Leg Press Injury

[weener lad]

Hi all,

I was banging out a heavy set of Leg Press this avo and on the 4th rep felt what can only be described as a POP (follow pain) on my lower left hand rib cage.

Pain is situated just under lower left hand rib and slightly under the rib. Any tension on my core causes pain and deep breathing also causes pain.

I'm thinking it may be either a popped rib or cartlidge but any help or advice would be good.

Cheers

WL

[MARS]

I've had this too or something similar. I went heavy with Barbell Rows and felt a click on my left side. Afterwards whenever I inhaled deeply it felt like a sharp bit of rib was poking me. I couldn't twist my upper body without feeling this stabbing pain in my ribcage.

I never saw a doctor and eventually it went away. Thoracic extension can cause it to flare up again to a small degree :shrug:

[nate225]

Cartilage or intercostal muscle tear.

Ribs are slow to heal so get it checked out & hit physio ASAP!

[weener lad]

Cartilage or intercostal muscle tear.

Ribs are slow to heal so get it checked out & hit physio ASAP!

Cheers fella. Bruising has started to come out already so will head off to the Doc in the next couple of days.

[nate225]

Cartilage or intercostal muscle tear.

Ribs are slow to heal so get it checked out & hit physio ASAP!

Cheers fella. Bruising has started to come out already so will head off to the Doc in the next couple of days.

Bruising - sounds like muscle rather than cartilage?

[olympia]

Had th exact thing happen to me mate on the leg press in the exact place. The doc showed me a pic in a book and theres muscle attached to bone that has torn away or something . Gave me painkillers and took 2 months to come right again

[weener lad]

Yeah bruising has shown up on my Serratus and Mrs Weener has convinced me to go see someone. Will report back with the findings.

Thanks for all the help lads.

[Shutupandsquat]

Could have fractured or broken something. It's happened before to a guy I know, but it hopefully isn't the same fate. It happened to him because his feet were too close together on leg press so that may have been a causal factor.

[severe]

Intercostal, probably. I had one of those injuries, and it hurt for over a week. tears between the ribs feel like a rib has cracked.

[muscle99]

Posted

Bad luck man.

Never jump straight into pushing your maximum, always have a warmup set (s).

Limit your range of motion if need be.