I occansionaly lift something heavy or move in the wrong way and I believe one or two of ribs pop out.  I will have severe pain that normally requires pain killers, time and chiro to fix the problem.  Is there a way to permanently fix this or avoid this or what have others done to fix it when it happens?
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Why haven't you visited your doctor and get a professional opinion yet?  Is it ribs or a hernia?  I would get it checked out and find out treatment methods instead of repeating the injury.
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I not sure if what I had is the same as your brother, but I had a hip bone that was out of place for a while and the "regular" doctors wanted me to take pain medications.  I don't like to take medications if I don't need to.  I believe in treating the cause not the symptoms. If you treat the cause there are no symptoms.  So I went to a Chiropractor and he found that my hip was out of place making one leg longer then the other.  It did not hurt to have him pop it back in place.  Even if this is not the same thing as what your brother has a Chiropractor might be able to help, or at least advise you.
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A chiropractor can't help you. They deal with skeletal alignment and if you do see one, you will still be sore and still need soft tissue (like muscle) worked on. Chiropractors have done a good job with marketing themselves but I've found them to rarely be effective with long-term pain and they can't do anything about your muscle tension. \n\nYou need a massage therapist. They will spend more time with you and listen and be less expensive. Treatment is very pampering and feels better and is safer than drugs and chiropractic over-treatment.\n\nA relaxation massage may be the best place to start. Don't do deep tissue until you've had a regular relaxation massage first.\n\nYoga and Thai Massage may keep your backache from returning. Gentle stretching can help too.\n\n\nYour being tense can be from a change in your movement habits since you've been down a while. Drink plenty of water, since dehydration causes tense muscles and cramping too.
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The proper term is adjust. Your vertebra become misaligned and when they are put back into place air is released which causes that cracking sound. See a chiropractor for a "real" adjustment. You won't regret it!
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I'm no expert, but I would recommend minimizing her torso movement as much as possible. Icing the area could help as well, but do it carefully. No more than 10 minutes at a time, or else you can actually do more hurt than good with ice.\n\nI don't know what the doc recommended for pain reduction, but most of the time it's either heat or cold. With a back strain or spasm or the like (muscle problem), it's usually heat applied. With a break or sprain or the like, it's usually ice. I'd double-check with the doc before you do anything. Minimizing movement is important, though. Any movement of a broken bone is painful...ribs will likely be more so.\n\nI hope you can find something to help her. :-) Broken ribs are a difficult injury to deal with.
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Are you wearing a belt when you lift?,and are you lifting with a straight back?. It sound like you may have a Hernia, stop lifting and see a Doctor.
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Could be Costchondritis, inflammation of the connecting tissue of the ribs to the breast bone.  The pain can be unbelievably sharp, I know, as I had it, cleared up in about six weeks.  Stress can probably make it worse from tensing chest muscles and aggravating already inflamed areas.  Don't know your age or general medical condition, but maybe you should call your doctor's office, tell them a brief description, and see if the doc wants you to come in.  Such sharp pains are rarely heart related.  It's important that your breathing is okay other than if the sharp pain interferes with inhaling.  Use your good judgement.
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Yes, I was in a car accident and broke back in three places and nine ribs on the same side.  Now I have arthritis in my back.  Treatment for me is heat therapy and antiinflammatory meds like motrin.   Keep working that knee even though it hurts, because the alternative is loss of mobility........
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You might want to see a chiropractor.  After having my first son I was having a great deal of pain in my ribs and back and no one could figure it out. I got a new family doctor who can do re-alignments of joints and that really worked for me.
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you possibly have a "pinched nerve" or small disc protrusion in your neck. mine healed with rest, heat and ibuprofen.\n\nif it does not get better in the next few days or gets worse, see a doctor asap. imho, do not go to a chiropractor or let someone "crack" your neck.\nI am not a dr. or nurse: but have had this same thing happen to me.
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i had some of the exact same problems when i had a car accident.seeing a chiropractor helped me enormously!!! if the first bone in your spine(called the atlas)is out of alignment it can cause you to have chest pains or not be able to breath right.chiropractors help asthma patients also by adjusting this vertebrae.make sure if you do go to a chiropractor that he specializes in the "cervical spine".
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i have bruised my ribs and broke one there is nothing you can do but maybe ice it for the next 48 then use a hot pack. sorry to say but you are just gonna have to deal with it. I feel for you bro.
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Make sure that u dnt hav any lung disease.\nU mush hav hurt sme where on ur chest n forgot, may b.\nIf both sides of ur rib cages hurt it means its nt localized problem. Its a generalized problem causing pain in ur rib cage.\n\nThere may b pulmonary oedema, osteoporosis, heart disease etc....\n\nIts impossible 2 diagnose, what exactly its 4m!   \nIt needs personal appointment with ur doc. \n\nPain r of many types. Which type of pain do u feel? Which all areas r involved. \nBy just saying ribl cage there r millions of causes....\n\n\nBetter u go 2 ur doc......\n\nGod Bless!.......
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Oh my gosh, my sister has the same problem with the protruding lower left rib.  she's 18 but it's been there for a while, she's never gone to see what it is but that is so weird that you have it to.
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Just a few ideas!  I think stretching is key, and making sure you keep center of gravity well.....centered when lifting heavy objects!  Just had a little "seminar" at my work about back injuries...and 9 times outta 10, a person throws there back out when the quickly bend over to pick up that dropped pen/papper etc, then when they have to pick up something heavy.  This is due to people not thinking about proper mechanics when picking that something lite off the ground.  I myself am on a steady diet of ibuprofen for my lower back pain...its hard to "cure" a back once its been injured.  Good Luck!\n\n~~Get it checked out by a doctor, just to make sure there arent any inner lying problems.  I was told "by a doctor" that working out your stomach can help leaviate some back pain, but if there isnt any "major problems" with you back, then I dont think working it out is going to hurt....it might to begin with...but, thats common with all working out...\n\n-- I was also told by a Sports Medicine doctor, after I asked about going to the chiropracter....that actually going to them doesnt help in the long run.  What he meant is...Going to them, helps, short term. But in the long run you have to keep going back to them "for the quick fix"  When in reality you should be doing stretching, exercises, and what ever it takes to make the muscles stronger! And by making these muscles stronger...they are less likely to be strained in the future....  just my 2 cents...well, more like a quarter!  Hope you feel better!
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I go to the chiropractor for scoliosis and TMJ. The first week I hurt because my muscles and spine were moving. It is completely natural for you to hurt. I took ibuprofen to take away some of the pain. After a couple of weeks you won't hurt anymore. That is, unless you miss a visit! ;-)
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Honestly, there's not much you can do.  You could try wrapping your chest with an ace bandage (not too tight!).  This will keep them from moving as much and help reduce the pain.  Did your doctor take an x-ray to make sure they are only cracked not broken?