Injured rib or rib cage

[iron_dawg]

I don't know what i did or how but got up from the bench today from my warm up set
and fuck......my rib cage is hurting but only when I stretch it or put stress on it
anyone else have this happen.

[eho]

does it hurt to breath?

If you hold your breath during a lift it could be (though very rare) that you can irritate a spinal-rib joint (costovertebral) in the back, nerves can send pain around the rib to the front.

Also, lots of weightlifters I see injure their serratus muscle during (usually) flat bench press because they don't use this muscle to stabilize their scapula during the lift.   

get checked out by your chiropractor.

[iron_dawg]

no doesn't hurt when i breathe...but does hurt when benching and doing crunches

[eho]

does it hurt to sneeze or cough? 

and front or back, and at what level?

[iron_dawg]

no it is better now I think I just pulled something...but wasn't hurting from coughing or sneezing
and it was more or less upper side of my body...thanks for trying to help out bud