MY SON'S RIB CAGE

I MAY BE ASKING IN THE WRONG AREA.  MY SONS RIB CAGE HAS DEVELOPED AWKWARDLY AS HE HAS GOTTEN INTO PUBERTY.  HE IS 14 ALMOST 15 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS CHEST THE RIB CAGE HAS CURVED UP ALOT COMPARED TO HOW IT USED TO BE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, TO THE POINT WHERE HE WILL COMPLAIN IF LYING ON HIS STOMACH.  HE ALSO COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS RIBS HURTING HIM.  HE IS VERY ATHLETIC AND I WAS WONDERING IF I SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT IT HAS ALTERED FROM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Dear Grace,

This Forum focuses on matters of child behavior, not medical conditions, so I really can't offer you guidance.