Slipping rib syndrome causes pain

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.
Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Dear Doctors: I was diagnosed with slipping rib syndrome and had to have surgery to correct it. My doctors say the rib is now stabilized, but I’m still having cramping and pain in the area, sometimes quite severe. Why would that be happening after the repair?

Dear Reader: Slipping rib syndrome is a painful condition in which structural changes to connective tissue in the lower ribs allow one or mor…