About 15 years ago I was troubled with a persistant pain on my front
lower left side of my rib cage. It seemed to be focused on the last
rib which is often reffered to as a 'floating rib' because it doesn't
fully attach to the back vertbrae like the other ribs. At the time I
was seeing a massage therapist who had graduated from the Edgar Cayce
Massage school and he suggested that he try and 'roll' the rib back
into posistion, it seemed to have floated out of posistion and was
possibly impinging on an internal organ, maybe the kidney.
Laying on the massage table on my stomach, the MT used his full
forearm and slowly and firmly glided the presuure from head to toe
dierction acroos my back towards my waist. It was painful for me, no
doubt about that. He did this a number of times and it seemed to ease
up but it was a little exhausting and traumatic. The next morning when
I work up I had dripped bright several drops of red blood from my
penis, something I had never done before or since. The rib pain was
gone and never returned.
I was totally impressed with the ability of massage therapy to treat
many many sore and painful spots all over my body. I started seeing
several different therapist and experienced many techniques. I found
the heavy pressure was not only the most painful but also the most
therapeutic. I spent a good sum of money on massage and decided to go
to school to learn it and maybe trade with others and reduce my
expense. I graduated and certified in 1992 as a CMT and have used it
some but don't practive often.
The most impressive thing is that 12 years after enduring all that
agony and excassy (sp), the root of the pain is gone and so are the
individual painful spots.
Good luck on solving your rib pain.
Regards,
Richard

Hi there Winny,
Not hypochondria-  I think we all believe we suffer from that from time
to time, though.  I sure do WISH it were!  
I get rib pain, too.  I think I've forgotten how to take deep breaths,
it's been so long since I've been able to breathe like a normal person
in SO long...  
I'm glad your scans turned out normal, although be aware some things
don't turn up on some scans...  ;)
Take care,
Kristin

Oh Winny,

I know that feeling.  Both of them.  Hypochondria *&* rib pain.  I don't
know if you saw the thread RJ started the first time, but I learned that
it could be pleurisy or costal chondritis for me.  Pleurisy is what the
doctor called it, but who knows. I just know that when it occurs, I want
relief already.  It's a bad pain to have, I know.  What other meds are
you on, if you don't mind my asking?

I wonder where you got this post from?  I didn't see it as I was
catching up.  Thanks for replying to it!  I wondered where RJ ran off
to.

Hugs,
Maggie