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This could help those suffering from Costochondritis- It had helped me with the therapist after 19 months - Good luck ruclips.net/user/shortscJlWEDp_g6Q?si=qZUcap3Zd5FwfozV

Sorry, Rebecca - I'm just too swamped. (Unless you're in New Zealand - I do try to be available for Kiwis.) But look - I may have already given it to you, but here's the long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. Do read it on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. I know it's long, but you can skim the bits that clearly don't apply to you. However the detail is there if you need it. It does make sense, but it's also up to you to apply it to your own case. It really should give you the guidance to work your way out of costo - usually. Nothing beats good competent hands-on in-person assessment and accurate treatment, but it's such such a lottery finding someone who's actually good at costo. They will be around, but I don't know how to spot them. Where are you in the world? I do know a few here and there. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

@@stevenzphysio4203 thank you, I appreciate it. Do you know any one in the north east of England preferably Tyne and Wear or Tyne side, whom can help me, who know about costo and the back pod. I’ve tried Michael but his retired and he’s in London. I’m having trouble reaching c7 and c6 they keep sticking when the others are free. And working(clicking) but moving.

Just treat it the same way as you would costo at the front. It's the same core problem - frozen rib joints and tight scarred muscle around the back of the rib cage. With costo, the extra is that the more delicate rib joints on your breastbone are starting to strain, give and get painful. But it's caused by exactly the problem you've almost certainly got - the frozen rib machinery at the back here your ribs join onto your spine. Since you're tight both sides, it's likely that you're also a bit hunched in your thoracic spine - this is sooo common with everyone bending over computers, phones and games. We call it the iHunch. That's okay - it's what we built the Backpod for. Just use it as the instructions say, and also do all the bits in the little straightening-up program which is also in the user guide. There's a bit of strengthening, stretching, home massage and posture as well as the Backpod. You are definitely not alone. Good luck with the work. The home program is also available as RUclips videos on this page: www.bodystance.co.nz/en/ihunch/

Just a humble New Zealand physiotherapist, mate. But thanks.

Dunno. I just don't know how tight you are, or how irritable your joints are, or how hard you're going on the Backpod, or where you're up to with it. Just use your common sense. If you do too much too soon you'll likely get a bit sore, so ease off until it's okay again. It takes time - you can only stretch joints so much in one go..

Yes - watch the video. There's no quick 10-second hack or gimmick. If you want to fix it, you'll have to put the work in yourself. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

The stretch on the Backpod incorporates a pec minor stretch, just from the position of lying back with your hand behind your head. It's there deliberately - stretching tight pecs is part of freeing up the total costo problem. All that's happened is you're so tight in your pecs that you've pulled one a bit. It's not a biggie - it'll settle. So - start stretching your pecs as well. There are plenty of videos on it; the doorway stretch is fine. If you're that tight, ideally have a sports massage as well - all round your torso, pecs, back, neck, shoulders and arms. It's all part of treating the total costo problem.

Also, my symptoms are brought on by exertion - running every time and walking fast

Yes

Excellent - well done. That's what we built it for.

How did you cure your self, how long did it take this is a nightmare.

@@rebeccatumilty7271it took about a month or so using the back pod for it to go away.

Hi. It can happen. What you’re telling me is that you’re really tight, and probably a bit hunched also. It’s really common, you are not alone, and what you’re describing as things start to loosen is common also. No worries about the numbness - it’s just that you’ll have been tight through the muscles where your nerves are running through your shoulder girdle and down your arm. These are getting stretched when you lie on the Backpod - which is a good thing. The tingling and numbness is just from the nerves being pulled on a bit as they stretch. It's a lot like sleeping funny on your arm and waking up with it numb and tingling for a bit. Talk someone into doing the home sitting massage on you - shown in the Backpod's user guide and also as this video here: ruclips.net/video/9eLUQX03IoE/видео.html Get them to go hard down between your shoulder blades. Do every few days for a few weeks. Ideally, also, go and see a good massage therapist and get them to work all round the chest, shoulder girdle and the muscles down the arms. That’ll loosen the muscles the nerves are running through. As well, you can start stretching the nerves and muscles gently. Lie on your back on a table, knees bent up, with your left shoulder just off the edge of the table. Hold your palm upwards, then bend your hand and fingers back, then drop the straight arm gently down towards the floor (arm out at 90˚ to your body) until you feel a good stretch and even some tingling down the arm. That’s stretching it all. Hold for several seconds, then lift up the arm to take the stretch off, then do again, several times gently. It’s just a stretch. It’ll all disappear when things are loose enough. That you have the tingles/numbness at all does tell me you were pretty tight to begin with. It’ll stretch (and massage) out fine. For more info on treating costo, here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

@@stevenzphysio4203 thank you Steve, did what you said and when to see a chiropractor, hopefully they helps loosen up my spine more. I’m also planning to use some inti-inflammatory cream also to see if that helps with the burning, I could walk to day with less pain so thank you for the back pod.

As the instructions say, keep your chin held in a bit when you're on the Backpod. That keeps your neck in a neutral position. If you're already a bit hunched, with your chin poked out, then you neck will already be tight and compressed. If you pole your chin up even more when you're on the Backpod, then you're compressing your neck even more. Do also do the strengthening exercise for the the muscles which oppose this - it's in the Backpod's full user guide. Plus, ideally, the home massage in sitting for your middle back and neck. It's all part of being really tight to start off with. You just need to work into it all gently. It does take time.

Sorry, I don't know from your description where you mean. The Backpod's for the rib joints, so over the curve of your ribs between your spine and the inside edge of your shoulder blade. You can easily try other places and see how you go - it's only a stretch.

I think you mean thats where the pain is? because I'm similar. Use the backpod between the shouder blades and it'll help with the pain near your armpit over time

@@stevenzphysio4203How can I get rid of the sharp pain under my left armpit. Please help.

It's usually not just the Backpod alone that's needed - it's a tool, not a talisman. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

Thank you for the information as soon as it comes I’ll do them, may I contact you if I need to.

Hi I used the pod is it common for a burning sensation in middle when using it

@@rebeccatumilty7271 No, but you've given me almost no data to work with. I don't know what your symptoms are other than burning, where they are, how you've used the Backpod, whether you've used it correctly, etc. I can't give you a useful answer because you've given me no useful picture to make sense of. You know what's going on with you, but I can't unless you explain it in detail.

The first and second ribs have a burning sensation when I use the back pod. also when l look down or lean forward it will start with a burning that becomes pain that travel to many parts of my rib wall. Should I use the back pod all the way up to the top of the spine to target those two ribs.

You go lower. The rib cage goes a lot lower than most people think - have a look on Google image. Generally you want to free up the qwhole rib cage anyway, not just the specific bits in it which are most tight. If you're getting sorer lower down, that means the lower ribs around the back of your rib cage will be tight. So sure, target them especially. Do use the Backpod as the instructions in the full 31-page user guide say. Take it all the way up its progression to long, strong, targeted stretches, and also work up and down over the whole area - spine and out to both sides of the spine to stretch the ribs.

I've no idea what you've done there.

@@stevenzphysio4203 Haha its allgood I got the delivery but now I think that I dont actually have costocondritis. I definitely have the ihunch issue and pain in neck + upper chest + upper back and I did a lot of work in these areas but I have a feeling that all of this stems from tight deep neck flexors. I feel tightness and pain when I dig a finger into my neck right above my collar bone, do you think im on the right track?

I don't think anything's better for costo than the Backpod. However try two tennis balls taped together to make a peanut and use it the same way. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf Also, try this link to get a Backpod to the Czech Republic. Try emailing them directly: buybackpod.com/products/backpod As well, try Amazon.co.uk - they seem to be sending the Backpod throughout Europe. Or try getting a friend overseas to send you one. Good luck.

Did the pod fix your costo if so how long did it take

Hi. Costo isn't an infection, so the antibiotics won't directly affect it. The coughing from being sick is what stirs up or triggers costo. Coughing is a surprisingly strong explosive jolt for the whole rib cage. When the rib cage joints around the back are frozen and can't move to absorb some of the shock, then it all hits the more delicate rib joints on your breastbone. That's what triggers or flares the costo - not the antibiotics. The Backpod is helping because you can now take a full breath without pain - that's progress. You're probably just stirred up somewhat from being sick - hope that's settling now. You may need other arts of the problem dealt to as well. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. See especially Sections (3) and (4) on massage and pec stretches. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

@@stevenzphysio4203 Hello, it's me again I would like to add one important thing that I noticed and ask you what you think about it. As I wrote in the first comment, when I bought the roller and started using it, I quickly got rid of the pain, but I would like to add that I was also taking vitamin D3 in quite high doses of 8,000 units. I stopped taking vitamin D3 after a month. this coincided with the 14 days of antibiotics I mentioned. the situation did not change until I went on holiday 2 weeks ago where I naturally took vitamin D3 in very large amounts. the pain disappeared very quickly and was practically unnoticeable. I came back 2 weeks ago and about 10 days after returning the pain started coming back. I think I need vitamin D3 to get rid of costo completely. what do you think about it?

Looks good, and a logical way to stabilise slipping ribs rather than cut the slipping bits (usually the costochondral junctions) out. However this is a surgical procedure for slipping ribs, not for costo. Slipping ribs are essentially the costochondral junctions giving repeatedly - like a floppy hinge. With costochondritis, the excessive movement is taking place at the rib joints on the sternum.

I find swaps work best. If your partner massages you, then they get breakfast in bed, or whatever, in return. Just saying.

For sure. The difference between them and the Backpod is simply leverage. The cat cow and similar assume that you're already moving pretty well, and just need these sort of exercises to get freer again. However so many people are so frozen in the middle of their thoracic spine that no personal exercise or stretch has the leverage to drag to really frozen joints free - they can be like concrete. That's because any general stretch for the whole spine spreads the stretch over all those vertebrae, so each one gets less specific leverage. With the Backpod, its small cushioned peak is stretching only a few vertebrae at one time, so you can work up to a LOT of leverage on them - which is what they can need. But by all means, add in the cat cow, etc. as well. They'll complement what you're doing on the Backpod, and vice versa.

@@stevenzphysio4203 I've been using a backpod for almost two months without a pillow and it doesn't hurt either, I'll continue until it goes away, thank you very much.

I’m on the same boat regarding the numb, it’s on my right hand the second and the middle fingers, it’s been 14 hours, and I’d say maybe the numbness decreased a little bit but it’s not fully gone.

@@firasneiroukh4706 Hi. It can happen. What you’re telling me is that you’re really tight, and probably a bit hunched also. It’s really common, you are not alone, and what you’re describing as things start to loosen is common also. No worries about the numbness - it’s just that you’ll have been tight through the muscles where your nerves are running through your shoulder girdle and down your arm. These are getting stretched when you lie on the Backpod - which is a good thing. The tingling and numbness is just from the nerves being pulled on a bit as they stretch. It's a lot like sleeping funny on your arm and waking up with it numb and tingling for a bit. Talk someone into doing the home sitting massage on you - shown in the Backpod's user guide and also as this video here: ruclips.net/video/9eLUQX03IoE/видео.html Get them to go hard down between your shoulder blades. Do every few days for a few weeks. Ideally, also, go and see a good massage therapist and get them to work all round the chest, shoulder girdle and the muscles down the arms. That’ll loosen the muscles the nerves are running through. As well, you can start stretching the nerves and muscles gently. Lie on your back on a table, knees bent up, with your left shoulder just off the edge of the table. Hold your palm upwards, then bend your hand and fingers back, then drop the straight arm gently down towards the floor (arm out at 90˚ to your body) until you feel a good stretch and even some tingling down the arm. That’s stretching it all. Hold for several seconds, then lift up the arm to take the stretch off, then do again, several times gently. It’s just a stretch. It’ll all disappear when things are loose enough. That you have the tingles/numbness at all does tell me you were pretty tight to begin with. It’ll stretch (and massage) out fine. Re using the Backpod for costo more generally, here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

Hi. Yes - you just can't reach that T5-T7 area satisfactorily by yourself. Usually it's tight in the spinal joints and tight and scarred in the tough muscles over the top of them. Just use the Backpod as the directions say. However do read the 'Warnings and precaution' section on straight or hollowed thoracic spines. These are really uncommon - most people are too much the other way, after hunching over computers and phones. However you've said yours is compressed, and I can't assess that over RUclips comments, of course. In any case, talk someone into doing the home sitting massage on you - shown in the Backpod's user guide and also as this video here: ruclips.net/video/9eLUQX03IoE/видео.html Get them to go hard down between your shoulder blades. Do every few days for a few weeks. That'll help heaps, then the Backpod should more easily get to stretch the tight joints underneath.

Hi. I don't think it makes any significant difference. Costo is essentially a mechanical tightness and strain problem of the rib cage. It's like having the hand brake jammed on in the car - you fix it by freeing off the tight piece of machinery, not by additives to the petrol.

@@stevenzphysio4203 thank you for your reply. Bought a backpod and have been using this last week. Thanks for sharing valuable information.

I sympathise, but if you give into it then it's won. Costo is still just a logical rib cage tightness and strain problem - that's all. Working your way through it is usually not particularly difficult. It does take time, effort and attention though. I don't know exactly what you've done, or if you've used the Backpod correctly and all the way up its progression. It is a tool, not a talisman. You may need various parts of the total costo problem dealt to. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. Take you're time and go over it throughly. Yes, this will take time and attention. The PDF covers using the Backpod (or similar) for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of effort, but it's not that difficult. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

How are you now

@@rebeccatumilty7271 Hi. I don't know if you're asking me or @pebblesk.461. Me, I'm completely fine and have been for over 30+ years. My own costo is completely fixed - I get no pain or restriction, can do anything, never think about it. This is the normal and expected result from treating costo where I've worked in New Zealand physiotherapy for decades. It's just not that difficult. It's a straightforward physio-type strain and tightness problem of the rib cage. It's not a big deal - IF you understand it correctly and treat it correctly. All the doom and gloom about costo is because most countries of the world do not do this. See the PDF in my reply for a route map out of costo. Read it on a computer, not a phone. Yes. it's wordy, and it takes some time and effort. But it's there if you engage with it accurately - that's on you.

@@stevenzphysio4203 hi Steve if you were close to Michael from London then I’m very sorry, I’ve been speaking to Dom who now owns his practice his been giving me advice. I’ve been on the pod now for 3 weeks now, a sports massage and one visit to a chiropractor he said I should come in for 6 treatments as well did the massager. Will this help with the pod to free the spine.

Hi. Thank you. Good that you've improved so much. To get the next bit probably needs a few other parts of the total problem dealt to. Here's a long wordy PDF on what costochondritis actually is and what we find works best to fix it. It is more easily read on a computer, not a phone. The PDF covers using the Backpod (or similar) for costo, and also the other bits that often need dealing to as well. Cheeringly, these can nearly all be done by yourself at home. It takes a bit of time and effort, but it's not that difficult. Do see especially Section (2) on taking the Backpod all the way up its progression to long, strong, targeted stretches, plus the sitting twist exercise afterwards to work the joints just that bit freer. Also Sections (3) and (4) on massage and pec stretches. Good luck with the work! www.bodystance.co.nz/assets/Uploads/Costo-treatment-plan-incl-Costo-and-iHunch-PDFs-19-July-2022.pdf

@@stevenzphysio4203 Thanks!