What can you do for a pulled muscle? I think I pulled a muscle in my chest from coughing so much. I have bronchitis again and have this dull ache in my chest and it won't go away no matter what I do. I have tried ibuprofen and tylenol. I mentioned it to the ER doc and to my regular doc today but neither seemed concerned and both attributed it to the amount of coughing I've been doing. I was given tessalon pearls and today some Pulmacort to do 2xs a day in my nebulizer along with my every 4 hour Albuterol treatments. The problem is they didn't give me anything for the pain in my chest. The pain is almost unbearable and I don't want to go back to the ER for the pain because I don't want them to think I'm a hypocondriac that is just after pain pills. I am in so much pain though.

Any suggestions?

Jan