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Torso Pain
I started getting pain in my right middle ribs a few months ago. Didn't bother me too much, till it got worse and spread to my shoulder blade and under my breast. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer with the exact same symptoms, so I panicked! My gp sent me for a CT of my abdomen, pelvis and chest. Results all came back negative, except for an ovarian cyst on the other side. He told me heat and motrin. I don't want to just treat the pain, I want to know what's causing it.
Four years ago I had a incisional hernia repair on my stomach just under my right ribcage. The surgeon had a rough time attaching the patch, and I've had pain & soreness in that area since. Maybe this is related somehow??? It's almost like this pain is traveling up my ribs, back, shoulder and neck.
Any suggestions?
This discussion is related to Recurring Chest, Rib, Torso Pain.
Four years ago I had a incisional hernia repair on my stomach just under my right ribcage. The surgeon had a rough time attaching the patch, and I've had pain & soreness in that area since. Maybe this is related somehow??? It's almost like this pain is traveling up my ribs, back, shoulder and neck.
Any suggestions?
This discussion is related to Recurring Chest, Rib, Torso Pain.
I posted this in a related forum. It's worth thinking about...
IF all medical tests are done, and nothing is found, this is a classic sign of anxiety. Not your garden variety stress, but an accumulation of stress that has literally pulled you in one direction.
I have experience with this, and I didn't start to get better until I had all the medical tests (nothing to actually pinpoint the extent of the problem), and began to believe -- really believe-- that it was stress induced.
What really hit home for me was reading Thomas Hanna's "Somatics". In the book he describes three types of UNCONSCIOUS reflexes, called "red light", which is what the right-sided pain; "green-light", which is a reflex in the back that is just the opposite; and a "trauma" reflex, which many people get after an injury or surgery. Sometimes all three can work together to twist your torso into a pretzel.
Hanna's book reminds readers that the pain is REAL, not cooked up in your mind, but that it is emotional and unconscious things that have brought it on. This in turn makes various muscles contract and stay that way. The book has a series of movements, much like yoga, which are not meant to strengthen anything but to re-introduce you to the individual muscles, that, due to pain, have become part of a "sensory amnesia".
Sound far-fetched? It's not.
There are numerous sites around the internet that deal with right-sided pain and problems, and if you read carefully you will find that many of the posters have had -- or do have-- other anxiety symptoms. Or they are carrying heavy burdens in life. Few posters actually relieve their pain by any treatments or exercise or pills. Some do for a short time, but the pain comes back, which signals that the placebo effect wore off, because the anxiety is not treated.
Just my observation after dealing with this and searching high and low for the cause. If you have tried everything else, examine the anxiety in your life, or frustrations, or current stress. The most important thing is to overcome the FEAR of the pain, and get on with living. You can't ignore the pain, but you can tell yourself that it is harmless and that it is related to stress. It will help. Not immediately in most cases, but relative to the reduction or recognition and acceptance of the notion.
IF all medical tests are done, and nothing is found, this is a classic sign of anxiety. Not your garden variety stress, but an accumulation of stress that has literally pulled you in one direction.
I have experience with this, and I didn't start to get better until I had all the medical tests (nothing to actually pinpoint the extent of the problem), and began to believe -- really believe-- that it was stress induced.
What really hit home for me was reading Thomas Hanna's "Somatics". In the book he describes three types of UNCONSCIOUS reflexes, called "red light", which is what the right-sided pain; "green-light", which is a reflex in the back that is just the opposite; and a "trauma" reflex, which many people get after an injury or surgery. Sometimes all three can work together to twist your torso into a pretzel.
Hanna's book reminds readers that the pain is REAL, not cooked up in your mind, but that it is emotional and unconscious things that have brought it on. This in turn makes various muscles contract and stay that way. The book has a series of movements, much like yoga, which are not meant to strengthen anything but to re-introduce you to the individual muscles, that, due to pain, have become part of a "sensory amnesia".
Sound far-fetched? It's not.
There are numerous sites around the internet that deal with right-sided pain and problems, and if you read carefully you will find that many of the posters have had -- or do have-- other anxiety symptoms. Or they are carrying heavy burdens in life. Few posters actually relieve their pain by any treatments or exercise or pills. Some do for a short time, but the pain comes back, which signals that the placebo effect wore off, because the anxiety is not treated.
Just my observation after dealing with this and searching high and low for the cause. If you have tried everything else, examine the anxiety in your life, or frustrations, or current stress. The most important thing is to overcome the FEAR of the pain, and get on with living. You can't ignore the pain, but you can tell yourself that it is harmless and that it is related to stress. It will help. Not immediately in most cases, but relative to the reduction or recognition and acceptance of the notion.
Thanks, but I had my gallbladder out about 40 years ago, then had stones in the bile duct years later. That's the surgery that led to the incisional hernia. My gastro says there are no more stones b/c there is a stent in there.
If I had read my post, I would have said gallbladder too.
If I had read my post, I would have said gallbladder too.
I would have to agree. I got my gallbladder taken out. My pain was a shooting pain up to my shoulders. In my ribs, back, stomach hurt. Lettuce and spicy foods avoid!
Gall Bladder, attacks possible you need a hida scan .the pain of gall bladder starts under the right ribs travels up and into the back ,can be very painful, Low fat diet, its high fat can cause it, there are foods you can eat and foods that trigger it, no evening eating last meal early, does the pain come on after a meal ? .If you go into the search engine you can get a list of foods that are good to eat and which to avoid.Ask your doctor about it .
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