I am a fifteen year old girl and I am very active. For the past two years I have been diagnosed with Costochodritis on and off, so when I started having pain of the rib cage I assumed I had it again. When the pain flared up I realized that the chest pain wasn't the source of the pain. The pain seems to be coming from my right side and the mid right side of my back, which radiates to the chest on occasions. The pain is very severe when it flares up, which occurs with deep breathing, laughing, exercise, and lifting, but also hurts a great deal when I am relaxed and breathing calmly. The pain is actually much worse than I've experienced with Costochodritis and as a general rule I have a very good pain tolerance. I can't recall any falls or bumps into anything in the past month or so. I haven't had any upper respiratory infections or surgeries of any kind. I exercise quite a bit and thought maybe I had strained a muscle in my back, which I have also done before, so I rested a few weeks without the slightest improvement. This pain also causes problems with sleeping. The pain gets worse and often wakes me when I roll onto the right side or sleep on my back.
I really hate going to the doctors office, and if it's nothing serious I'd really hate to waste money to be told it's nothing at all, but if it sounds like something serious, I'd like to have something done before it gets worse or causes more problems.
Any help or advice I can get as to what may be causing my pain will be greatly appreciated.