r/SlippingRibSyndrome

I’m hypermobile so I’ve always been used to my bones shifting in and out of place very easily. My ribs always clickity clack but it’s only been about the past 6 months that they’re started causing me pain. The rib pain is really intense and wraps from back to front. The left side is especially bad. If I bend sideways or lean to one side to reach for something for example the middle ribs move and pop causing discomfort. I am especially in pain if I have to sit for longer than 30 min. My commute to work is 45 minutes and I arrive in a lot of pain.

Hi everyone, I was recently diagnosed with HSD and am desperate for some advice on managing long car rides and touring.
I’ve been a touring musician for almost 10 years, but my symptoms skyrocketed this past year after having bilateral rib fixation surgery for Slipping Rib Syndrome (which I had before my HSD diagnosis).
Right now, a typical tour day looks like a 5–7 hour drive, a 1-hour soundcheck, and a 1-hour show. It is completely draining me. I also have pectus excavatum, carpal tunnel, and severe tenderness at my surgical site over a year later. Just holding my guitar and singing background vocals takes all the air out of me.
My biggest challenges right now:
The Car Rides: They feel like human torture.
The Fatigue/Pain: There is barely any recovery time between gigs.
The Guilt: My bandmates (we are all small-framed women) are incredibly supportive and carry/unload everything for me, but I feel like such a burden making them lift heavy gear. I know it takes a toll on their bodies too.
Our tours usually anywhere from 2–5 weeks. I love playing music and I want to do this forever, but this is my fourth tour since surgery and I'm losing hope. I want to go home every single day and am just pushing through severe pain.
Would love to hear from any traveling musicians with HSD/hEDS, or anyone with tips on surviving long road trips, rib pain, and managing the emotional guilt of pacing yourself. Thank you!

i got hansen 2.0 surgery suturing my 10th to my 9th on both sides at the end of march and for the most part recovery has been good and my pain has been minimal. about 30 minutes ago my boyfriend just went to hug me while i was laying on my back but slipped and came down hard on my left side, and i had an intense sharp pain. since then i’ve had a hooking sensation and like it’s pushing inward, which i haven’t had since surgery. i’m also having a mild cold burn in the whole area and muscle spasming. (i reached out to my surgeon and will be talking about it soon) but does this sound like it could’ve slipped my rib out of place? it wasn’t an elbow or anything that jabbed into me, just his chest pushing on the area. can they be fragile enough 6 months post op to move out of place or be injured by something like that? has anyone had a rib slip from an injury after surgery? what did it feel like? is there a spectrum to it or would it be agonizing pain if the suture was affected?

I was coughing for 2-3 months strait back in December. I ended up breaking the cartilage in my chest. I have 5-6 ribs that have not stopped dislocating and it doesn’t help that I also had gallstones at the same time.

I ended up doing PT for a few months and stopping because I needed to get my gallbladder removed. I thought I was getting better after a few months of rests, after the surgery.

Summer time rolled around. I tried normal activities (only 2 time each) like, paddle boarding and dancing. Both of these activities dislocated my ribs again. I have dislocated mostly on my right side. Floating ribs, and all the way up to my sternum. They haven’t gone back or returned at all. If anything it only got worse. I have got them to settle and stop shifting as much tho.

I talked with my doctor a few months again and I thought I’d let her know I’ve also dislocated my knee, jaw, and shoulder. I can also pop my hip out of place. She’s decided that I have hyper-mobility and will be testing for EDS soon. We believe I have EDS based on all the underlying symptoms I’ve had for years.

Feel free to ask questions or give advice while I’m on this journey. Thank you

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