Quick Side Note...

A little off topic of my last post, but thought I'd share some experiences from the last few days.

I play in a local rec basketball league with a group of guys I work with. We had a game on Tuesday - so I exercised pretty hard for about an hour.

As a result, I had to deal with some pretty dull/sharp pain in my back and upper chest(right under by collarbone). The pain increased when laughing/singing, etc. The pain lasted from Wednesday night until about noon today - when it finally subsided to just the normal, every day dull pain.

I've experienced this several times since my first pneumo after exercising hard - not every time I exercise - only on occasion. To help with the pain, I usually have the wife massage a certain spot in my back(I'm going to go into more detail about the spot on my back in a later post), a heating pad also feels very good and seems to help with pain management and finally - Advil seems to be pretty effective in helping as well. Nothing to ground breaking, but anything to ease the pain is great!

I'm not sure what is actually causing the pain, but I've always assumed it's some type of inflammation - which is why I think Advil can be effective at times.