Question: four months ago I dislocated my rib on the left side, I felt slight pain, had some difficulties catching my breath and noticed a lump on the sternum and pain in the back, after dealing with this for three weeks I went to a chiropractor who put it back into place. I have remained pain free until around 3 weeks ago. after doing the same activity later in the evening I noticed some similar issues as I had before but not as bad, the next morning I went to the chiro and had it placed back once again, the next day my wife fell on me from around 3 foot high and landed on top of myself and I hit the ground also, another trip to the chiro and I have noticed that while the problem has gotten better its still not good yet. I have some sharp pain in my left pec on the sternum when doing bicep curls and running sprints, I can palpate the area and feel some soreness in the left pec near the sternum. I do have some pain in the back still and feel soreness under the left side of my ribs, I also feel some numbness in fingers and some dizziness ever once in a while. When I lay down I can hear my heart throb is seems and I have what I believe had some panick attacks the past week. upon taking a Xanax I mellowed out and felt hardly any thing. yesterday when stretching I felt a pop in the middle of the back and it started to feel somewhat better. Ice and heat makes both the front and back feel better. I had blood work done back in august for just a physical and my NT-ProBNP came back great. My blood pressure hovers around 129/75 and I run and workout 5-6 days a week.

THank for you for the quick reply. How long does it usually take something traumatic like that to the ribs to heal? Seems everyday its getting better depending on what I do.