Floating Rib

[jimboaldis]

Hi There,

Over the last few days, or maybe even a week, every now and then I get a sharp pain in the middle of my back (it bloody hurts!).

It's almost like severe indigestion and is hard to breathe for a good few seconds.

One of the guys at the gym had said that I could have possibly dislogded a "floating rib" and needs to put back into place.

I will be going to get it sorted out over the next few days, but just wondered if anyone else had either had this or heard of this complaint.

Thanks

 

[vitor]

I saw a floating rib once, and I ate it, good shit, I was dieting for a small conest and dreaming of food.

Trust me BRO, if your rib was broken or fucked u would know, worst pain ever

 

[Dad]

Rib head subluxation

It is possible to have what's called a subluxation of the head of the rib.
This means the rib is partially, but not completely dislocated from its attachment to the vertebrea.

A good chiropractor shuold be able to diagnose and treat this. While it's healing, you may want to wrap your torso with very long ace bandage, especially when you sleep at night, and could toss and turn.

The other possibility is a strained quadratus lumborum muscle, which will pull on the lower rib as you do anything that arches (extends) your lower back.

Just a couple of possibilities - hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[swervedriver]

I have been having the same problem. I have these sharp pains in the middle of my back and it hurts like hell! It hurts to arch back or to twist. It feels like something is pulling away from my spine... Don't know what it is... The only relief I get is when I get in a very hot shower... It seems to loosen my back up... If anyone knows what this could be please fill me in....

 

[xcelbeyond]

I had this happen years ago. It'd hurt to breath deep and kept me awake, which is HARD TO DO. I'd never believed in Chiros, but decided to try one. It took a couple of adjustments to get it to stay back in place.

Later, I was talking to a Physical Therapist (neighbor) and he described it as Dad did and said it would take weeks if not months of therapy to fix