Do you feel pain when you take a full breath? Or is more like you feel like you're under water or have something heavy on your chest when taking a deep breath? That is what I felt when I had costo. In fact, I thought I had walking pneumonia. The doctor I went to, diagnosed costo, after finding out that I had injured my ribcage a few weeks earlier. She said that even if the pain goes away, the repetitive movements I was doing (reaching for books on a high shelves over my head) caused the inflammation. She recommended nsaids for 3 weeks. It worked for me, but when my daughter developed costo. from a playground fall, she couldn't take nsaids because she has von wilebrands and since she has trouble clotting (she will clot, but it takes a while) anything that thins the blood is not good for her to take. We found The Arnica Rub by NatraBio and used that on her.

I cannot recommend The Arnica Rub by NatraBio. That stuff is amazing. It has helped my daughter heal both times when she developed costo. Just rub the lotion on liberally where it's painful 2-3 times a day for a couple of weeks. If it flairs up after that, just start using it again. I recently slipped and fell on a pile of cobblestones chasing after one of my cats (I don't know what I was thinking, running after that silly cat). I got a nasty bruise and abrasion on my side on the ribcage. I used uniquity's deep tissue healing oil for a few days to help with the bruising. A few weeks later after the abrasion had healed, my side started getting very painful. I applied the arnica lotion and within 15 minutes, the pain was about 80-90% relieved to being only tender. I've tried other arnica products before and the NatraBio The Rub is the one that I'll continue to use. I've always got at least 2 bottles on hand at all times.


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I too had my gallbladder removed and now have sterum pain and pain on my right side. The surgeon had told my husband that he really had to move things around and that I would be quite sore. My breathing has also changed since the surgery. My breathing is just like you described shortness of breath and also like breathing with the feeling of something on your chest. I had an EKG done which was normal and they diagnosed me with possibly an ulcer or esophagitis. I'm still having the pain in my sternum off and on. I'm going to see my doctor again next Tuesday and I'm going to mention the costochondritis to her. My ribs on my right side have bothered me since the surgery and my husband can press on my ribs and boy does it hurt. Hopefully I can get to the bottom of it.