suggest please

[alophysio]

Hi

Find someone who can assess your upper ribs.

There are many conditions that present like that including:

1. referral from cervical spine (neck)
2. referral from nerve caught somewhere
3. muscle strain (unlikely)
4. scar tissue pulling from lung if there is a history of trauma
5. rib dysfunction (my best guess)

[thomas bibu]

hi dear,

without a physical examination there’s nothing to build on.

on the other hand, I am interested to know your sex (male/female) simply because in my practice I have had a patient with similar complaints; who eventually had a mammogram and was found to have fibroadenoma in the left breast and a small cyst in the right breast.

the reason why I wish to share this is because most physios always count on musculoskeletal causes ONLY;
muscles and bones — due to overexertion, inflammation, muscle tear/scarring, costochondritis etc.
nerve - due to nerve entrapment/impingement, nerve tumors such as neuroma, spinal nerve root compression, neuropathy and/or pain originating from intercostals, pleura etc.

well, this is just an eye opener, so kindly keep your options open and follow up accordingly.

cheers,

thomas