Decline, Sternum?

Hey all,
Tonight I was doing decline bench presses with a bb for the first time in a while. I noticed though that during my 10x3 set/rep scheme, my sternum would hurt. Now I am not sure if it was actually my sternum, but the middle of my chest is sore right now. I know that this has happened to other people, what did you guys do to get rid of the problem?

(besides the obvious of not doing them anymore)

How old are you?

Dan John just wrote about how dips seem to make teenagers sternums hurt, and decline is obviously a similar movement.

my sternum hurts after serious dips. so i rest like 2 days and its fine, then i do em again. dont know if i should be doing this but i feel its fine.

im 19. any reasons to why this is?

[quote]tedro wrote:
How old are you?

Dan John just wrote about how dips seem to make teenagers sternums hurt, and decline is obviously a similar movement.[/quote]

Yeah but I’m 25 and my sternum hurts when I do heavy dips. (5’9 170)

It kinda feels like a muscle soreness.