Question: 60 year old male in good health with recent check up and blood work done...
Everything was good. I sometimes deal with gerd and currently have been taking food enzymes, probiotics, and tagamet. The only other problem I have had until tonight, was some throbbing in my left hip. I thought probably arthritis or bursitis and started taking 2 200mg tabs every 6 bours. My big problem started today. I was traveling to Nicaragua and right after I boarded plaNE I started getting severe pain in back, left and right side by lower part of ribcage (outside not by spine). The pain is very severe and comes and goes. If I lay down, when I try to get out of bed or even roll over I think I will pass out from the pain. Sitting upright helps, but when I move again it is horrible pain. I just arrived in Managua, Nicaragua, so not a good position to be in.

I just wanted to thank you for your help. You were correct with your diagnosis. After you told me it seemed like a pulled muscle, I laid there in pain trying to think what I could have done to injured my muscles like that. I take pride in working hard and staying fit.Then I realized what I had done and started laughing, but that hurt too much. Two days before this happened I went golfing for the first time in ten years. And I was driving the ball hard. Golf is not a natural motion for the body, it is a severe twisting motion. You were right with a quick answer and that helped me discover how I did it. Two weeks since that incident and I am fully recovered. I need to remember that I am not thirty years old anymore! )) Thanks again for your help.!!! XXXXXXX XXXXXXX