why does it hurt on my side when i breath in?

Question

its a real sharp pain in my side only when i breath in.
what should i do?

Answer 1

You need to provide more information. Is it continuous? Is it only intermittent, as in once a week or less? How long have you had it? Does a change in position help relieve it? Which side? Is it always only that same side? There are too many variables to say what it might be.

Answer 2

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, (if this does not do it you probably need a chiropractor as well) you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

Not a lot of information to help you....have you been coughing vigorously with bronchitis or have you been vomiting profusely? These cause muscle strains of the diaphragm. Did you fall or get hit in the side that may have caused you to crack the costal cartilage or a rib?( the cartilage that holds the ribs to the sternum.) With little information that's the best I can offer.