Daughter Has Costochondritis
My 13-year-old daughter has Costochondritis. Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the sternum. He says it is commonly seen in athletes and with her cheerleading schedule and then weight training twice a week for gym class, he wasn't surprised. There is nothing we need to do for it unless it doesn't get better on its own within the next four weeks. She can take ibuprofen for the pain as needed and just wait.
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My son has the same thing. Its been 3 weeks. how is your daughters? is it getting better? Ours isn't so far.
The doctors said it could last 3-4 weeks.
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She is doing better. Cheerleading and school have been canceled for the past week due to snow storms so her costochondritis got a much needed rest. I also contacted her gym teacher and pulled her from weight training for a couple of weeks. I don't know why they were letting her do 80 lb weights to begin with!
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