For a while now the part of my chest kind of at the center front of my ribcage has had a constant dull ache. Must have been a few years now. I can't say "chest pains" without people freaking out and saying "are you having a heart attack?" No, it's definitely very close to the surface, in and around the sternum, and not having anything at all to do with the heart. For now I've been working on the assumption that it is part of the injury I received as as child that left me with a deformed rib. The doctor who discovered I had that also noticed that it likely bent my spine a bit, which was easily corrected with a few quick adjustments. So it's not a stretch to think the sternum is a bit deformed too and pressing on something it shouldn't be. But it's just been getting a bit more.... noticeable? Something like that, in the few years or so, just like the other rib problem. I can feel the tissue around there is sometimes inflamed. Ah... but there's no much to be done. All the advice the doctors had for the other problem was take anti-inflammatory drugs. Which undoubtedly would be the same advice for this one. And that's not an appealing option. I rather not depend on something that in the long run is going to do more harm than good.
