Thread: ouch... my back
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Old 04-15-2008, 10:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
Chaseg1520

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Originally Posted by dfoster View Post
Sorry to hear that. You could have just over strained your intercostal muscles - the ones that expand your ribs when you inhale. I had an episode years ago that felt like I was having a heart attack but the hospital said it was just an inflammation of the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles from working out. They say if you learn to breath with your belly, you can avoid all that because you won't use your intercostal muscles to breathe anymore, but I haven't tried it.
Yeah I suck at breathing with my belly so I definitely need to work on that.
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