I m a 32 woman. I have a healthy lifestyle. I do not smoke or drink. But for the last week or more my chest Bone hurts and occasionally pops. I also have pain around my heart and shoulder blades and sometimes my neck, like I am tensed up. It comes and goes. It usually worsens when I sit down and rest. I feel good and then I don t.
Damage to connective tissue of one or more joints located adjacent to spine, where the ribs attach to vertebrae, usually during end of range bending, twisting, side bending, arching or lifting movements or combinations of these forces. Typically, causes one-sided upper back pain that may occasionally radiate along the ribs as far as the chest. Pain may increase with certain movements of the spine (particularly rotation or side bending), during deep breathing, coughing or sneezing and on firmly touching the affected rib adjacent to its attachment to the spine. Occasionally there may be no upper back pain, with only symptoms along the ribs, in the chest or down the affected arm. Pins and needles or numbness are occasionally present in the chest or affected arm or hand. Symptoms often increase with repetitive or prolonged sitting (especially slouched sitting or during computer use), bending, lifting, shoulders forwards activities, coughing or sneezing and are often worse first thing in the morning.