Symptoms of rib injury include localised pain that can be severe. The rib cage glides open a bit with each breath and flexes in response to motion, each of which can also trigger pain or discomfort.
There can be a bunch of different potential reasons why you’re having pain in this area ... that may spread to the back, but may be felt higher up, under the left breast, says Dr.
Symptoms of rib injury include localized pain that can be severe. The rib cage glides open a bit with each breath and flexes in response to motion, each of which can also trigger pain or discomfort.
Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.
Allen initially took a hard shot to his rib area in Game 1 of the first round ... “You roll over, you wake up with pain in the side. It didn’t finally go down until two weeks after the season.