chest pain is not always something terrible.

[gordie1]

Hi there i have been having left sided chest pain for months and every time convinced it was a heart attack, angina or a puimonary embolism. I went to see an oestopath privately and I was told I have an impingment of my left shoulder and he explained that all the muscles in that area were going to be affected so I have been greatly reassured. Left sided chest pain does not always mean something terrible. Who would have thought that insignificant things like muscles could cause pain !!

[Tilly2]

Sometimes my muscles cause me terrible pain!

[stokemaveric]

i wouldnt call muscles '' insignificant things''....as your discomfort and worry over the recent months will testify...

[wardlaw]

How can muscles be insignificant? Without them you couldn't move.

[lcg]

oh, they do gordie, they do. i crumpled my back this morning and have been in agony all day....it is easing a little now, though. mr kicker had left sided chest pain and it turned out to be pleurisy. he is still recovering now, after 5 weeks x

[boxtops]

Did you not go to your doctor with those pains, before you saw the osteopath, gordie? You could have had your mind put at rest months ago.

[Jeza]

Trapped wind causes terrible pain. Once you know what is causing the pain you stop worrying.

[lcg]

it took mr kicker 3 weeks before he went to the doctor (despite persistent nagging from me) x

[stokemaveric]

jeza without wanting to sound patronising that is a common misconception ''trapped wind'' is very often a heart attack...and dont forget the heart itself is a ''muscle''...

[lcg]

great post, stoke! x

[Jeza]

Is the heart not also a pump. I appreciate what you're saying stoke but I was told I had trapped wind.

[vulcan]

Can I just throw this into the mix? When I had my heart attack there was no pain.

[MASS1961]

result, nice!

[Jemisa]

I would still go to my GP for a check-up and get an x-ray done too.
From someone who knows. Gordie.

Jem

[islasmum]

In the 70s, my OH was an ambulance man (pre paramedics), and he told me that he used to dread call outs on a Sunday pm, because so many people scoffed a Sunday roast and then sat down, developed indigestion which they then thought was a heart attack, so called an ambulance. Hope you feel well now gordie.

[Robinia]

That's true gordie but on the other side I ignored chest pain for some time...yes, I know, very foolish...I never imaged it would be my heart, I have a painful condition called fibromyalgia so I put it down to that. When I finally felt very ill and went to the doc it turned out I did have a heart problem...now thankfully ok.
It's always best to have chest pain checked out.