Hi, I am a 27 year old woman. I have recently had a doctor tell me that she thinks I have tietze syndrome which she found on the net.I woke up 9 weeks ago with a tight feeling in the chest . When i looked in the mirror the right side of my chest was swollen. At first we thought my ribs we out but xrays and blood tests came back normal. It took a few days before i felt any pain. At first it was just like my ribs felt tired or were sitting on each other. weird i know!!Then with in the week i started getting stabbling pains in the front of the ribs, I get burning in the whole rib cage, back and front, and often the breasts. Near my sternum i often feel that it is very tight and i feel the need to push to relieve it.Sometimes i think my whole chest will cave in!While the inflammation is only on the right, the pains are on both sides.I take anti inflammatory every day, plus panedine forte. I have been off work for 9 weeks and have not done anything active. I can not sit or stand for very long periods with out alot of pain.I had my first treatment of Bowen Therapy last week. it set the condition off for 2 days realy bad! But back to my normal pain now.Does this sound like tietze? If not what else could it be?Thanks for your help!!Narni