The person behind the protocol

I had it.
Now I teach it.

Subject 001 Pectus excavatum Haller 3.8 Onset age 15 2012

Mihail Veleski. I was diagnosed with pectus excavatum at 15 and corrected it without surgery. That turned into a decade-long obsession, and eventually into a career spent helping over 1,000 other people do the same thing.

Level 5 DUKE Certified PT ISSA-recognized Reviewed by a cardiothoracic surgeon
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Mihail Veleski, founder of mrpectus, in side profile
Diagnosed at 15 Corrected without surgery
1,000+
Cases personally worked
Not a clinic and not a call center. Every case since the first one has passed through the same person, the one who lived it.
14 yrs
With pectus, since 2012
11 yrs
Running mrpectus, since 2015
3
Conditions covered
13-52
Age range worked with
1,127
Pages written on it
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The full story

Where this started

The honest version, with none of the origin-story polish.

Mihail wearing a vacuum bell device on his chest, side view
The tool A vacuum bell, worn daily. The device most people buy and almost nobody learns to use inside an actual protocol.

I was 15 when I first understood what I had. I knew something was different about my chest, the dip, the way it changed under certain light, the things I quietly stopped doing because of it. But I did not have a name for it until a doctor looked at me and said "pectus excavatum" like it was nothing.

The recommendation was wait and see. If it gets worse, surgery. That answer was not acceptable to me. I started researching obsessively, forums, clinical papers, anything I could find on non-surgical correction. What existed was fragmented, mostly anecdotal, and almost always incomplete.

So I bought a vacuum bell. I put together a breathing and exercise protocol out of a dozen disconnected sources and I measured everything. Over the next three years I produced real, visible correction. Not a complete erasure of the depression, but a meaningful structural change to both the sunken chest and the rib flare that came with it.

People had devices, but not protocols. They had information, but not structure.

I put the site up in 2015 to build the thing I had needed at 15. It launched under the name Pectus Excavatum Fix, which is exactly as subtle as it sounds, and became mrpectus later. Along the way I qualified as a Level 5 DUKE Institute Certified Personal Trainer, took a design degree so I could build and illustrate all of it myself, and wrote Breathe Deeper, 1,127 pages of research and practical protocol. Eleven years later it has worked with more than 1,000 people across pectus excavatum, carinatum and rib flare.

I am not a doctor and I do not claim to be. I am someone who went through this from the inside, built a structured approach out of the evidence, and refined it across a thousand cases. That is what all of this is built on.

The record

A decade, documented

Case one is mine. Everything after it was built on top of it.

  1. Diagnosed with pectus excavatum

    At 15. Haller index 3.8 - a chest-depth score where a typical chest sits around 2.5. Surgery was presented as the only real option. I turned it down and started reading everything I could find instead.

    3.8 Haller index

  2. First real correction, and the site

    Three years of daily vacuum bell work and structured training produced visible, measurable change without surgery. I put the site up the same year to write down what had actually worked. It launched under the name Pectus Excavatum Fix.

  3. One hundredth case

    Enough repetition to see what generalised and what did not. The carinatum and rib flare protocols came out of this stretch, built alongside the excavatum work rather than copied from it.

    100 Cases worked

  4. Medical review begins

    Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel, a cardiothoracic surgeon, started reviewing the clinical content. Every article and protocol claim published from this point goes past him first.

  5. Five hundred cases

    The protocol settled into its current shape. Age range 13 to 52, a client base spread across time zones, and enough logged before-and-afters to stop guessing about what a realistic result looks like.

    500 Cases worked

  6. Breathe Deeper published

    The full non-surgical pectus reference. Everything I had learned, sourced and written out properly instead of scattered across blog posts.

    1,127 Pages

  7. Over a thousand cases

    Courses, fitted equipment, the member app and 1-on-1 coaching, running worldwide. Still one person reading every message that comes in.

    1,000+ Cases worked
1,000+
Cases personally worked since 2015

Nobody is handed off. There is no support tier, no assistant answering as me, and no template reply waiting for your first message.

13-52 age range worked 100% non-surgical Worldwide client base

Qualifications

What I hold

Listed in full, including the one I have not finished yet. The design degree is the reason the site, the app, the books and every diagram inside them are made by the same person who wrote them.

  • Level 5 Certified Personal Trainer DUKE Institute, ISSA-recognized
    Certified
  • BA, Graphic Design American University of Europe - FON
    2019-2023
  • Graphic Design Academy diploma Skala School of Design
    Completed
  • Economics Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
    2016-2019
  • Applied training and nutrition science Menno Henselmans PT course
    In progress

Medical collaboration

A surgeon checks my work

The person reviewing the case for not operating performs the operation for a living. That tension is the whole point. If the non-surgical argument cannot survive a chest wall surgeon reading it, it should not be on the site.

Medical reviewer

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel, MD

Cardiothoracic surgery specialist

Full reviewer profile
5,000+
Patients treated
2,000+
Pectus surgeries performed
Istanbul
Founder of PektusKlinik

He holds leadership roles in the Chest Wall International Group and the Chest Wall and Deformities Pectus Society. Every article, protocol rationale and surgical comparison on mrpectus is checked by him for accuracy before it publishes.

Non-surgical and surgical correction are not rivals. Both have proper indications. The job is giving you enough accurate information to pick correctly for your own case, and that takes clinical review rather than advocacy.

Position

Where I stand, before you spend

What I will tell you

  • Non-surgical correction is real for the right cases, and the published literature supports it. Most people with pectus are never told this.
  • Surgery has its place. Severe cases, genuine surgical candidates, and anyone who has properly tried the non-surgical route without result.
  • Protocol beats product every time. A vacuum bell with no structure behind it does very little. The same goes for a brace.
  • What your Haller index actually means, including when it puts you outside what training and bracing can reach.

What I will never tell you

  • That a device on its own will fix you. Nothing you buy works without the work around it.
  • That you will have a flat chest in eight weeks. Structural change is measured in months and years.
  • That choosing surgery is a failure. It is a medical decision, not a character test.
  • That I am a doctor. I am not, and I will say so every time it matters.

Standards

How this site is allowed to make money

Published because you should be able to check it, not because anyone asked.

Every clinical claim is reviewed

Articles, protocol rationale and surgery comparisons go past Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel before they publish. Not a badge on a page, an actual review step.

Reviews stay honest

I review equipment I have used myself, including the products I end up telling people not to buy. A bad review that costs me a sale is the point of writing them.

Affiliate links are disclosed

Some outbound links earn a commission. It has never changed a recommendation, a ranking, or a word of a review, and the disclosure sits on the page rather than in the footer.

No invented results

Every before-and-after photo and case number on this site traces back to a real logged case. Where I do not have the data, the page says so.

Read the full affiliate and editorial disclosure

The work

Everything on this site, I made

Mihail Veleski Case 001

If you are 15 and you have just been told to wait and see, I know exactly what that afternoon feels like. I wrote all of this for you.

You are not stuck with the two options you were given. Read the free material first, take the quiz, and come back to me with a real question. I answer every one of them myself.

Mihail Veleski
Founder Level 5 DUKE CPT Skopje
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel, MD

Medically reviewed

Every clinical claim on mrpectus is reviewed by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel, MD

Thoracic surgeon, founder of the Chest Wall International Group

See the review
Results

Transformations & Real Stories

Read them by rating, or by what people actually got out of it - the transformations, the honest reviews, and the messages that land in my inbox every week.

500+
Documented Transformations
1,000+
People Helped
11+
Years of Research & Practice
4.8 / 5.0
★★★★★

across 35 rated statements

500+ reviews collected since 2015. Open a bar, a tag or a condition to read the published ones.

What the 4.8 is made of

45 published statements · 500+ collected since 2015

  • ★★★★★

    I came across your blog about a year ago and I just want to say how much you've changed my life for the better. I thought it was going to be another average article, but the tips you gave were things I hadn't heard of before. Now I've improved so much and im more confident then ever.

    Cristian PE 17

    Read the blog USA 🇺🇸

  • ★★★★★

    Had rib flare since i was a teen. the brace plus the breathing drills changed everything. my waist looks normal in a fitted shirt for the first time in my adult life

    Daniel K. Rib Flare 27

    Rib Flare Brace Bristol, UK 🇬🇧

  • ★★★★★ 12 mo

    Mihail doesnt sugarcoat anything. told me exactly what to expect and exactly how long it would take. 12 months in and my carinatum is flat. i finally take my shirt off at the beach

    Aiden R. PC 19

    1-on-1 Coaching Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

  • ★★★★★ 6 mo

    spent two years researching surgery before i found this. six months in and i wish id found it sooner. the progress photos dont lie

    Tom W. PE 24

    Pectus Excavatum Course Manchester, UK 🇬🇧

  • ★★★★★

    the breathing protocol alone changed how i feel day to day. didnt realise how shallow i was breathing until i fixed it. the rib flare correction kind of followed on its own

    Sam B. Rib Flare 21

    Rib Flare Course Oregon, USA 🇺🇸

  • ★★★★★ 3 mo

    Was skeptical, id tried everything before. the custom vacuum bell was different to anything id used. three months of consistent use and i can already see the sternum coming up

    Chris L. PE 31

    Vacuum Bell Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

  • ★★★★★ 4 mo

    The carinatum brace is really well made. fits perfect to my chest and i can wear it under a t-shirt at work. results started showing around 4 months

    Nico P. PC 17

    Pectus Carinatum Brace Milan, Italy 🇮🇹

  • ★★★★★ 9 mo

    direct, no nonsense. mihail knows this condition better than any doctor ive seen. my GP was shocked when i showed him my 9 month comparison photos

    Ryan H. PE 29

    1-on-1 Coaching Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  • ★★★★★

    the course structure is exactly what i needed. not overwhelming, not vague. each module builds on the last and you always know what to do next

    Jake M. Rib Flare 23

    Rib Flare Course Texas, USA 🇺🇸

  • ★★★★★ 7 mo

    been watching mihails youtube since 2017. finally bought the program in 2023 and kicked myself for waiting. shouldve trusted him years earlier

    Liam O. PE 26

    PE Exercise Program Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  • ★★★★★ 6 mo

    My son is 15 and was getting self-conscious at the pool. The carinatum brace and the fortnightly check-ins are what kept him consistent. Six months and the ridge has visibly dropped.

    Parent of Ethan PC 15

    Pectus Carinatum Brace Michigan, USA 🇺🇸

  • ★★★★★

    what sold me is that every claim links to a study. only place online that treats pectus like an actual training problem instead of selling a miracle

    David P. Rib Flare 34

    Read the blog Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  • ★★★★★ 7 mo

    Seven months with the bell now. dip is maybe half what it was and i've stopped turning sideways away from people at the gym lol. didnt expect that part

    Tobias PE 24

    Vacuum Bell Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪

  • ★★★★★ 5 mo

    started at 19 with a chest i couldnt look at in the mirror. went with the excavatum course cus everyone kept telling me nothing but surgery works and i didnt buy it. 5 months of doing the work most days and my chest sits noticeably flatter now - the surgeon who told me wait and see at 17 wouldnt recognise it. only regret is i didnt start the day i turned 17

    Wes PE 19

    Pectus Excavatum Course Colorado, USA 🇺🇸

  • ★★★★★ 9 mo

    Nine months in and my cardiologist literally asked what id changed. resting heart rate came down and i sleep breathing through my nose now. still kind of wild to me

    Andrés Vásquez PE 31

    1-on-1 Coaching Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱

  • ★★★★★

    1100 pages sounded ridiculous til i realised its a reference not a book you read front to back. im in the vacuum bell chapters basically every day

    callum_g PE 22

    Breathe Deeper Glasgow, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • ★★★★★

    Back and rear delt work changed how my chest reads more than anything i did to the actual chest. did NOT expect to be told that

    Dmitri PE 29

    PE Exercise Program Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻

  • ★★★★★

    App keeps me honest ngl. i log the bell session and it tells me when ive earned the next step up. before this i was just guessing

    Joon-ho Park PE 26

    The app Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷

  • ★★★★★ 4 mo

    my mum found mihail tbh. four months of coaching and the difference between the photos is obvious. never had to sit in front of a surgeon

    Tomás Ferreira PE 17

    1-on-1 Coaching Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹

  • ★★★★★ 3 mo

    gaining weight was the bit nobody would explain to me. 3 months on the nutrition plan, 5kg up, and the same chest reads completely different at that weight

    Felix PE 28

    Pectus Nutrition Program Graz, Austria 🇦🇹

  • ★★★★★ 6 mo

    It works. the suction takes getting used to and i gave myself a bit of skin bruising the first fortnight, until i dropped the pressure back to what the guide actually says. my fault not theirs

    Marc-Antoine PE 33

    Vacuum Bell Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦

  • ★★★★★ 5 mo

    honest review. 5 months of consistent bell use and my depth has barely moved. im 35 and my chest wall is stiff, which the guide does warn about upfront. the posture and breathing side genuinely helped and i dont regret the money, but i wouldnt tell someone my age to expect what the teenagers are getting

    Nikolai PE 35

    Vacuum Bell Guide Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

  • ★★★★★ 8 mo

    dip and flare at the same time. THE FLARE WENT FIRST, which nobody warned me would happen, and that alone changed my whole silhouette

    Bruno Salgado PE + Rib Flare 30

    1-on-1 Coaching São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷

  • ★★★★★

    brace did its job on the flare. what i actually wanted was how to run it alongside the vacuum bell work in the same week. asked and got a proper answer same day, but that should be in the material, not something you have to know to ask for

    Otto PE + Rib Flare 25

    Rib Flare Brace Tampere, Finland 🇫🇮

  • ★★★★★

    Everyone i asked just told me to do more core. turns out i was breathing into my neck this whole time. learning to actually use my diaphragm was the entire fix

    Georgia Rib Flare 24

    Rib Flare Course Perth, Australia 🇦🇺

  • ★★★★★ 4 mo

    started out flat on my back every night checking whether my ribs still stuck up, they always did. got the rib flare program and actually did the breathing side properly this time instead of just the exercises. four months later i lie down and theyre flat - i still check out of habit and still cant quite believe it

    Hanna Rib Flare 22

    Rib Flare Program Malmö, Sweden 🇸🇪

  • ★★★★★ 7 mo

    the fortnightly check-ins are the only reason im still doing this. left on my own id have quit around week 3, easy

    Katarina Rib Flare 31

    1-on-1 Coaching Split, Croatia 🇭🇷

  • ★★★★★

    obsessed with watching that number drop every month ngl. 10/10

    marta_v Rib Flare 25

    The app Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸

  • ★★★★★

    clear, cited, actually practical. heavy going in the anatomy chapters if you have no background, but id rather be given too much than too little

    Aisha M. Rib Flare 27

    Rib Flare Brace Guide Dubai, UAE 🇦🇪

  • ★★★★★

    material's good and i have no issue with the science. my honest gripe is the early modules cover the same ground as the free blog posts, which id already read before buying. the later phases are where the real value sits. wouldve paid the same to skip straight to those

    Stefan Nagy Rib Flare 34

    Rib Flare Course Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

  • ★★★★★ 5 mo

    Wore it 8 hrs a night for 5 months. the ridge is basically gone. im 16 so i got lucky on timing, but you still have to wear it every single night. beat the operation they were lining us up for

    Elias PC 16

    Pectus Carinatum Brace Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴

  • ★★★★★

    The wear-schedule chapter is honestly the whole product. everywhere else online just goes "wear a brace" and leaves you to figure out the rest

    hamza PC 20

    Pectus Carinatum Course Casablanca, Morocco 🇲🇦

  • ★★★★★ 6 mo

    spent two years hiding the ridge under hoodies before i actually did anything about it. what changed it was the carinatum program - building the chest and back around the ridge instead of just bracing and hoping. six months in and it reads flat enough that the hoodies are gone

    Rafael PC 22

    PC Exercise Program Cebu, Philippines 🇵🇭

  • ★★★★★ 4 mo

    He replied to my messages same day, every time. at 17 with a chest you hate, that matters way more than the plan does honestly

    Théo PC 17

    1-on-1 Coaching Ghent, Belgium 🇧🇪

  • ★★★★★

    solid guide and the pressure numbers are genuinely useful. half a star off cus im 28 and the whole thing is pitched at teenagers. an adult section, where the timelines are honestly different, wouldve been worth a lot to me

    Jonas B. PC 28

    Carinatum Brace Guide Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰

  • logged case +3.2 kg · 2 months

    Two months in and I've put on 3.2 kg of muscle. My chest doesn't cave the way it used to when I'm standing relaxed, and that alone was worth it.

    Milo PE 25

    Germany 🇩🇪

  • logged case −0.9 cm · 9 months

    Nine months, 5.7 kg of muscle on, and 0.9 cm off the depth of my chest. I am 32. I had been told the window for fixing this closed at 18.

    Liam PE + Rib Flare 32

    Seattle, WA 🇺🇸

  • logged case +4.5 kg · 6 months

    I came in skinny with a deep dip and ribs that flared out. Six months later I am 4.5 kg heavier, and the flare is the part people notice is gone.

    Ian PE + Rib Flare 22

    Canada 🇨🇦

  • logged case −0.9 cm · 7 months

    The brace handled the flare, the training filled out the chest. 6 kg on and 0.9 cm less depth in seven months. I wear fitted shirts now.

    Alejandro Sanz Torres PE + Rib Flare 29

    Bilbao, Spain 🇪🇸

  • logged case +4 kg · 5 months

    Five months, 4 kg up. The dip is still there if I go looking for it, but nobody else finds it anymore.

    Lars PE + Rib Flare 25

    Sweden 🇸🇪

  • logged case −9 kg · 5 months

    I am 52 and carried both a ridge and a dip my whole life. Dropped 9 kg in five months and my chest finally reads as one shape instead of two.

    Greg Henderson PC + PE 52

    Ohio, USA 🇺🇸

  • logged case +5 kg · 3 months

    Three months, 5 kg on, and the ridge sits lower than it ever has. At 19 I thought surgery was the only thing that would fix it.

    Ethan PC 19

    North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸

  • logged case +9 kg · 6 months

    Nine kilos in six months. Building the muscle around the ridge did more for how it looks than the years I spent hiding it under loose shirts.

    Omar Al Mansoori PC 24

    Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪

  • logged case 4 months

    Four months of coaching and the ridge you could see from the side has flattened out. I stopped checking my profile in every window I walk past.

    Beau PC 30

    Missouri, USA 🇺🇸

  • logged case Before → After

    My carinatum was the first thing I saw in every photo of myself. Now I have to point it out to people. Same chest, trained differently.

    Taras Bondarenko PC 29

    Czech Republic 🇨🇿

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★★★★★

"I came across your blog about a year ago and I just want to say how much you've changed my life for the better. I thought it was going to be another average article, but the tips you gave were things I hadn't heard of before. Now I've improved so much and im more confident then ever."

Cristian
Age 17
Pectus Excavatum
★★★★★

"Had rib flare since i was a teen. the brace plus the breathing drills changed everything. my waist looks normal in a fitted shirt for the first time in my adult life"

Daniel K.
Age 27
Rib Flare
★★★★★

"Mihail doesnt sugarcoat anything. told me exactly what to expect and exactly how long it would take. 12 months in and my carinatum is flat. i finally take my shirt off at the beach"

Aiden R.
Age 19
12 mo Pectus Carinatum
★★★★★

"spent two years researching surgery before i found this. six months in and i wish id found it sooner. the progress photos dont lie"

Tom W.
Age 24
6 mo Pectus Excavatum
★★★★★

"the breathing protocol alone changed how i feel day to day. didnt realise how shallow i was breathing until i fixed it. the rib flare correction kind of followed on its own"

Sam B.
Age 21
Rib Flare
★★★★★

"Was skeptical, id tried everything before. the custom vacuum bell was different to anything id used. three months of consistent use and i can already see the sternum coming up"

Chris L.
Age 31
3 mo Pectus Excavatum
★★★★★

"The carinatum brace is really well made. fits perfect to my chest and i can wear it under a t-shirt at work. results started showing around 4 months"

Nico P.
Age 17
4 mo Pectus Carinatum
★★★★★

"direct, no nonsense. mihail knows this condition better than any doctor ive seen. my GP was shocked when i showed him my 9 month comparison photos"

Ryan H.
Age 29
9 mo Pectus Excavatum
★★★★★

"the course structure is exactly what i needed. not overwhelming, not vague. each module builds on the last and you always know what to do next"

Jake M.
Age 23
Rib Flare
★★★★★

"been watching mihails youtube since 2017. finally bought the program in 2023 and kicked myself for waiting. shouldve trusted him years earlier"

Liam O.
Age 26
7 mo Pectus Excavatum
★★★★★

"My son is 15 and was getting self-conscious at the pool. The carinatum brace and the fortnightly check-ins are what kept him consistent. Six months and the ridge has visibly dropped."

Parent of Ethan
Age 15
6 mo Pectus Carinatum
★★★★★

"what sold me is that every claim links to a study. only place online that treats pectus like an actual training problem instead of selling a miracle"

David P.
Age 34
Rib Flare

I came across your blog about a year ago and I just want to say how much you've changed my life for the better. I thought it was going to be another average article, but the tips you gave were things I hadn't heard of before. Now I've improved so much and im more confident then ever.

CristianAge 17USA 🇺🇸Pectus Excavatum
Email from Cristian titled "You've Changed My Life"
Unedited email · 26 Jun 2023
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Stefan · Macedonia 🇲🇰
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"Cancelled my Nuss surgery."

Marcus T. · Age 22
Pectus Excavatum
8-month result
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"My carinatum is finally flat."

Aiden R. · Age 19
Pectus Carinatum
12-month result
Filmed
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"Fitted shirts fit for the first time."

Daniel K. · Age 27
Rib Flare
6-month result
Filmed
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"I wish I had found this sooner."

Tom W. · Age 24
Pectus Excavatum
6-month result
Filmed
2:58

"My GP was shocked at the photos."

Ryan H. · Age 29
Pectus Excavatum
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Milo — pectus excavatum chest before and after 2 months on the protocol Before
After
Milo, 25
Month 0 → Month 2
Pectus Excavatum Weight gain: +3.2 kg lean muscle massExercise & 1-on-1 coachingGermany 🇩🇪
Liam — pectus excavatum and rib flare chest before and after 9 months on the protocol Before
After
Liam, portrait
Liam, 32
Month 0 → Month 9
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare Weight gain: +5.7 kg lean muscle masspectus depth −0.9 cmExercise & 1-on-1 coachingSeattle, WA 🇺🇸
Ian — pectus excavatum and rib flare chest before and after the protocol Before
After
Ian, portrait
Ian, 22
Month 0 → Month 6
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare Weight gain: +4.5 kg lean muscle mass1-on-1 coachingCanada 🇨🇦
Greg Henderson — pectus carinatum and excavatum chest before and after 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Greg Henderson, portrait
Greg Henderson, 52
Month 0 → Month 5
Pectus Carinatum + Pectus Excavatum Weight loss: −9 kg1-on-1 coachingOhio, USA 🇺🇸
Alejandro Sanz Torres — pectus excavatum and rib flare chest before and after the rib flare brace plus 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Alejandro Sanz Torres, portrait
Alejandro Sanz Torres, 29
Month 0 → Month 7
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare Weight gain: +6 kgpectus depth −0.9 cmRib flare brace + 1-on-1 coachingBilbao, Spain 🇪🇸
Lars — pectus excavatum and rib flare chest before and after 5 months of exercise and 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Lars, 25
Month 0 → Month 5
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare Weight gain: +4 kgExercise & 1-on-1 coachingSweden 🇸🇪
Ethan — pectus carinatum chest before and after 3 months of exercise and 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Ethan, portrait
Ethan, 19
Month 0 → Month 3
Pectus Carinatum Weight gain: +5 kgExercise & 1-on-1 coachingNorth Carolina, USA 🇺🇸
Omar Al Mansoori — pectus carinatum chest before and after 6 months of exercise and 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Omar Al Mansoori, portrait
Omar Al Mansoori, 24
Month 0 → Month 6
Pectus Carinatum Weight gain: +9 kgExercise & 1-on-1 coachingAbu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪
Taras Bondarenko — pectus carinatum chest before and after exercise and 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Taras Bondarenko, portrait
Taras Bondarenko, 29
Before → After
Pectus Carinatum Exercise & 1-on-1 coachingCzech Republic 🇨🇿
Beau — pectus carinatum chest, side profile, before and after 4 months of 1-on-1 coaching Before
After
Beau, portrait
Beau, 30
Month 0 → Month 4
Pectus Carinatum 1-on-1 coachingMissouri, USA 🇺🇸

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Case Log · Verified Outcomes
Case 01
“Two months in and I've put on 3.2 kg of muscle. My chest doesn't cave the way it used to when I'm standing relaxed, and that alone was worth it.”
Milo / Age 25
Pectus Excavatum
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · Germany 🇩🇪
Timeline
2 months
Lean mass
+3.2 kg
Liam
Case 02
“Nine months, 5.7 kg of muscle on, and 0.9 cm off the depth of my chest. I am 32. I had been told the window for fixing this closed at 18.”
Liam / Age 32
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · Seattle, WA 🇺🇸
Timeline
9 months
Chest depth
−0.9 cm
Ian
Case 03
“I came in skinny with a deep dip and ribs that flared out. Six months later I am 4.5 kg heavier, and the flare is the part people notice is gone.”
Ian / Age 22
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare
1-on-1 coaching · Canada 🇨🇦
Timeline
6 months
Lean mass
+4.5 kg
Alejandro Sanz Torres
Case 04
“The brace handled the flare, the training filled out the chest. 6 kg on and 0.9 cm less depth in seven months. I wear fitted shirts now.”
Alejandro Sanz Torres / Age 29
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare
Rib flare brace + 1-on-1 coaching · Bilbao, Spain 🇪🇸
Timeline
7 months
Chest depth
−0.9 cm
Case 05
“Five months, 4 kg up. The dip is still there if I go looking for it, but nobody else finds it anymore.”
Lars / Age 25
Pectus Excavatum + Rib Flare
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · Sweden 🇸🇪
Timeline
5 months
Weight
+4 kg
Greg Henderson
Case 06
“I am 52 and carried both a ridge and a dip my whole life. Dropped 9 kg in five months and my chest finally reads as one shape instead of two.”
Greg Henderson / Age 52
Pectus Carinatum + Pectus Excavatum
1-on-1 coaching · Ohio, USA 🇺🇸
Timeline
5 months
Weight
−9 kg
Ethan
Case 07
“Three months, 5 kg on, and the ridge sits lower than it ever has. At 19 I thought surgery was the only thing that would fix it.”
Ethan / Age 19
Pectus Carinatum
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸
Timeline
3 months
Weight
+5 kg
Omar Al Mansoori
Case 08
“Nine kilos in six months. Building the muscle around the ridge did more for how it looks than the years I spent hiding it under loose shirts.”
Omar Al Mansoori / Age 24
Pectus Carinatum
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪
Timeline
6 months
Weight
+9 kg
Beau
Case 09
“Four months of coaching and the ridge you could see from the side has flattened out. I stopped checking my profile in every window I walk past.”
Beau / Age 30
Pectus Carinatum
1-on-1 coaching · Missouri, USA 🇺🇸
Timeline
4 months
Taras Bondarenko
Case 10
“My carinatum was the first thing I saw in every photo of myself. Now I have to point it out to people. Same chest, trained differently.”
Taras Bondarenko / Age 29
Pectus Carinatum
Exercise & 1-on-1 coaching · Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Timeline
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How long before I see a change? +

Posture and breathing shift first - most people feel that inside the first few weeks. Visible chest change is slower. In the case log above, Milo saw his first real change at 2 months, Ian at 6, Liam at 9. The programs run 16 weeks because that is roughly how long it takes for the training to show up in the mirror.

Am I too old for this to work? +

Almost certainly not. The clients documented on this page were 22 to 32 when they started. Cartilage does stiffen with age, so progress is slower the older you are - but slower is not the same as stopped. What changes is the timeline, not whether it is worth doing.

Do I need a gym, or can I do this at home? +

Either works. Every program ships with a gym track and a no-equipment track for the same 16 weeks, so you pick the one that matches what you actually have access to. You can switch between them mid-program without losing your place.

Pectus excavatum, carinatum, rib flare - is it the same plan? +

No, and that matters. A sunken chest and a protruding chest need close to opposite work, and rib flare often rides along with both. There is a separate program for each. If you are not sure which one you have, the 60-second quiz sorts it out and points you at the right starting place.

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