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displaced rib - December 12, 2007 10:32:29 AM   
Ed Spat

 

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Status: offline 		Saw a female patient 30 weeks pregnant with a displaced rib (vertebrocoastal junction). I was able to get the rib back in place, but it did not stay...

Any ideas to conservatively manage this?
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RE: displaced rib - December 12, 2007 2:29:46 PM   
bonez

 

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Status: offline 		Why did it displace?

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RE: displaced rib - December 12, 2007 3:11:21 PM   
Herbie

 

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Status: offline 		I assume is is because she is pragnant.  When my wife was a pragant a co-worker of hers was prangant as well, and had the same problem.  She was told not to lay on her side, try not bending over, and not carry heavy items.

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RE: displaced rib - December 12, 2007 9:29:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't think moving it around during this time of the pregnancy would be warranted. It might be something to look into once the pregnancy is over.

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RE: displaced rib - December 13, 2007 1:04:37 AM   
bonez

 

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Status: offline 		My concern was how it happened and hw it was fixed. Since she is late in her pregnancy one needs to me mindful of aggressive repetitive mobilzation/manipulation. She will be producing hormones which are seeking to soften many holding elements to prepare for delivery.

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RE: displaced rib - December 13, 2007 4:33:40 PM   
OAK

 

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Status: offline 		This thread is wrong for so many reasons.

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RE: displaced rib - December 13, 2007 5:53:46 PM   
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OAK, please steer us on the right path if you can... what you have posted doesn't really help, but I would be happy to have the benefit of your knowledge.

As to how the rib became displaced: she couldn't pin it to anything... she had a slip on ice 7-10 days before pain & other symptoms came up. However, she did not think that had anything to do with it. She is a very high level rock-climber who was continuing to train, but at a reduced level.

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RE: displaced rib - December 14, 2007 7:20:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'll bite: how was it established that the rib was "displaced"? How was it established it "was back in place"? What tests - re-tests were performed?

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RE: displaced rib - December 14, 2007 5:52:55 PM   
OAK

 

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Status: offline 		Sorry to sound negative.

She's a pregnant rock climber and she can't understand why her back is sore?  (Probably in denile )

If you think of an injury as something coming "out of place" and a mobilization/manipulation technique as putting it "back in place" you will usually run into trouble.

Try treating it as a sprain/strain and it will make much more sense.

Also, I always believe that these injuries should be treated before the baby is born as the mother will be doing alot of bending/lifting with the baby, and as well, probably won't have time to come in for treatment during this time.

Hope this helps.

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RE: displaced rib - December 14, 2007 6:39:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		A river in Egypt?  I'm so sorry OAK, I couldn't help myself but I do agree to address it as a sprain/strain vs something "out of place"

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RE: displaced rib - December 19, 2007 9:21:23 AM   
Ed Spat

 

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Status: offline 		    Thanks Oak, hmgross & others.

The full story is that I am a soon to graduate student and a friend back home wrote me about her 'displaced rib'. She said he did a manip, she heard a pop and "it went back in but later came out" and that she still had pain ++. I suspect what happened is that the PT found a structural anomaly, treated it with an appropriate manip, but failed to explain the 'displaced rib' as a sprain / strain and warn against post treatment soreness.

any further comments are welcome... Thanks again.

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