Pneumothorax in an athlete.

a time, and capable of ninety-four press-ups in one minute. While representing his firm in a Superstars competition, he was required to perform a maximum number of chin-ups while hanging from an overhead bar. After completing the twentieth, and final repetition he experienced left anterior chest pain. Initially present only while jogging, the pain then began to manifest itself during rest, and deteriorated into a nagging dull pain in his left side and arm that was now associated with tachypnoea. He reported to the casualty department of a nearby hospital, and was told he had "pulled" an inter-costal muscle.