Rib Broken Or Dislocated? Posted: 12-09-05 14:33pm
A couple days ago I started having some
pain and discomfort in my bottum right
rib. At first I igored it thinking it
was a pulled muscle or something. It has
been keeping me up at night because it
hurts no matter how I lay. The wierd
thing is that I dont even know what I did
to it. I was feeling it and feeling my
left side ribs too in order to compare
them. I noticed if I push on that sore
rib it moves. Only the bottum right one
moves and makes a sort of pop like noise.
It hurts and I cant take any pain meds
for it because my husband and I are trying
to concieve. I have an appointment with
my doctor on tuesday but it is really
annoying me. I also called the ask a
nurse and she said it wasnt an emergency
thank goodness. I dont know what it is
but if anyone else has had this or
something similar let me know. I would
feel a lot better.
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_katrina_
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Saskatoon
Dislocated Posted: 01-14-06 22:36pm
Ahh! This exact happened to me two days
ago...I was in gym warming up, doing very
easy stretches when I felt a sharp pain in
my upper back. I became short of breath
and it felt like something was pushing
against my lung. I asked the gym teacher
about it and she said that rib
dislocations happen frequently, often by
next to nothing and that it can be fixed
easily by a chiroprator who'll just "pop"
the rib back into the vertebra. So ya im
going to the chiroprator tomorrow woo to
get it fixed cuz whenever I touch it it
moves and it hurrttsss and I can't
breath!!! :cry:
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-14-06 23:16pm
I would have sworn that I had a broken rib
after an falling on a friends knees
durring a football game that we were all
too old and too dumb to be playing.
I actually had such bad intercostal
swelling that the doc/np sent me for xrays
because she said she had not seen that
kind of swelling and bruising without
there being a break/fracture.
Low and behold, no break no fracture. It
took me months to get the pain under
control and when it finally did go away, I
decided not to be playing football
anymore.
On a side note, if you are trying to
concieve, you can still take certian meds
that will have little to no affect on your
fertility. There is no reason not to seek
medical aid and also get advice and
possibly a prescription for prenatals
while at the docs office. At a minimum
you should be taking a folic acid
supplement everyday from now until the
baby is born and done nursing.
Good luck,
brian
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Collinstwin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 1
rib injury? Posted: 06-08-08 18:36pm
I have noticed similar symptoms today. I
am sore at the base of my ribs and tender
to the touch. The right side seem almost
shorter and lower than the left. I feel
as if something is poking just under my
rib cage. I'm thinking I may have injured
it during a pilates exercise. Does this
sound like a dislocated rib or is there
such a thing? Suggestions? I have no
health insurance and don't want to run to
the ER for nothing.
