Rib Injury, need to hear your thoughts...
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8th Nov '06, 6:39pm
2 1/2 months ago, I had surgery on my lower ribs. I had "bilateral slipping rib syndrome": On my right side, my 10th rib tip was slipping up underneath my 9th rib, and my 11th rib tip was slipping up underneath my 10th rib. On my left side, my 11th rib tip was slipping up underneath my 10th rib. I was in pain for almost one year before the surgery. During surgery, the surgeon went through my abdomen on my right side and shaved off a few cetimeters of both of the slipping rib tips and removed some broken off cartilage. He then went through the left side and removed a few centimeters of the one slipping rib tip and took out the broken off cartilage. I have two 3.5 inch cuts on both sides of my abdomen. The surgeon told me that recovery time can vary. For some it may take as little as 6 weeks to feel better, but for others, it may take up to 6 months to feel better. It's been 2 1/2 months and I am still in pain... Recovery for this seems to be taking a VERY long time. It's extremely slow... Has anybody else had rib injuries take so long to heal? I'd like to know your thoughts on your recovery time. Also, I get muscles spams in my back sometimes. I had them before the surgery and am still having them after it. One doctor said muscles spasms sound normal, especially in this type of injury. I don't know why this is... perhaps because the ribs connect to ths spine... Heat seems to help. My nerves seem to be ultra sensitive in my back and spine right now too. Sometimes I get what feels like chills all the time. And I seem to be able to feel double the amount I used to. When I put my shirt on, I am able to feel the fabric rub against my skin with any movement. I am also very sensitive to cold temperatures. Supposedly this is all "normal" I'm guessing that my core nerves that connect from the spine through my ribcage are still riled up from trauma. But, it was 2 1/2 months ago! Over the past couple of weeks, they have calmed down a bit, but I am wondering why this occurs. I'm 25 y/o female and sometimes I feel as though I will never heal from this. Everybody tells me that the human body has an incredible healing mechanism, but I fear I will be stuck like this forever. I appreciate you taking the time to read this and I anticipate hearing any body elses experiences that relate to this. THANK YOU.
I feel so bad for you....
10th Jan '08, 4:41pm
I have Slipping Rib Syndrome. Have had it for 2.5 years now. It is not pleasant, and it is NOT common. It's very rare indeed, so rare that I could only find one Doctor here in the US that treats it. I've been getting "trigger point injections" every month which seems to help a bit. My injury was not sport related, but home related. I turned the corner carrying a laundry basket full of laundry, and the corner of the basket jammed into my lower rib cage. Ever since then, I have been in chronic pain. I'm on Vicodin, and time-released morphine. It helps, but the only cure, I'm sure is a ribectomy. OUCH! I have been to 4 separate hospitals trying to find someone who could diagnose my problem. I finally found a pain doctor, who knew what it was 2 minutes after she felt my ribs. I have been thru every test imaginable. I'm not sure if this info will help you.
Gees - I'm so glad I read this article before I opted for the surgery. I feel so sorry for you. I do have some idea of the kind of pain you have to endure day after day. I do hope by now you're getting some relief. They do say that sometimes post surgery can be more painful than the initial pain. If anything good has come out of your posting is this: You saved me from having to go thru even more pain. I know it's no consolation, but thank you for posting!
Rib Pain
22nd Jun '08, 12:07am
I had a sudden onset of severe right sided rib pain while bending into a file drawer. This was 7 wks ago.
The severity of the pain is intermittent, but has not gone away. It is also on the left side. It feels as if something is "overlapping"; when my back side is pressed over rib cage a "lump" rolls in front side...
None of the doctors have been able to understand what I am trying to say.
Except one Chiropractor who has been the only one to press my ribs instead of my abdomen....He said my ribs are "sliding" over the other...
He has not been able to alleviate the symptoms, he has helped w/ the fact that I finally after 3 internal med docs,a gastroenterologist, and multiple abdominal xrays and ct scans, was able to find someone who pinpointed pain and gave me an explanation that made sense....
Anyone got any answers please help, my daily life, friends and employment have been suffering from my symptoms.
I have been run through every test there is and I'm at my ropes end w/ this pain. It won't go away for even one minute!!!Surgery sounds lovely- if it was to cure my pain and not cause new symptoms that I would have to live with. Please let me know how you are feeling now 6/08...
Slipping Rib Syndrome? Possibly?
10th Jan '09, 2:58am
Hi, I am a dancer in highschool, and every once in a while when i move a funny way, I feel like something in my left side at the bottom of my rib cage "pops"... I don't know how else to describe it. I have experienced this several times (I don't remember exactly for how long), but when it happens it hurts and the bottom of my rib cage feels uncomfortable. Not until today has it hurt for very long after it "pops," (kind of a lot of pain in the sense that it feels really uncomfortable and like something isn't right when it pops).
I know that I need to go to a doctor to be sure and everything, but it hasn't hurt like this or for such a long time before, (but I was concerned and looked it up on the internet). Currently, it "popped" at about 11:30 today, and now it is 6:55 and still hurts (and I took advil--which didn't help).
If this sounds like what you're experiencing, let me know =]