Exercising can help you improve posture and some symptoms. Learn the best exercises for pectus excavatum, how to get started, and how to maintain your range of motion.

Finding out I had pectus excavatum helped me realize I wasn’t alone. There can be a lot of power in naming—and owning—a condition. ... I saw a yellowed sheet with a diagram of the human body.

Pectus excavatum causes your breastbone and ribs to grow inward. It is the most common chest wall deformity. Pectus carinatum is less common and causes your breastbone and ribs to jut outward. Some ...

The Specialist: An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum and pectus carin… ...

Pectus excavatum — known commonly as funnel chest — occurs when the breast bone appears sunken into the chest cavity. It’s the most common congenital birth defect and affects one in every ...

Carson Sudbeck was born with pectus excavatum, a sunken breastbone that leads to a concave chest. He'd made peace with his uniqueness until he learned there was a corrective surgery that could fix it.

Mayo Clinic Q And A: Understanding and treating pectus excavatum. December 22, 2020 at 6:05 a.m. | Updated December 22, 2020 at 3:08 p.m. by the Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS) ...

Matt Schiff’s pectus excavatum kept him from living life to the fullest. He was self-conscious and struggled to breathe. After a Nuss procedure that fixed his funnel chest, Matt found... Read More.

For the pectus study, 89 reflective markers were placed on 119 research subjects, including 64 with pectus excavatum. Chest wall movement was recorded by eight infrared cameras as the subjects ...

1.1 Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (also known as MIRPE [minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum] or the Nuss procedure) is adequate ...