Costochondritis is not cancer, but its symptoms can resemble those of some types of cancer. It can also develop after certain ...

Pain on the right side of the abdomen under the ribs is a common complaint. We’ve all felt it at some point. The pain may be sharp or dull. Perhaps it was sudden or slowly crept up on you. At the ...

You know that pitchers run the risk of blowing out an elbow ligament. But who would have thought they could lose a rib?

Dear Doctors: I was in a car accident, and an X-ray showed I had two broken ribs. A second X-ray taken a month later showed I also had a cracked rib. Why didn’t that show up the first time? Why isn’t ...

In some cases, a pinched nerve in the upper back can cause chest pain. However, upper back pinched nerves are less common than those that occur in the neck or lower back. Pinched nerves can cause pain ...

A woman was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer after experiencing pain in her rib which she initially thought was a pulled muscle. Lorna McNaughton, 45, started experiencing pain in her rib and ...

Dear Doctors: I was in a car accident, and an X-ray showed I had two broken ribs. A second X-ray taken a month later showed I also had a cracked rib. Why didn’t that show up the first time? Why isn’t ...