When 'stomach gripping' messes with the muscles in your abdomen, your neck, shoulders and back pay the price in pain. Chest ...

Pain related to costochondritis often feels sharp and can radiate toward the back or down below the ribs in the stomach area. The pain can worsen with movement, deep breathing, coughing ...

Epigastric pain refers to pain or discomfort below the ribs in your upper abdomen area ... some of the acid or food in your stomach washes back up into your esophagus. If you experience frequent ...

Epigastric pain affects the middle of the upper abdomen, just below the ribcage. It is common during pregnancy. Other causes include indigestion, acid reflux and GERD, peptic ulcer disease ...

Dr Mukesh Goel, Senior Consultant in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, provides insights ...

"You can pull your back from coughing too much and I have broken ribs in the past." She said it caused her "a lot of heartache" in public and had become even harder to deal with in recent times.

"We see a lot of patients with rib fractures and traditionally the treatment for a rib fracture is pain control. If the pain is not well-controlled, you stop breathing on one side as much ...