Chest-Wall Brace. The brace applies gentle pressure to the chest wall, which gradually reshapes the chest wall without discomfort. Bracing works well because the chest wall in children and adolescents ...

Pectus excavatum is a type of chest wall deformity. It causes your chest to look sunken or indented. This sunken shape is why people sometimes call the condition funnel chest. Pectus excavatum causes ...

Wall pushups are a great exercise — not only for beginners but also for anyone looking to perfect their pushup form. We've included variations to make them more challenging as you progress.

Chest wall tumors are uncommon; surgical repair involves both resection of the tumor and reconstruction of the chest structures. Diagnosis of the tumor is performed to determine whether it is benign ...

Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs and breastbone. It can cause a stabbing, burning, or aching pain in the chest wall. Coughing and a blow to the chest are among ...

A dermatome is a distinct area of your skin defined by its connection to one of 30 spinal nerves. We’ll explore more about both your spinal nerves and dermatomes, including a chart showing each ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Postmastectomy chest-wall irradiation (CWI) for intermediate-risk breast cancer had no impact on long-term survival, results of a large British study showed. After a median follow ...

A wall will split the room in half, and you’ll see an out-of-reach chest on the other side of the wall. You may try to summon echoes , stacking beds and trampolines to get to the chest, but none ...

Program brings chest wall surgery patients, prospective patients together July 8, 2019 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated July 7, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

For a character quirk that was never written into the original script, Matthew McConaughey’s now-infamous chest thump in The Wolf of Wall Street has clearly struck a chord — especially with ...

A middle-aged man whose heart had expanded to fill his entire chest cavity has been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition known as Wall to Wall Heart. In a case report published in the ...

A myocardial contusion is a bruise to your heart muscle. It's caused by blunt force to your chest. It may tear the wall of your heart or damage your heart valve. What Causes a Myocardial Contusion?