Chest and abdominal pains are musculoskeletal in some places, and the cause of the pain may be structures in the abdominal or chest area, but also, with reflective pain, the muscles of the back and the joint structures of the spine and ribs. You can read more about these here.
In the case of thoracic spine ailments, it is important to specify whether it is an acute situation caused by a disease, trauma or a stress-related musculoskeletal disorder.
Fractures occur relatively easily in the gaits, but in general, the clinician's accurate history takes, distinguishes these from stress-related ones.
Typically, the pain in the chest area is quite localized and pungent. The movement or breathing of the upper body may feel tedious. Pain in the sternum area is commonly caused either by the back, or by irritation / inflammation of the rib and the cartilage structure attached to it, which is commonly found in more than one cartilage structure. If the cartilage structure that attaches to the sternum is to blame, the ailment is called cotochondritis.
Similarly, if the ailment is localized in one of the cartilaginous ligaments in the sternum, then this is called Tieze syndrome.
Both are treated with stress control and painkillers, but manual therapy can also be helpful in relieving tension states.
In addition to joint and cartilage structures, irritation in the chest area can be caused by overloading of the intercostal muscles
The problems of the abdominal muscles that we treat are mainly focused on the mothers who have given birth and the separation of their abdominal muscles. You can read more about pregnancy massage here.
In some places, strains and tears also produce work. Jenni Aaltonen focuses on these ailments
