Pain/discomfort under right rib cage.

Update, so the muscle soreness is gone, but now I've got a number if weird blister type spots on my trunk, around my bra line front and back. My issue maybe Shingles, unable to strap on a bra due the intense pain.

same here but lower than the bra, soreness at the edge of the lower right rib, and/or feeling of pressure, or pinch under the rib. I get muscle spasm like this, I stretch it out as well. What did you find out?

I have this without the numbness - did you get a diagnosis?

HI everybody. new to this forum, but been experiencing same issue for over ten years. I've self diagnosed this to an issue with Hepatic Flexure, which is where youre large intestine folds/turns under your liver. also you can suffer on left side (i don't) with splenic flexure, ie the turn of the colon on the left side under the spleen. This is why pain/discomgort comes and goes. I've had every test imaginable and nothing showed anything other than normal with liver, kidney, pancreas, gall bladder was removed and still discomfort persisted.

i've started excercising area to try and minipulate the colon. Hip rotations on my back, roles on back with knees tucked and generally being more active, with specific focus on squashing, twisting and turning this area. HAS defo hrlped relieve the discomfort. I read that these conditions are life long, but not too serious. Keep this post going, keep sharing exercise routines that help.

Hi. Related to Hepatic Flexure, do you notice if you are constipated is the discomfort is worse?

MALS and Slipped Rib syndrome pain are both worse with constipation. Magnesium has helped me a lot with constipation. I've also eliminated white flour from my diet.

what form of magnesium do you use for constipation? what amount and how often? thanks

Hi does yours ever feel like a clicking/popping movement?

Hi! I've been feeling this too except I have it on both the sides. It feels like a constant dull pressure below my chest/rib area on either sides. My GP diagnosed me with acid reflux but it seems different idk

I'm delighted to have found this thread as I've been experiencing same for a year or so, I have a hiatial hernia causing gastritis and oesophageal damage, but this pressure/twist sensation has started in last couple of years and the explanation of hepatic flexure is really interesting. I used to find the pressure/ball under the rib getting worse when in the car for a while but it suddenly worsened one day while doing yoga, feels like something twisted when I bent forward, and when it flares up all my core muscles/back muscles tighten up so that I can't sit upright without support for long. Following this thread with interest!

Me too, I've had this for about a year! Sometimes accompanied with a weird bubbling sensation too.

I have the same or very similar. Feels like something is caught, clipped... pinched... (hard to describe) when I bend over or get up, and heavy and bloated othertimes. I'm thinking it's my intestines because sometimes I get really sore from the top of my rib cage to my pelvic area. I have a hiatal hernia, diagnosed with IBS and GERD. Lots of tests. Today I was bending over painting when I started to straighten up I felt the "catch" and had to slow down, sitting after that was uncomfortable. I could feel a spasm coming on, so I tried to adjust my position to stall it. I get spasms in my lower stomach and sorry to say in my anus as well - it's a shrill sharp pain that will wake me right up. In the evenings while sitting to watch the news my bra becomes unbearable and when I'm sore top to bottom a bra is a no go. I've gained a few lbs since COVID and I'm not active as I should be... Going to google Hepatic Flexure it is the best explanation I've come across so from. So thanks jon5676.

Thank you for sharing this -- I've never heard of hepatic flexure. I too, started feeling this about 10 years ago, at 40. Had all the tests done -- so many tests! CT found everything normal except 2 cysts on my liver, went to a liver specialist, who said it was all fine. Had the HIDA, endoscopy, all was normal. All the doctors kept referring to it as pain, but it's not at all painful, just that ball of tightness under my lower right rib cage (and yes, I've felt that strange fluttering too, infrequent, but still, it happens). The feeling is more annoying than anything else and frustrating because the docs couldn't figure it out. The first doctor I saw about it guessed it was anxiety and gave me some meds that didn't help and I didn't need. I am always on my laptop and tend to hunch forward and to my right a bit, so I have been trying very hard to improve my posture. I am active and it does feel better when I'm walking or doing pilates. It's a weird thing, but I'm glad for this thread because at least I know it is a real thing and not just me. Off to google hepatic flexure. Thanks again!

oh boy Susan990 this is exactly what I have. I have the hiatal hernia, oesophageal damage and this dreadful ache, the pressure/twist sensation. It flares up at night once I lie down and I can't sleep on my right side (and it is still aching when I lie on my left side nowadays. Some days it flares, like today, and I feel washed out and don't want to do anything. I wish I knew what it was and what triggers it.

i am having almost the same experience. on both sides.

Did you find out anything?

Have you ever looked into slipping rib syndrome ? there isnt much information about it online however your symptoms are very similar to mine. Usually occurs in your 8- 11th rib i think. That clipping feeling could possibly be damaged rib cartilage which is making your rib slip under the one above and catching against it.

thank you for sharing