I'm 15 years old & the right side of my rib cage has been hurting for almost a month now . it hurts to stretch , breathe , walk , run or even sometimes when I sit or lay down . it hurts to put pressure on it to ?
i had something simular before. i pulled a muscle. it even hurt to walk. it lasted for prob....a good month before pain went away. i pulled it sleeping funny.
I'm not a doctor but it does sound like a pulled muscle. Ask your doctor about seeing a physical therapist perhaps. Perhaps it will go away on it's own if you don't oveuse the area. I would ask your doctor about it.
I took pain meds to help the pain. I tried not to use the side that I had pulled muscle on, but I work at a hospital and, that was kinda impossible. I'm not sure that PT would really do anything, but tell you to drink water and try to move as much as possible. Its not a contracted muscle. It was pulled whicj means it was stretched funny. If it lasts more then a month and a half I would go in. Keep track and drink fluids.
I had the same thing happen to me and the pain was terrible. The doctor said it was either a muscle or the cartilage that is part of your rib cage. Most likely that is the case; however, you should get it checked out because that is a long time and better safe than sorry.