Back/Rib Pain! Aaarrrrggggh.....

[BellyBelly]

Pholi, thank you for a detailed reply! This is a huge help because like the others, no-one seems to have any answers when you're desperate for treatment. My biggest problem is that I relocated to the country to be with my partner, and therapists are few and far between. Most treatments have been when i'm down in Melbourne (1.5hrs away) but the trips are getting too unbarable so few and far between. There is a local chiro which my partner's family have been seeing for a very long time, its helped my body in general somewhat but the pain around my mid-back and ribs wont go away.

So you're lucky to get one type of therapist here if at all.

Im in Melbourne later this week so will go nuts with appointments, which is what I would be doing if I still lived locally.

[Pholi]

Aha... that makes sense! There are some fantastic advantages to living a more rural lifestyle, but access to a choice of professionals certainly isn't one of them.

I'd suggest that you see if you can get into a women's health physio in Melbourne when you're there, and get a little bit of treatment if you can, and ask for exercises as well, so you can keep self treating. I've treated people with similar complaints which have responded very well to just one or two treatment sessions.

I'm very reluctant to prescribe exercises for this kind of condition when I can't assess it and confirm that it actually is what it sounds like. Please feel free to ask (in the thread or pm me) if you have any other questions, though. I'm happy to help as much as I can.

[Babyluv]

I feel your pain. I had it really bad with my DD and it has just started 2nd time around. I was told it was due to the expansion of the rib cage because everything is being pushed up. Whatever it is, it's so uncomfortable. It didn't cause me any grief during labour. I had no back pain at all in labour.