r/SlippingRibSyndrome

I used to weigh 100 lbs more. I always had an accumulation of fat under my breasts over my lower ribs and i never knew why.
Fast forward 4 years and take away 100lb and i know see that i have this extreme rib flare. Its like i have a hard rectangular rib cage.
I imagine myself without flesh and can only picture the deformed skeleton underneath.
I have tried YouTube exercises diligently to improve it over the course of 3 months but sadly it seems like it might be slightly worse!
Not only do I have symptoms like the inability to get a deep breath in my upper lung lobes, but I am incredibly self-conscious and I have mid back pain from it. I don’t have a feminine figure and my ribs stick out further than my breasts.
It almost seems like this is a medical doctor issue, but I don’t really know where to start. I’m hoping for some advice. Also its not just the front but the entire circular rib cage front and back.

i have a mysterious HCTD (features of cEDS and Loeys-Dietz but no confirmed gene) and have been dealing with slipping ribs since early childhood. i truly can’t tell you how many times i have popped a rib out just from bending, reaching, laying on my side, etc.

i recently had a chest CT angiogram for unrelated reasons, but thought it was interesting to see the condition of my costal cartilage. i think it’s kind of validating? like there’s obvious wear and tear with atrophy and probably fractures throughout. has anyone else had similar findings on their scans?

I honestly did not expect the pain to be this bad. I haven’t been able to do almost anything for myself. Simply a tiny movement in bed turns into unbearable shooting pains. If anybody has any tips on how to make the pain better? I’m on day 3 since my surgery. I’m doing ice, oxy, Tylenol, ibuprofen, and trying my best to supposed myself with pillows. I am trying to walk and move around but it is painful.

I have had chronic rib pain for about 5 years

It sometimes starts in the front ribs and other times around the costovertebral joint The pattern of the pain is not stable and it often feels like it shifts between the front back and sometimes even upward toward the shoulder blade area

The pain is burning sensation like something is wrapping around the ribs, Deep breathing is usually not painful but occasionally one breath out of many causes a sharp stab in the front ribs Sometimes I feel a painful click in the back during breathing followed by relief

With deep inhalation I sometimes feel a moving or slipping sensation around ribs 11 and 12 on the lateral side near the flank which is uncomfortable but not clearly painful

Sitting standing or any position becomes intolerable after about 10 minutes The pain only improves with lying down for hours( not immediately) it feels like the entire area iritated

I also have mild lumbar scoliosis + visible rib prominence

I was examined by a thoracic surgeon who checked the anterior ribs and found no clear instability or explanation for the symptoms

Doctors are perplexed. Im not asking for a diagnoses but someone recommended to look into it.

Last year I was woken up at 1 in the morning with a sharp shooting pain in my ribcage. It was bad enough it hurt to breath. The next day I noticed I had swelling in my rib cage in this area imaged. My pcp scratched his head not knowing what was going on but noted it. I also had a known anyersm (now coiled) in the exact area so I asked the vacular team because it was still hurting with no relief. The PA noted I had considerable swelling in the cartilage where the pain was but he wasnt sure who to send me to. But he and his fellows said it wasnt the anyersm causing it. He did document it so it is on record there is something going on but ive been busy dealing with other issues that popped up around the same time.

About 2 months after the inital pain I had a cascade of issue trigger in a single night from a tearing sensation in the exact same area that ultimately unveiled some sort of dysautonomia. I was talking to someone at work and felt a intense tearing sensation that caused me to cry out in pain infront of them. Became short of breath with pain and ended up passing out due to the dysautonomia making itself known.

I saw a pain provider around the same time for newly diagnosed CRPS who couldnt figure out what is going on as well and told me "some things just happen"

Its been just over a year. The swelling has not subsided. It is painful off and on and im still having episodes of "tearing/stabbing" where pain shoots up into my neck, I become short of breath and tonight during a new tearing that caused me to start crying, the swelling got bigger. I am plus sized so I can't see bone moving especially with swelling. But I was wondering if this would suggest possible SRS and who do I talk to do get it looked at because im tired of sleeping on a heating pad every other night (it the only thing that can give me some sort of relief not 100% tho. Nothing else touches it)