Pulled Muscle? Pain on right side of torso

[whitemagic]

I think I pulled a muscle. The pain is on my right side, in the middle of my torso, at the bottom of my rib cage. It's painful to cough, and perform daily activities. I was working out intensely last week and I'm assuming that's what it's from. Few questions I have:

1) Is this common?

2) What exercise probably caused this? I did a lot of chest exercises last week, flat bench, flat flyes, incline bench, incline flyes, decline bench

3) Could you guess the specific muscle I pulled?

4) How long should I rest before I start lifting again?

Thanks!

[Bnizzle163]

You should definately have a doctor take a look at it.
It could be something serious.

[whitemagic]

Thanks for the reply. I think I may have made it sounds worse than it is. It does hurt, don't get me wrong, but I'm still able to get around fairly easily. It just hurts when I cough, sneeze, take really really deep breaths, or twist my upper body quickly.

[Bnizzle163]

It sounds like similar symptoms to a hernia or a strain or some sort.
I would personally get it checked out by a professional just to be safe.
Good luck!

[whitemagic]

Thanks for your reply. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with Costochondritis. You can read up on it here:

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra...chondritis.htm

Sounds like excessive exercise could have been the cause of it. Nothing too serious, but it is pretty painful.