochondritis Backpod" on youtube. Some doctor found the reason for the chest pain. Backpod is like $50 but you could probably get away with using a tennis ball. I bought the item and it helped me immensely. I stopped doing dips and haven't touched them again but the issue is form or too heavy.
>>76948246Inflammation of the muscle lining or ligaments.
>>76948246costochondritis. had that for two years. try to crack your sternum, it will give you a bit of relief but it won't last. it doesn't need to be an injury that causes it. for me it was my old matress. the pain disappeared a week afterwards.otherwise it can be caused by an imbalance of your chest and upper back strength. stretch your pecs and up the training volume on your upper back
>>76948661after getting a new mattress duh
