https://www.pectus.com/ https://www.pectus.com/articles/451-cody-miller-and-pectus-excavatum https://www.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://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/445-professional-male-athletes-struggle-with-body-image-issues-too https://www.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://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/452-does-pectus-actually-give-certain-athletes-a-physical-advantage https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/452-does-pectus-actually-give-certain-athletes-a-physical-advantage The old swimming adage is that breaststrokers are born, not made. You often can look at a swimmer standing still and tell whether they are a natural fit for... ]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:51:09 +0000 452 2016-08-11 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/459-michael-mihuc-discusses-cody-miller-and-life-with-pectus-with-local-news https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/459-michael-mihuc-discusses-cody-miller-and-life-with-pectus-with-local-news Our own Michael Mihuc disusses life with pectus with the local news. HTML5 video not supported by your browser ... ]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2016 16:16:32 +0000 459 2016-09-01 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/337-cardiothoracic-surgeon-performs-unusual-surgery-on-elite-athlete https://www.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 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/342-wheeling-park-swimmer-mueller-overcoming-odds https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/342-wheeling-park-swimmer-mueller-overcoming-odds Mueller has what's known as pectus excavatum, or the ribs and sternum are growing abnormally inward. This produces a caved-in or sunken appearance of the chest. It can either... ]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:25:53 +0000 342 2015-02-26 https://photos.pectus.com/original/4b/85/fe/6837227-G-11-1424910378.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/348-munster-s-wilson-beckman-the-post-tribune-s-boys-swimmer-of-the-year https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/348-munster-s-wilson-beckman-the-post-tribune-s-boys-swimmer-of-the-year Bouncing back from trying circumstances is nothing new for Beckman. In eighth grade, he underwent surgery for pectus excavatum, a condition in which a person's breastbone is sunken into... ]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:22:39 +0000 348 2015-03-25 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c0/64/0c/wilson-beckman-jpg-20150324-51-1427271806.jpeg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/418-hinsdale-central-s-nick-midlash-sets-personal-milestones-after-surgery https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/418-hinsdale-central-s-nick-midlash-sets-personal-milestones-after-surgery Over winter break in December 2014, months before his sophomore track season, Hinsdale Central's Nick Midlash had surgery on his rib cage because of pectus excavatum, a condition in... ]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:34:00 +0000 418 2016-04-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/5d/6e/05/runner-13-1460133375.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/455-junction-city-teen-holding-softball-clinic-to-give-back-to-shriners-hospital-after-surgery https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/455-junction-city-teen-holding-softball-clinic-to-give-back-to-shriners-hospital-after-surgery Fourteen-year-old Jenna Kister could fit 164 Skittles in what she calls her “dent” before she had surgery to correct it two years ago. 'The then-12-year-old, who... ]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:43:28 +0000 455 2016-08-19 https://photos.pectus.com/original/f1/3d/98/softball-63-1471610677.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/617-10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-kofi-kingston https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/617-10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-kofi-kingston For the uninitiated, Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah is a 37-year old Ghanaian- American professional wrestler who performs on the Smackdown brand of the WWE under the ring name Kofi Kingston.... ]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:34:54 +0000 617 2019-10-24 https://photos.pectus.com/original/89/ae/f6/Kofi-Kingstonjpg-49-1571884508.jpg