Pain/discomfort under right rib cage.

i have had same thing for years now had echoes and scans MRI scans nothing yes feels like a baby's foot , it does get worse as time goes on . nothing has ever come up on scans or x-rays sometimes i feel like nobody believes me. (meaning) doctor's or specialists.

I had the same symptoms and was diagnosed with slipped rib syndrome. After trying PT, injections, chiropractic care, etc....I recently had surgery to remove the slipped ribs. When they went in they found that two ribs were knocking against each other on my right side and another one was loose on the left side. They removed all three. It was difficult to find a surgeon familiar with slipped rib syndrome. In the end, I ended up having it done by a plastic surgeon, but, it mainly covered by insurance.

Try going to a thoracic specialist, rib specialist, or chiropractor, and having them check for slipped rib syndrome. My chiropractor was great. She figured out the exact ribs that were slipped - the pain points were actually on my sides and the inflammation was in the front causing the feeling of a baby's foot under my rib cage.

Here is his info:

Yuen-Jong Liu, M.D.

Plastic and Hand Surgeon

The Aesthetic Center

722 Post Road, #200

Darien, CT 06820

I had the same symptoms and was diagnosed with slipped rib syndrome. After trying PT, injections, chiropractic care, etc....I recently had surgery to remove the slipped ribs. When they went in they found that two ribs were knocking against each other on my right side and another one was loose on the left side. They removed all three. It was difficult to find a surgeon familiar with slipped rib syndrome. In the end, I ended up having it done by a plastic surgeon, but, it mainly covered by insurance.

Try going to a thoracic specialist, rib specialist, or chiropractor, and having them check for slipped rib syndrome. My chiropractor was great. She figured out the exact ribs that were slipped - the pain points were actually on my sides and the inflammation was in the front causing the feeling of a baby's foot under my rib cage.

Here is his info:

Yuen-Jong Liu, M.D.

Plastic and Hand Surgeon

The Aesthetic Center

722 Post Road, #200

Darien, CT 06820

by chance did you get answers on this issue? i hage been having the bulge feeling behind my lower right rib cage and its driving me crazy, its been about a year now, and ive seen my dr many of times, i have a scope being dobe in october, its tje same as you nentioned above but i can say i get off and on mildish itching in that area too! wouls love to know if you know more yet about this. i feel like i just want it out NOW and to feel myself again 若

I went to an urgent care for something kinda similar...kinda...turns out I have a subluxated rib or two on that side. I can pop it in and out, it radiates discomfort from my back to right around that location.

I've had ultrasounds on my organs in there for other issues and it came back fine. How were your ribs?

I know this is an old thread but this is honestly the first time I have been able to find anybody with similar symptoms as me. I had my gallbladder removed then within a couple months a started getting the charlie horses in that area and as it started to subside it would move around (kind of like that feeling when a baby moves inside, not the butterflies) and I could visually see it too. That would only last a few seconds and then it was fine. It stayed like that for around 6 years then all of a sudden it just started hurting crazy bad without end. Constant pain, charlie horse, burning, stabbing, squeezing, and radiating pain to my back and down my arm. For over 2 years I went through endless tests and surgeries trying to figure out what was causing it. There is a lesion on my liver but its just a fatty liver. After everything the best diagnosis they were able to give me is phantom pain due to nerve damage from my gallbladder surgery. I should mention my gallbladder was very large, infected, and fused with my liver so it was a very bad situation. Throughout this time they treated my pain with different narcotics which didn't help and I became even more frustrated. FINALLY, I switched doctors because I'm so thankful I did because at least now my pain is controlled and its not with a narcotic which was only making it worse. Now I take Amitriptyline and it works far better than anything else previously. I have been on it for 3 years now. I don't know if my diagnosis is right but after that long being in that much pain I'm just glad to be able to live my life again and sleep.

i had my gall bladder removed over 15 years ago, had surgery for MALS, but, was having similar problems, inflamation and swelling under my right rib cage, the feelinf of pressure - almost like a baby was pushing my rib cage with their foot, for over two years. they finally figured out after many clear scans, tests, etc...that it was my actual ribs - I had Slipped Rib Syndrome. I recently had three slipped ribs removed. Two were hitting were knocking against each other. I'm still recovering, but, the feeling of something behind my ribs is gone.

I've had the same thing now for a few months. Right upper quadrant charley-horse type pain sporadically when I twist or bend just right. I too have said that it feels like when I was pregnant and baby's foot was up in my rib cage. When I get the pain I have to straighten my body out and rub out the pain. Don't know if this is related, but 2 years ago I had Shingles (without the rash) across that area and the area of pain is where I had the most pain and numbing effect with the Shingles. I have no pain otherwise, only the spasms when they occur give me excruciating pain. I did put on a back brace to kind of strengthen that area and it did help, so I actually purchased a hernia belt and wear that on occasion, it helps but then the rest of my body doesn't like it if I wear it for too long, like my other muscles get fatigued.

i have been to a few doctors and none seem to be able to figure out whats wrong. I even had a general surgeon go in my abdomen thinking i had hernias and he said he find nothing. He recommended me to a specialists who gives me cortizone injections. I will say though, when i get these cortizone shots the buldging and stabbing pain isn't quite as frequent.

I have had several abdominal surgeries in the past and I'm beginning to wonder if these strange symptoms are scar tissue that has attached itself to stomach muscles or organs.

I also was diagnosed with Fatty Liver Disease too. I was told it was hereditary. Could an enlarged liver be the culprit of these strange buldging stabbing and painful episodes? Is my liver so enlarged that there is no room in my abdomen for other organs to move and thats whats causing these strange episodes? I really wish I could find a doctor with some answers. I just cant keep living like this. I cant even bend over for more than a minute without these buldges popping out and being painful. So painting my toenails, tying my shoes, exercise (forget it) and the list of activities go on and on that i can no longer do. I want my life back !!

I'm sadly in the same situation.. Been feeling a very uncomfortable tightness in right ribs for months.. Went to Doctors he recommended an ultrasound looking for an infected cyst or in connection with lymph nodes but reading the replies here it could be my gallbladder.

Does anyone get a fluttering feeling with tightness and feel shaky inside ???

Just wondering what helps ease the feeling and some advice be very welcome as at the moment ill try anything..

So relieved i found this thread as nobody understands me when i mention the feeling and tightness that radiates..

Good luck to everyone fighting this.