title: Conservative treatment of a female collegiate volleyball player with costochondritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to discuss the conservative care used to treat a female collegiate volleyball player with acute costochondritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 21-year-old collegiate volleyball player had right anterior chest pain and midthoracic stiffness of 8 months duration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High-velocity, low-amplitude manipulation was performed to the associated hypokinetic costovertebral, costotransverse, and intervertebral zygapophyseal thoracic joints. Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization was performed by using the Graston technique. Pain levels improved on numeric pain scale, as did functional status identified on Dallas Pain Questionnaire and Functional Rating Index.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This athlete seemed to respond positively to manipulation, soft tissue mobilization, and taping.
authors.affiliation: Lakewood Spine and Sports Center, Lakewood, CO, USA. dr.dda@comcast.net <dr.dda@comcast.net>
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aspegren
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D001458:Bandages; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal / Q000379:methods; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome