The good news is that (other than the pain) it is completely harmless.
The way it always felt to me is like someone wrapped a small wire around something tender in my chest, and if I tried to breathe or straighten my posture, they would yank on it. I’d get it anywhere from a couple times a week to once a month. Then one day in my mid-30s it just stopped.
From what I understand this is relatively common. I was so grateful for the person on reddit who dropped this nugget of wisdom several years ago. It was nice to know I wasn’t dying or whatever.
Crazy this just popped io as I just started experiencing something like this just this week.
We moved our living took around and the way the couch is positioned I tend to lay on my left side and propr myself up on my elbow.
Recently when I do this and breathe in I get a sharp pain right where the arrow is in the picture.
I have to stand up and breathe through it for it to stop. After a few occurrences, I noticed that if I press in the area it’s mildly soar. I have to really feel for it to find it.
I have no other breathing problems so it really scared me that I had a broken rib. Although I haven’t done anything that could have broken my rib.