GERD is a condition in which stomach acid flows back into the esophagus, causing heartburn and chest pain that can possibly radiate to the left side of the rib cage. This pain is often worse after ...

Chronic pain is a common complaint among those with COPD. Columnist Caroline Gainer shares the pain relief strategies that ...

Epigastric pain is a term to describe discomfort or aching that occurs beneath your rib cage in your upper abdominal ... or food in your stomach washes back up into your esophagus.

All of us are born knowing how to breathe - the diaphragm muscle below the rib cage works to draw air into the lungs and let it out. As time passes, we forget how to breathe properly and most of ...