My chest started hurting after i finished working my arms and shoulders. its kinda hard to take a deep breath.

Question

i was working on my shoulders.

i did 3 ssets of 5.

right after i was finished my chest started hurting

and now i cant take a deep breath or lift or lower my left arm without feeling pain in my chest

Answer 1

you probably over did it and your muscles need to rest. if the breathing difficulties persist go to the ER to be safe. a strain can initiate a heart attack if you dont know you have a heart condition.

Answer 2

You may have injured one of your ribs. See, if your ribs are injured, everytime you take a deep breath it would hurt. Go to the doc and he'll probably do xrays.

Answer 3

You've pulled a muscle.  Anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Aleve, will help both the pain and speed the healing.  No pain, no gain is BS.  If you hurt yourself, you're working out too hard -- too much weight lifting, etc.

Pain that increases with deep breathing is not heart related.