painful ribs?

lucylue21
lucylue21 Posts: 214
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
anyone else get randomly painful ribs or know of a cause. its like the bones themselves are hurting if i sit up. but its only some of the time.

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  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I do sometimes, and I have no idea what causes it. First few times I thought maybe it was the first sign of a bad heart, but now I think it might be the muscles around the ribs. I sit cross legged, and I haul my big *kitten* up off my chair with my arms in order to cross my legs in the chair. Probably not the brightest thing to be doing, given it was my sole form of exercise for too long!
  • Kell_5
    Kell_5 Posts: 19
    A nurse told me as we put on weight our rib cage is pushed out to make room for the fat that is around our organs (gross, I know). She also said some people who loose a lot of weight need to have surgery to realign them. Have no idea if this explains the pain, possibly, maybe some more expert person can help us out.
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