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What Causes Ribcage Pain With Muscle Soreness?

Hi, I have a pain on the right side of my lower rib cage, about 3 to 4 inches below my underarm. I fell while playing kick ball, I landed on the right side of body and scraped my elbow and my elbow kind of acted like a cushion of impact for my rib cage and the ground. My rib cage was still affected when my elbow pressed pretty hard on my rib cage. I do not think anything is broken, but I woke up the next day, other than muscle sore, the area under my right underarm started to hurt when I press on the area affected and when I take a deep breath or cough that expanded my chest and certain stretches that involves movement of my waist and hip like trying to touch my toes when I bend down. I could feel a slight pain on my lower right rib cage. I press on individual bone of the affected area, it didn t hurt, but when I press on the whole affected area, it hurts. If my bones are okay and none of my organs are damaged, probably shaken a bit, but I can still breathe and eat like I was. Where did the pain come from and how long will it last? I am in my mid-20 s with an average physical physique, it happened two days ago, I do not have any physical conditions.
Mon, 8 Sep 2014
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Orthopaedic Surgeon 's  Response
It is just muscular injury and you just reqire cold fomentation , anti inflammatory gel locally, deep breathing exercise, if this doesn't make relief you may apply rib belt
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What Causes Ribcage Pain With Muscle Soreness?

It is just muscular injury and you just reqire cold fomentation , anti inflammatory gel locally, deep breathing exercise, if this doesn t make relief you may apply rib belt