Chest pain
Pain caused by connective tissue can also manifest itself in the breast area. Tension and overloading of the chest muscles can damage the surrounding connective tissue and make it sticky, rigid and contract. This not only causes severe pain, but also enormous restriction of the mobility of the breast.
This is above all a decisive and significant incision in the breathing process. Since the pain depends on the degree of tension and the mobility of the chest during breathing is not smooth due to the adhesions of the connective tissue, patients often breathe in only to a very limited extent in order to escape the pain. The stabbing pains in the chest also often lead to a feeling of fear or anxiety, which makes patients feel even more insecure and burdensome.
Therapy
There are several options available for the treatment of pain caused by damage to and adhesion of the connective tissue. If the connective tissue has already been stuck together and contracted over a longer period of time, simple movement or light exercises are often not sufficient to loosen the hardened structures. However, the connective tissue and the fasciae can be mobilized relatively well by applying targeted pressure at certain points.
As a result, the connective tissue becomes more supple and gains more mobility, possible sensations of discomfort subside and disappear and the muscles, which are surrounded by the connective tissue, relax and gain freedom of movement. This can be achieved by a specific physiotherapeutic treatment or massages. A special fascial training adapted to the symptoms is also useful for treatment, since light and not very strenuous stretching exercises also relieve tension and contractions and provide more mobility.
If these exercises are repeated daily, this not only improves mobility, but also relieves pain in the long term and prevents incorrect posture and increased immobility. In addition, the patient should be trained to recognise incorrect posture independently and to compensate for it immediately, before remodelling processes within the connective tissue take place.
