https://mail.pectus.com/ https://mail.pectus.com/articles/451-cody-miller-and-pectus-excavatum https://mail.pectus.com/articles/451-cody-miller-and-pectus-excavatum The Pectus Awareness and Support Foundation would like to congratulate Cody Miller on his Bronze Medal!! Cody Miller has a condition known as pectus excavatum. Here... ]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:21:14 +0000 451 2016-08-09 https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/609-man-with-deformed-caved-in-chest-is-now-a-calvin-klein-model https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/609-man-with-deformed-caved-in-chest-is-now-a-calvin-klein-model He had a deformity that meant his chest grew inwards, giving him the appearance of a caved in torso. Now, years after having a metal bar... ]]> Fri, 24 May 2019 12:49:01 +0000 609 2019-05-24 https://photos.pectus.com/original/0e/4c/16/SEI-69081123-e1558681133843jpg-67-1558702150.jpg https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/330-operation-to-end-misery-of-being-born-with-a-caved-in-chest https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/330-operation-to-end-misery-of-being-born-with-a-caved-in-chest "Indeed, by Ben's early teens he had become a different boy, say his parents. 'The deformity became more noticeable as he grew, making him very self-conscious and meant he... ]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:03:54 +0000 330 2015-02-14 https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/445-professional-male-athletes-struggle-with-body-image-issues-too https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/445-professional-male-athletes-struggle-with-body-image-issues-too Being plagued with body image issues and insecurities is currently more common than ever, impacting individuals of all shapes and sizes. However, one would think that professional athletes, with... ]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:16:47 +0000 445 2016-07-14 https://photos.pectus.com/original/bc/42/2f/tumblr-inline-oa9w2bYcMH1tiffji-1280-37-1468502217.jpg https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/381-battle-wounds https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/381-battle-wounds I will never forget when my hospital door opened and in walked a Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon and his team. I was confused. Why was he here? I had just... ]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2015 02:49:18 +0000 381 2015-09-09 https://photos.pectus.com/original/13/99/6c/Screen20Shot202015-09-0820at2010522120PM-67-1441767168.png https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/397-teen-lifts-himself-to-health https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/397-teen-lifts-himself-to-health And now the 6-foot-4 Taylor has become a stud. He said the surgeon had advised him to do weight training to build up his chest muscles. A stronger chest... ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:09:45 +0000 397 2016-01-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/d3/2e/d5/web1-60-web-63-1452273000.jpg https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/600-missouri-woman-has-new-lease-on-life https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/600-missouri-woman-has-new-lease-on-life “It was only when I was up and moving that I was symptomatic, so one of the cardiologists said, ‘Let’s do a standing echocardiogram.’ It was interesting. I had... ]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:55:04 +0000 600 2018-11-29 https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/601-former-rams-cheerleader-educated-herself-to-save-her-life-from-pectus-excavatum https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/601-former-rams-cheerleader-educated-herself-to-save-her-life-from-pectus-excavatum Just a few years ago Danielle Goldsmith was healthy and living a dream. She was a Ram’s cheerleader and very active. But in August on a hiking trip in... ]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:08:19 +0000 601 2018-12-13 https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/417-young-girl-with-pectus-excavatum-and-a-broken-ankle-still-finishes-her-race https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/417-young-girl-with-pectus-excavatum-and-a-broken-ankle-still-finishes-her-race After stumbling twice on the rough terrain, Autumn thought she’d just badly sprained her right ankle. But a hospital X-ray later confirmed she had actually broken it -... ]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:55:59 +0000 417 2016-04-05 https://photos.pectus.com/original/99/24/25/JS85884545-26-1459817782.jpg https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/337-cardiothoracic-surgeon-performs-unusual-surgery-on-elite-athlete https://mail.pectus.com/pectus-news/337-cardiothoracic-surgeon-performs-unusual-surgery-on-elite-athlete From the time he was about 8 years old, Shahab Maslehati had been well aware that his chest was sunken. It had become more pronounced in adolescence, a time... ]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:52:56 +0000 337 2015-02-17