I am a 35 year old female and often find that the chest wall and ribs surrounding my breast are sore. What do you think is going on?

Some women tend to develop breast swelling tenderness that is not cyclical. The pain in the breast is often localized to one area and may have occurred from trauma, infection or from a large cyst. Often this type of pain is worsened in women who take supplementary hormones. Other causes of breast pain may be related to the chest wall and ribs. Some young women often develop intense pain that is felt when the bony surface of the chest is touched- this is referred to as costochondritis. This type of pain has no cyclical pattern, often worsens with a deep breath and in most cases spontaneously disappears.