Heating pad 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off. Avoid lifting anything heavy - always. Stretching exercises help a lot. Find a chiropractor who is familiar with Costochondritis.
people who try to understand with out compareing my illness to theirs, or attempting to cmpare pain to a normal injury, those people are rare and it helps so much to just have someone listen with out comparing and with out judging.
Visit my FaceBook page "Costochodritis Natural Healing Stories for You". We'd love to have you. For many people, it lasts 4-8 weeks, but for a few it can be chronic.