Aaron1204

Hi peeps,

I noticed somethin wrong with my ribcage recently (don't laugh or take the piss cos I'm quite concerned) in that i have a large 'dip' where my heart is, and the left hand side goes 'in' rather than 'out'. And my shoulder blade at the back (same side) sticks out further than the other one. It's almost as though something has hit me so hard that it's dented my ribs on the left hand side, and poked my shoulder blade out at the back

Anyway, I went to the doc's and he was quite concerned and today i have to got to the hospital to have x-rays. After the results come back I then have to be reffered to a specialist.

What I'm askin is, is you ribcage completley simetrical? or kinda different each side? The main problem I have is that my heart is literally JUST beneath the dip to the point that you can see it beating through my skin!

So whats yours like? and please gimme serious replies cos it is kinda worrying me at the moment

CabrioTurbo

ive got an 'ill chest' as my mates call it! it goes in a bit in the middle.. nothing to wory about..

Aaron1204

how d'ya mean? where doews it go in? have you had it checked out?

jamieslittleracer

most people can see their heart beating thats nothing to worry about

sometimes if you have had an injury, your mucles can pull your bones out of line. which will mean that yourshoulder blade may be pulled out of line and stuck out,, this can also mean ur rib cage can be twisted slightly too, as the bones are not fixed as you think. there are fibrous joints between them...
the shoulder girdle (where the shoulder blade meets the main bit of the body) is not a very stable joint and is held by muscles... if u do a lot of work that is biased to one side of your body this might affect teh positioning of the scapulas too,

dont worry too much hun, you will be fine!!! im not saying thats whats wrong, but it was something we were looking at in my physio lecture the other day

Aaron1204

Thanks Katie, so you reckon it's nothin to worry about? I'm hoping the x-rays will come back ok, surely if there was a major problem with it I would know about it right?

CabrioTurbo

my chest goes 'in' in the middle.. ie just under my pectoral flab oops i mean musclues! ive been the doctors.. he laughed and said there was nothing to worry about.. hope hes right.
Yours sound a little diferent however.. has it allways been like that?

Ive seen a few people with 'ill chests' there was this one guy on ultimate fighting championship (bravo 11pm weekends ) who had the WHOLE of his pectoral muscle/ribcage missing/dented in.. looked propper wrong!
he was still standing and fighting! and actually won!

Max

one of my ribs sticks out further than the rest. Bottom left one

But then I can see most of my ribs. Think i need to put on a bit of weight really

MadMac

Go girl with ya med talk

jamieslittleracer

med talk!! tehehe, that was as simple as i could make it.. i could put it into physio speak but i think i might as well write it in french tehehe, but im sure pet will be shocked at my french!!!

basically: dont stress you skeleton isnt as rigid as you think and it can be moved and pulled by muscles etc.... so dont fret till the specialist tells u what is up.

best of luck xx

AndyRST

Aaron, forget the doctors check up, check your life insurance




p.s on a serious note, does it hurt, if not then im sure its fine

M K

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[quote="AndyRST"]Aaron, forget the doctors check up, check your life insurance

ur soooo cruel



bet its nothing mate,,,, ur healthy until proven otherwise

PhilM

My ribs are fine n symetrical, but i also have a large "dip" where my breatbone is.....nowhere near my heart tho, tho i can see it beating...lol

Jamz

A friend of mine had a huge dip in his chest/rip cage. He had to have an OP to break his rips and rejoin them with titanium pins

Something along those lines anyway.

foreigneRS

you lot sound like freaks

seriously though, my pelvis goes out of line sometimes and gives me back trouble, or my shoulder blade goes out somehow. the chiropractor soons sorts it out though with a push of the knee and a pull of the shoulder or whatever.

wouldn't worry about it, but get some pics up so we can laugh at your freakish body

Aaron1204

Thants exactly what I DON'T want!!!

I'm hoping and prayin that it's nothin, thanks for the advice, i'll let you know what happens at the hospital, jeez you got me worried now

Jamz, when you say a HUGE dip, define huge......

mine is a good 2-3cm shallower on my left side than my right just about where me heart is

CabrioTurbo

search on yahoo for PECTUS EXCAVATUM look at the pics.. thats what mine looks like! just not quite as ill as some of the freaks on there!

Aaron1204

mine don't look like that, its a much shallower dip to the left of where theirs is, it certainly don't look as severe as their's!!

Thats made me feel a bit bettta actually, I'm hoping it's nothin and I can lead a normal life

ain't takin my shirt off no more tho

CabrioTurbo

propper ill arent they! i look at them ithen look at me and realise mine aint really that bad at all!

Aaron1204

and in answer to andy's question, it don't hurt at all, not a sausage

Aaron1204

Cabrio, you had anythin done to yours or have ya just left it?

Stavros

Freaks, the lot of ya

On a side note if Katie (Jamieslittleracer) needs her chest checking, i want that job

adamS2RST

Saw that Phil, looked mank didn't it, he was one hard fooker tho

ImaRacing 700

Dont worry mate...Rainbird has an ingrowing cock...imagine having pubes longer than your John Thomas...i gottagive it to him though...he holds it with 4 fingers..unfortunately he pisses over 3

andyescos

AFPMSL at Boschman,
Ref the ingrowing breatbone thing, I wouldn't worry as over the years it will of all smoothed its self out inside, lots of people have what we call a sunken chest and if there are complications then it's only your skeletal system that needs "modifying", it could be alot worse, but I wouldn't really worry.
the human body is amazing , and take it from me, it can take alot of problems, good luck buddy but you don't need it, you'll be fine,
Andy

Aaron1204

Thanks Andy, just waitin for my x-rays to get to the doc's now, then it's on to the specialist dude. Hopefully it's nowt, i'm hopin he'll just laugh at me and tell me to stop being such a girl