I swim everyday (competitive swimming, not leisure.) I remember every practice for the past two weeks I have this pain right below my last rib on the right. Even minor walking can trigger this pain, and it's painful... enough to make me not want to practice, on a scale of 1-10 it's definitely a mid 7 or 8. I have dismissed it but I'm becoming increasingly skeptical about this.
At first I thought it was due to food being in my stomach, or liquids. I refrained from eating 2 hours before practice and the same time for drinking any type of fluids and the pain still came up.
Any ideas?
Edit: It only occurs in increased physical activity.
Very much not a doctor but I have had that sort of pain as well, when walking as well as after swimming.
I have decided for me (it's maybe a 3 on a scale of 1-10) that it is a tight psoas muscle, so I've been doing psoas release exercises and trying to strengthen my back muscles, especially my hamstrings.
I think (not a doctor, again) that many muscles pass by the ribs, including the psoas, which goes from your hip through your pelvis up to the beginning of your thoracic spine (?) along with the quadratus lumborum, which connects at your 12th rib (I might be way off on these connections; I am trying to understand my anatomy book as I type this). Anyway a bunch of muscles connected to your hips go up and converge with your lower back and ribs.
For me, I decided I needed to stretch out my hips passively (and googled some stuff online that showed me how to do that) and strengthen my back, especially my hamstrings.
Hope you get better. Sounds like a real MD might be called for, however.
Very much not a doctor but I have had that sort of pain as well, when walking as well as after swimming.
I have decided for me (it's maybe a 3 on a scale of 1-10) that it is a tight psoas muscle, so I've been doing psoas release exercises and trying to strengthen my back muscles, especially my hamstrings.
I think (not a doctor, again) that many muscles pass by the ribs, including the psoas, which goes from your hip through your pelvis up to the beginning of your thoracic spine (?) along with the quadratus lumborum, which connects at your 12th rib (I might be way off on these connections; I am trying to understand my anatomy book as I type this). Anyway a bunch of muscles connected to your hips go up and converge with your lower back and ribs.
For me, I decided I needed to stretch out my hips passively (and googled some stuff online that showed me how to do that) and strengthen my back, especially my hamstrings.
Hope you get better. Sounds like a real MD might be called for, however.
