Want to determine the chest muscle strain, can be through the following methods: First, trauma history: patients usually have a clear history of trauma, such as chest muscle acute pain in the process of chest expansion exercise, or in the process of basketball and other strenuous exercise strained chest muscles, etc., the patient in the end of a certain action, quickly feel the chest muscle pain symptoms. Second, physical examination: the chest muscles in the strain after localized swelling, pressure is particularly painful, passive pulling the upper limbs will induce pain symptoms. Third, cold compresses to relieve: chest muscle serious pain, continuous cold compress treatment will make the pain symptoms quickly relieve, swelling will also reduce, also suggests that the chest muscle strains exist. Through the above several methods of comprehensive judgment, can determine the chest muscle strain, if the treatment as soon as possible, can make the chest muscle strain get rapid recovery.