Question
I'm a 25 y/o female, 5'3 and 108 lbs. I've been experiencing right side pain for the last 4 months now. I actually first noticed it about 9 months ago while jumping up and down on a mini trampoline during an aerobics class. I've practiced the same aerobics routine for 2 years, so I'm unsure as to why the pain all of a sudden occurred during this particular session. I wasn't doing anything strenuous or anything like that, but anyway. I'm fairly athletic and exercise 4-5 days per week, or used to... I haven't been able to since I've had this side pain... During the last 15 minutes of my aerobics class, I started noticing a sharp pain below my right ribcage. Since I only had 15 minutes left, I decided to keep going. As I kept moving, I felt moderate discomfort. After the class was over, the pain throbbed for about a day but went away. A few days later, I did an aerobics class and was fine. A few days after that, I performed the same aerobics routine and noticed the pain again. I worked through it and after the class was over, the pain throbbed for about a day or two but again, went away. I noticed it again about a week later while out dancing with friends. But, the pain subsided after the dancing was done. A few days later, I performed my normal aerobics routine, and again felt the pain, but continued with the class. This time, I was forced to take it really easy because of increased pain, but after the class was finished, the pain throbbed and ached, and it never went away! This pain has stayed with me every single day for the last 4 months. It gets worse when I sit down. It's no longer a sharp stabbing pain like when I felt when I was doing aerobics, it's more of a severe ache. It feels like a warm/burning/pressure/almost tingly sensation on my right side. The pain is generated from my abdomen/right flank, just under my rib cage, but above my hip and it radiates over to the right side of my back, all the way up the right side of my spine near my shoulder blade. It's almost like my whole right torso is affected. I feel a lot of pressure and a pulling sensation underneath my right rib cage. I have a very hard time sitting at my desk at work, leaning back in my chair, and leaning forward to write. When I wake up in the morning, the pain is pretty much gone! But of course within the first 5-10 minutes I start walking around a little bit and sitting down to eat my breakfast, it starts. It progresses throughout the day. I cannot do aerobic activity anymore. All I can do is walk at a slow pace, and even that irritates it. What I eat doesn't bother it. Nobody can figure out what I have, but it seems to be getting worse. I've had many different types of blood tests, I've had a CT scan of my right side, an MRI of my T spine, a bone scan, an X RAY of my ribs, an ultrasound of my right side, an ultrasound of my heart (echo) and everything has shown up normal. I've been checked for kidney stones, gallstones, kidney problems, liver problems, gallbladder problems, but so far, everything is normal! I also went to an OB and he checked my ovaries and uterus and said everything feels normal. He also did a quick rectal exam and he said things feel normal. The doctors are stumped. One doctor suggested, 搒lipping rib syndrome? Are you familiar with this and does this sound like the symptoms? I've researched it on the internet and the symptoms I've read on it and the symptoms that I am experiencing seem to be right on! What do you think?  

Answer
Kristy:

Thanks for writing!

It is unfortunate that you have gone thru these months of pain, when the answer is so simple and safe.

Yes, there could be a "slipping rib syndrome" involved. But, more than that, it is very likely that you have slipped your sacro ilicac. That means that the hip bone has slid a little where it hooks to the back bone.

When the sacro iliac slips out of it socket, the whole body gets twisted and it can hurt anywhere. A rib could slip out because of this also.

Go to www.sorsi.com, www.icak-usa.com or www.holistichiro.com and look for a good chiropractor near you. They will be able to get to the root of this problem and correct it, quickly safely and easily.

Does this answer your qestion?

Dr. Rozeboom