A member asked:

After doing many pushups, my 16 year old son feels pain on the upper right side of his sternum. physical conditioning is excellent. costochondritis?

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Soreness: Muscle/tendon soreness at insertion on pectoralis muscles. He's fine. Don't take anything for it (will only establish symptom-pill pattern he'll continue as adult). Don't do pushups until soreness is gone.

Answered 5/5/2016

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