I was diagnosed with floating rib syndrome when I was 13 years old. I am now 23 and it is still an on going (severely painful) problem that I ve learnt to deal with. However I am concerned that in the event that I become pregnant, it can cause some internal damage since with little force applied to my abdominal area the ribs move on their own. I was wondering if having my floating ribs surgically removed would solve this problem? Since most of the solutions that I have tried involve some type of physical therapy and are temporary.