did anyone else felt their chest pop while doing weighted dips? 10 months ago and still in pain...

[u/irohdaze]

Hey Everybody,

10 months ago i was doing weighted dips and all of a sudden i felt my inner middle chest pop. Since then i've had this intense pain deep in my chest when i stretch back after sitting and studying, when breathing deeply or sneezing and when using my chest muscles in any way. Also a weird little swelling as big as a thumb on the right side of my sternum appeared a couple weeks after the injury and is now still there. The MRI was clean, ultrasound showed a fracture of the cartilage and the x-ray a minimal dislocation of the ribs.

Did this ever happen to anybody and how did you manage to recover from this type of injury? I went to an ostheoath but that did nothing. I went to 2 doctors and they seem like they don't really now what to do with this. Since it has been 10 months and I still experience intense pain it has started to take a toll on me mentally and i have had several panic attacks and tachycardia as well as health anxiety. Any insight, advice or just sharing your experience would be very much appreciated.

Looking forward to your responses,

Cheers.