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Swollen Lower Left Floating Rib

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Dr. Rajinder Bajoria MD

My daughter is a 16 year old 6'4" basketball athlete. She has a floating rib in her left clavical .... She says the floating rib hurts when she's working out hard and breathing hard. Is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajinder Bajoria ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Raju A.T MD

Injured my left floating rib 10 days ago now the pain is real bad on left side under ribs and now my back hurts. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Raju A.T ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

I have sharp pain just below the last floating rib on my right side it feel like something swollen , shaped like a large banana, when I sneeze it feels like my rib stabs it, can you help , thanks XXXX ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Anantharamakrishnan MD

in my upper chest. Is there a possibility that the floating rib is causing an irritation that is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anantharamakrishnan ( Cardiologist)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

I am having severe pain between my left floating rib and iliac crest moving towards my lower back on that side. It's hard to turn over, twist etc. I had L4-5, L5-S1 fusion March 1. That area has... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)

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Dr. Narender Saini MD

I was beaten ad kicked in my ribs several years ago and continue to have pain in my ribs around the floating rib area. Is this intercostal neuralgia? I did have a dislocated floating rib which... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Narender Saini ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Olgeta Xhufka MD

Hi, my last rib on my right side, the floating rib has been bothering me for over a week. It is noticibly pushed out further than it used to be and is causing discomfort. It sticks out about half an inch ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olgeta Xhufka ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Vaibhav Gandhi MD

there is severe pain around the floating rib predominantly on the right side but the pain can be on either side and move to the abdomen , pain can reach from as high as 10 to 0.5 often lasting 5-10 minutes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Divakara MD

I asked my Dr. why my rib cage hurt...he put pressure on it and said, you ve got a floating rib ... hope I m wrong. I still don t know what floating rib is...what causes it....dangerous? I was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Divakara ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

I was diagnosed with floating rib syndrome when I was 13 years old. I am now 23 and it is still an on going (severely painful) problem that I ve learnt to deal with. However I am concerned that in the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)