What to do if your chest hurts from doing pushups

Doing push-ups chest pain may be caused by lactic acid accumulation, pneumothorax, chest wall disease, coronary heart disease, etc. General treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment, etc. can be carried out. 1. Lactic acid accumulation: the human body in anaerobic exercise when the muscle tissue will produce a large amount of lactic acid, if you do a high-intensity anaerobic exercise after lactic acid can not be broken down in time to metabolize, will result in lactic acid buildup, resulting in muscle soreness and discomfort, manifested as chest pain. You should take the initiative to stretch your muscles after exercise to promote the metabolism of lactic acid, and generally do not need special treatment. 2. Pneumothorax: patients with underlying lung diseases, such as pulmonary pustules, emphysema, or long-term smoking, tall and thin, it is easy to induce pneumothorax when doing push-ups, resulting in chest pain. Cough, sputum and dyspnea may also occur in severe cases. Should actively seek medical advice, follow the doctor’s instructions oxygen, oral cefuroxime and other antibiotics to fight infection, if necessary, to carry out closed drainage of the thoracic cavity. 3. Chest wall diseases: such as intercostal neuritis, costochondritis can also occur when doing push-ups chest pain, should avoid excessive exercise, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen symptomatic pain, with rehabilitation physiotherapy, combined with the infected should be prescribed for antiviral (such as oral ribavirin) or antibacterial (such as oral ceftazidime) treatment. 4. Coronary artery disease: coronary artery disease patients in the activity due to insufficient blood supply to the myocardium will appear chest tightness, pain and discomfort, chest pain when doing push-ups, should stop the activity in time, take the initiative to rest or sublingual nitroglycerin and other drugs to ease the symptoms. There are many reasons for chest pain when doing push-ups, so if the symptoms are not relieved, please consult a doctor in time.