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0:00 Introduction: What to do for rib pain or costochondritis
0:10 What is costochondritis?
0:30 Costochondritis symptoms
0:40 Common treatments for costochondritis
0:50 Potential causes of costochondritis
5:58 The best natural remedy for costochondritis
6:26 The best stretches for costochondritis
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Today, I want to cover the different causes and remedies for rib pain or costochondritis.
The first symptom of costochondritis is chest pain. So, it can sometimes be mistaken as a heart problem. The typical treatments for costochondritis are medications, steroids, or injections.
The cause of costochondritis is considered unknown. However, from my experience, I think there are two primary causes:
1. An old injury to the front chest cavity or an injury in the back part of your ribs or spine.
2. A vitamin D deficiency.
Unilateral sports, like golf, tennis, or baseball, may also lead to this condition. If your pain is on the lower right side of your rib cage, it may be caused by a gallbladder issue. In my opinion, even spending a lot of time in front of a computer could lead to this condition.
One of the best natural remedies for costochondritis is vitamin D. I would take 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day along with 100 mcg of vitamin K2 (the MK7 version).
Certain stretches and exercises may also help with this condition as well as promote relaxation and sleep. The mobility stick or the massage device I created are great tools to help with these stretches.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps you better understand costochondritis. I’ll see you in the next video.
28 responses to “Costochondritis (RIB CAGE PAIN) is NOT What You Think – Dr. Berg”
Dear Dr Berg, I cannot believe today’s video when I watched it. I have a friend who has suffered terribly with much of what you talk about, so I shall be sharing this video with her and I’m sure it will be of great help, as many of your videos have helped my husband after a long hospital stay, and of course myself. Thank you ever so much for sharing your wonderful knowledge with all. Greetings from 🇬🇧
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I had this years ago in my early 30s. It was so painful I could barely breathe and some nights I would awaken in the middle of the night and wouldn’t be breathing at all because of the pain. I would have to actually force myself to breathe to get oxygen back into my body. I went to 3 different doctors before I got a diagnosis. He gave me anti-inflammatories, steroids and pain meds and I got better fast. I’ve never had another episode, thank God, but I still remember how painful it was and how incapacitated I was. That was over 45 years ago and thankfully, I’m still getting around ok.
I suffer from this and it’s extremely painful 💔 thank you Dr. Berg your always dropping videos right when I need them💯🙏 when i do some of those exercises i get major Charlie horses and my back locks up!
No problem. Glad to share this video.
100% .. Me too. 😢
Exactly
Have you heard of the backpod?
@Ludwig Stenberg No, I haven’t
Thank you so much for this video. I had discussed this horrible pain in my lower rib cage for years to my doctors, they check my abdomen and feel nothing unsual. I did have a rib injury decades ago and never thought this condition even existed. Also, I lost 10 lbs since watching your videos and feel good. Thank you!!
My 11 year old daughter suffered greatly from this. We visited a lot of doctors and eventually saw a heart specialist who diagnosed her. Its from inflammation so I found a turmeric extract called curcumin. Shes takes it morning a night and she has zero symptoms. She use to become light headed, nauseous, pale, depressed. It was extreme. She dropped out of all sports. The curcumin saved her life.
Where do you get your curcumin extract?
Hope she and you remain healthy.
Thank you so very much for sharing this excellent information! I have been dealing with intermittent rib cage pain for a decade but the only diagnosis has been RA. There are times when it feels like my entire rib cage is in a vice and my breathing becomes extremely shallow due to the pain. I really appreciate all you do! Blessings of love and light to all!
Thank you for this video. When I was in my teenage years I was a passenger in 2 major car accidents. Didn’t herniate any of my thoracic vertebrae but did herniate L5-S1. Now that I’m older I’ve been getting “heart” pain. Including shortness of breath, lightheaded, feeling weak all of a sudden. I’ve had the whole gamete of testing and my heart is fine. I do have Lupus SLE, Sjogren’s and RA (Yay me). So they’ve called it costochrondritis.
So they have lumped it into one of these being the reason, basically idiopathic. They have given me nitroglycerin patches, and that seems to help. Wear as needed not daily. But would that have any effect if it was costochrondritis? Or could I have 2 causes of costal pain? It’s confusing
I’ve been having chest pains in the last two weeks and I was just reading about this yesterday. What are the odds! Thank you, Dr. Berg, for investing so much energy in this channel as I invested so much time watching it! 🤙
I was diagnosed with this after a fall in the dark while camping and landing on my ribs. Luckily it went away in 2 weeks but I still have painful bone bruising on the lower ribs.
No other Doctor like you Doctor Berg. Thank you so very much for deliver another amazing daily video❤
Wow, the only Dr that I’ve ever seen talking about this. I had this huge incredible pain at the bottom of my left rib as I was going through a shooting exercise, went to the hospital, and without any tests done, the doctor said it was a muscle strain. I didn’t believe that, so I made a doctors appointment and insisted on a CT scan, it showed I had a rib bone spur.. Thank you so much for this video. You have no idea how thankful I am..
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Thank you Dr. Berg! I have suffered with this for years. Doctors don’t know what it is! I am so grateful for your kindness. Truly you have no idea how much this means to me . Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. G-D bless you.
Dr. Berg you help me so much!! I am suffering with this currently. Yesterdays video about beef and purple cabbage I had it for dinner last night I felt awful yesterday. Today it helped me so much. Tonight my inflammation from Rheumatoid Arthritis has subsided and I feel better today! Thank I appreciate you so much!
I get this sometimes. Glad to see you talking about it. I did go to the hospital before I knew what it was
Wow! I’ve been experiencing, what I have thought of as a Hernia, in my rib cage, in the front. In 2007, I was crushed at work where a 2500# I-beam was knocked over on me. I experienced a broken back and 5 broken ribs, in my back… This video explains a lot. I don’t know if your description explains all of my problems, but I think it covers enough… Thanks for sharing this 🙂
I have had multiple falls, and suffered from intercostal myositis. I garden extensively and this has all combined to give me a great deal of discomfort in my ribs. Sometimes it does feel as though I’m experiencing pain in the heart. But certain stretching to counter the “hunching” that tends to be a part of daily routine has made a great deal of difference.
I had this when I had a horrible bout of bronchitis and was coughing deeply and for long periods of time. The pain drove me to the ER with the Doctor saying it was costochrondritis….when finally recovered from the bronchitis the pain eventually disappeared but oh it was so painful to even breathe. BTW, after getting bronchitis 1-3 x a year, and covid after a full three month bout of the bronchitis totaling 4.5 months of miserable sickness, i did my research and went on a supplement regiment with antioxidants and D3, K2, and many others i think around 18 of them, i have not had an upper respiratory infection for 3+ years! And of course prayer. It all works! What a freedom from illnesses!
Had it sometimes at night as a little boy. Thought I was having heart attacks! Family always told me it was just growing pains!
I had bronchitis 7 years ago, and since I coughed so hard during that time that it caused me to have this issue on my lower right rib. If I laugh too hard or cough too much or breathe/move a weird way, it still hurts in that same spot. It can be kinda annoying sometimes. I also had a fall 2 years before bronchitis that caused me to start a journey of back pain, I didn’t think it could have added to my rib pain till now.