Chest pain after doing push-ups may be related to lactic acid buildup, muscle strain, or heart disease, and requires rest, massage and physical therapy, and medication depending on the cause.
1. The most common cause of chest pain after doing push-ups is lactic acid accumulation. Due to the lack of exercise, lactic acid accumulation can occur after strenuous exercise, causing chest and arm pain and discomfort, you need to stop the exercise, appropriate stretching, rest, after resting, chest expansion exercise, etc., to promote lactic acid metabolism.
2. Doing push-ups may also cause local muscle strain, need to carry out local massage, red light physiotherapy and other treatments. Can also be used externally safflower oil and other drugs, soothe the muscles.
3. If the patient has coronary heart disease, myocarditis and other heart diseases, there will also be chest pain after doing push-ups, you should immediately stop the movement, active rest, coronary heart disease patients should take nitroglycerin and other drugs in time. Patients with heart disease are not recommended to carry out high-intensity physical exercise.
Chest pain after doing push-ups, if the pain continues to aggravate or does not relieve for a long time, you need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.