A third visit saw her diagnosed with a pulled muscle in her chest. When the pain didn't improve, she visited the doctor for a fourth time, and reminded the GP about the inflammation in her thymus ...

If the pain feels tender or worsens when you press on the area, a chest injury or pulled muscle may be the cause. Chest pain can have many causes, including angina, heartburn, infections ...

Jack Constable, an 18-year-old student from Taunton was misdiagnosed with a 'pulled muscle' after seeing a ... tumour the size of a watermelon in his chest cavity. Ewing sarcoma is a rare type ...

Jack was then diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, which is a rare type of cancer that begins as a growth of cells in the bones and ...

But wait, what exactly are ‘pulled’ muscles? “A pulled muscle occurs when the muscle fibres have been torn,” explains Karen Gambardella, senior physiotherapist at BUPA Health Clinics.

Wondering how to treat a pulled muscle? Fitness writer and trained PT Miranda Larbi has the answer and it involves RICE. There’s nothing like starting the new year with ambitious fitness goals ...

That’s a serious amount of chest work ... Because the second ‘pull’ day theoretically involves completely different, often agnostic muscle groups, it can be performed with minimal rest ...