Last week I thought I'd take my training a bit easier as I was doing a half marathon at the weekend.Went on the elliptical trainer at the gym. Had slight twinge in an intercostal muscle whilst on machine.Then OK for next 2 days. The day of the race,felt slight twinge again whilst driving to the race;ignored it,felt no pain during the race. Then that evening and for last 3 days suffered excruciating pain on every inspiration,cough, sneeze etc! Now pain is subsiding, very wary of elliptical trainers now!!!
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Don't let it put you off using the elliptical trainer, though, if it's otherwise an important part of your cross-training. After all, if we all stopped running whenever we pulled a muscle, what would become of this forum?
Intercostal muscle is what you're eating when you have barbecued spare ribs.
Glad I came across this thread. I was out running in the wee hours last night and put a bit of a pace on to finish.
As soon as I stopped I got a sharp pain on the left side of my chest. Thought I was done for! Except it only hurt when I breathed in hard or tried to cough.. other than that I felt fine - no shortness of breath or dizziness.
Took my pulse and BP when I got home. Both fine. Bent over to take my trainers off and got the pain again.
Thought it had to be muscular, but this thread has confirmed it. I could actually narrow it down to a pain between two ribs. Was scary as hell for a minute or two though!
I think having not done anything for years (and stopping smoking a year ago) this extra effort is straining musckes I didn't even know I had.
Have sprained another intercostal muscle couple days ago doing track sprint intervals. Did google search and came across this thread that I started 9 years ago! Well that original spain was only painful for a few days, hope the latest one is equally unproblematic. Pain is inbetween lower right ribs and have had sharp stabbing pains that have nearly put me on the deck!