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So generally the symptoms of slipping rib have to do with pain. It’s mainly pain in the area on either your right or left side on the lower costal area. And oftentimes you’ll hear a click or feel a funny feeling in the area, but it’s mainly pain. The pain can be localized in one spot or it can radiate to the back. And really pain is the main thing that brings people into my office. In terms of causes, there may or may not be a history of trauma. We don’t know all the time if there may be a timeframe between, or time period between when an injury happens and when somebody notices a slipping rib. Sometimes it’s just a twist or a bend that irritates it. And in a lot of my patients, they’re very athletic. And so they’re swimmers. And after doing certain strokes will start to notice the aggravation of the pain.
