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Sounds like it could be a muscle cramp/strain/spasm?

If your doc has a nurse you could call for advice, I'd maybe do that? Not quite the same but this summer I had a weird new issue where I suddenly couldn't take a deep breath. Even when just sitting still, I would feel like I could breath normally but not deeply and it sort of made my chest burn. I thought maybe UR infection but I called the nurse and she suggested zyrtech and what do you know-- I have allergies I never knew about before! (Point being, sometimes it is something super easy that a 5 minute call can fix).

@Adira: happens to me here and there. Sometimes the cartilage surrounding my ribs and breast bone gets inflamed but steroids calm it down pretty fast. Also the other thing I notice that works to relief it when the first doesn't work I get adjusted by the chiropractor but everyone is very different. I would call your gp and ask the nurse line what they suggest.

@Adira: I'm certainly no doctor, but I have had pain similar to what you're describing, sometimes fleeting if it's a cramp, once lasting a few days when I did some ab exercises incorrectly and strained a muscle right under my ribs. Can you think of anything you might have done to strain the area? Does it hurt to massage it or press on it?

Obviously if you have any other symptoms or it gets worse you should consult a doctor!

Gathering from your weight post for X and mention of ER visit (I hope everything is OK!!), it sounds like you've had a stressful weekend! Could it be a stress attack? Or was Friday before things started happening? I notice pain breathing sometimes when I am really stressed out. Hope you feel better!

I've had this occasionally, and one time I complained to DH because he made me laugh and it hurt so bad and he said "you probably just popped out a rib a bit, happens to guys in the gym all the time." Whaaat?! So he had me raise up my arm on that side and stretch away from that side (does that make sense? Curve like a big ol' banana to your right if your left hurts) and breath slowly to see if that helped. Took a few tries and little wiggling, but then I felt a *pop* and I could immediately take a deep breath again. Hope that's all it takes for you, feel better soon!

I get this sometimes. My doctor once told me it was the cartilage on my ribs rubbing against the bones.