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Old 09-27-2009, 01:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ouch. Really.

I got to experience a subluxated rib. Holy jesus.

Subluxated means partial dislocation. Even my chiropractor was a little freaked when I showed him. We got it back in place a little, then it clicked in a little better several times over the next 24 hours or so. Talk about pain. Wow. I've broken a few bones in my day. Hand, clavicle, stuff. I'd put in above my hand break but below the clavicle. It definitely hurt. Breathing was taxing and painful on the intake, and trying to shift around and make it pop back in was a lesson in pain.

Now that the joint itself is fairly normal (I think), the whole right side of my ribcage feels a bit off. All the muscles are sore, wrapping out from my spine to under my right arm. If I push on my ribcage under my arm and move around, I can still feel some small pains in the joint region where it connects to my vertebrae. At least now when I breathe in deeply, the right side of my spine doesn't go into a solid cramp anymore, though.

I did this on wednesday when I was moving around some large heavy stuff. I had to pick my arm up and straight out at one point while carrying things, and apparently I forgot to breathe out and also twisted towards the left. That's when it popped out. I heard it and it was quite painful as soon as it happened. So when you take those kinesiology classes in college and they say to regulate your breathing while lifting? Well, they mean it. Haha.

Anyone ever experienced this before? I have some back problems and subsequent rib problems, but this is a new level of discomfort for me, concerning that.
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Old 09-27-2009, 05:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Yes. I'd say you actually described it very well. I've had difficulty for years stemming from connective tissue issues. One side of my ribcage is about 1.5 inches bigger than the other. That side likes to pop out. Three of them have done it in the past ten years and always when I'm doing something I know I shouldn't be doing... like flipping a king sized mattress in a small room by myself, attempting to carry a large dresser alone, removing my old head board that I built from the 2nd floor apartment alone. You definitely remember what you did and NOT to do it again.
I don't have any major lasting effects except that the ones that have partially dislocated are prone to do it again.
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Old 09-27-2009, 08:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 09-27-2009, 09:49 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Fucking ow.
Good description tho. I can almost feel it.

Poor you!

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Old 09-27-2009, 09:58 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I don't have any major lasting effects except that the ones that have partially dislocated are prone to do it again.
Haha. Yes, that is my concern now. I definitely do not want to do that again.
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