strange rib area pain

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06-12-2008, 01:39 PM
fikalina

strange rib area pain

i've got a weird pain which i've no idea what it is or how i've got it.

It's a bit difficult to describe but i'll try... it's on my left side and if i put the heel of my hand into the area at the bottom of my rib cage towards the centre of my back where your ribs sort of meet the the muscles of your spine, if i press there i'm getting a pain. If i don't press it, i can't feel the pain but the area sort of feels a bit strained/bruised almost. Doesn't hurt when i move or exercise, only when i push on the area and actually more as i release my hand.

Any ideas? Should i stick some ice of it? I did mention it to my physio and she said it's an area where a certain muscle joins but i can't remember what muscle she said.
08-12-2008, 08:33 PM
Canuck Physio

Re: strange rib area pain

Quote:

Originally Posted by fikalina

i've got a weird pain which i've no idea what it is or how i've got it.

It's a bit difficult to describe but i'll try... it's on my left side and if i put the heel of my hand into the area at the bottom of my rib cage towards the centre of my back where your ribs sort of meet the the muscles of your spine, if i press there i'm getting a pain. If i don't press it, i can't feel the pain but the area sort of feels a bit strained/bruised almost. Doesn't hurt when i move or exercise, only when i push on the area and actually more as i release my hand.

Any ideas? Should i stick some ice of it? I did mention it to my physio and she said it's an area where a certain muscle joins but i can't remember what muscle she said.

I would just be shooting blanks to be honest, it sounds like a muscle/fascia tightening or a trigger point of the muscle from spasm. Either/or Its too difficult to say here alone.
26-12-2008, 04:04 PM
eshuro

Re: strange rib area pain

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26-12-2008, 07:32 PM
opihiman

Re: strange rib area pain

Quote:

Originally Posted by fikalina

i've got a weird pain which i've no idea what it is or how i've got it.

It's a bit difficult to describe but i'll try... it's on my left side and if i put the heel of my hand into the area at the bottom of my rib cage towards the centre of my back where your ribs sort of meet the the muscles of your spine, if i press there i'm getting a pain. If i don't press it, i can't feel the pain but the area sort of feels a bit strained/bruised almost. Doesn't hurt when i move or exercise, only when i push on the area and actually more as i release my hand.

Any ideas? Should i stick some ice of it? I did mention it to my physio and she said it's an area where a certain muscle joins but i can't remember what muscle she said.

How is you general health? Have you had trouble with Urinary tract infections, kidney stones, trouble urinating, ETC... Has this been checked by a Gen Prac?

rule out the medical portion and it will get easier to wean out and make recommendations.

Hope that helps

OPI
05-05-2010, 06:16 AM
Gregde

Re: strange rib area pain

Hi,

As a physiotherapist and nutritionist one suggestion is supplementation with magnesium/calcium orotate (just any mg/ca supplement is not enough). Calcium orotate is an important nutrient in creating the ligand bonding in the costo-cartilage while magnesium is required as a co-nutrient. Works in about 90% of non-specific cartilage pain after excluding, fo course, any cardiac risk.

Problem is finding it as in Australia it can be accessed by practitioners only (e.g. Pharmafoods, Pharmamag Forte is the product) but can't answer for UK as nutritional supplements are regulated differently.