There are two main types of chest wall deformity: pectus carinatum, or pigeon chest, and pectus excavatum, or funnel chest. The former pushes out; the latter sinks in. Though there can be a genetic ...

Friday morning in an exam room at East Tennessee Children's Hospital, all eyes were on 14-year-old Tinsley Allen as he became the first patient in Tennessee — and one of the first in the nation — to ...

A teenager born with the condition known as pigeon chest is now standing taller than his twin brother after undergoing an innovative new treatment to correct the condition. A teenager born with the ...

The path to powerful pectorals is a long one, but everyone has to start somewhere. So, to set you on the right course, we have rummaged through some of our top chest workouts throughout the years. Not ...

A little girl desperately needs to raise £3,000 to buy a brace to correct her 'pigeon chest'. Layla Grace Milsom loves dancing - but her condition, which causes her sternum and rib cage to protrude ...

As a child, Henry loved to swim. But when he realised how different he looked to other boys in a swimsuit, he just wanted to stay at home. The 16-year-old was born with a deformity of the chest over ...

Youngsters with a growth condition that gives them a mis-shapen chest could be spared painful rib-cracking surgery thanks to a simple brace. However, scores of teenagers miss out on the non-invasive ...

Pectus carinatum, also called a protruding sternum or pigeon chest, is a rare deformity in children. It causes the chest and ribs to stick out further than they should. Only one or two children out of ...

I don’t feel like people have always taken me as seriously as I wanted or deserved (Picture: Samuel Sims) As my fingers trailed along the beautiful silky green fabric, eyes hungrily taking in the ...

James Jack Stark was born with a condition known as "pigeon chest" A teenager born with a condition known as "pigeon chest" now "walks with a swagger" following innovative treatment to correct the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In an exam room at East ...