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Losing Breath Easily Doing Push Ups

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Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

hello i am an athlete I play in college and I am getting ready for my spring season. When I do push ups my upper back hurts specifically just behind my right shoulder blade. When i breath deeply my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Saurabh Gupta MD

I am 20 years old male, athletic, eats healthy. Today while preforming push-ups in the first one going up, my chest on the left side breast hurt very bad. This is never happened before, I waited to let ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saurabh Gupta ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Anantharamakrishnan MD

I m 76 yrs. I was normotensive last yr when I started doing 100 push ups alternate days as exercise. Now my BP is 160 / 80. I ve stopped push ups resumed walking. Please advise. My email... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anantharamakrishnan ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Dadapeer K MD

hello sir I have done eye surgery ICL my age is24yrs. I am doing push ups exercise is there any side effects on eyes because eyes surgery was done in 2013 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dadapeer K ( Ophthalmologist)
Dr. James M. Schwartz MD

dull muscle like pains between shoulder blades like very sore muscles and tissues and at time moving around to rib cage . Feel like combination of sore muscles and tissue pain. Doing push ups feels ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. James M. Schwartz ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr.  Pragnesh Vachharajani MD

I m 22 male, I feel pain in the upper left side of my abdomen while doing push ups,I could hardly do 8-10 push ups.I never felt this pain before.could you please tell me the reason behind... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pragnesh Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Sunil MD

[I was working out intensely this afternoon, more than I have in a long while, lots of pushups where in this workout and it has been several hours since this workout but my right arm is still partially numb, the areas numb... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sunil ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I do high intensity training and was just diagnosed with a mild mitral valve prolapse. My cardiologist said she had read there should be an 8 lb. limit on weights used and I was wondering if push up ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Chandrashekar Shettar MD

[Hi, I did a bunch of pushups a little over a year ago. More than I have done previously. And ever since that day for about a year I have experienced a tenderness in my ribs (on both sides but worse on the left). I can... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chandrashekar Shettar ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

I ve been practicing push ups recently because I ll be leaving for the military soon. At first I ... effects being able to perform push ups.. what is going on? I ve heard it might be a back... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)