When it comes to rib eversion, everyone should be familiar with it. It's always hard to lift your shoulders and feel pain in your thoracic spine ... let's talk about rib eversion first.

The most common is the situation of the baby in the picture. At the red arrow, the child's ribs are convex. Parents often think that this is rib eversion, even calcium deficiency, rickets and other problems, but this situation is very common and normal in babies, so there is no need to worry at all.

Eversion of ribs is usually not a single problem. Maybe your muscles and bones have changed. According to the theory of spinal diseases, chest pain and poor digestive system may be related to this.

Why are there ribs everted?

When the spine is not right, some muscles will produce unnecessary compensation, causing pain and problems (such as scalene muscle and upper trapezius muscle). ), which will further lead to rib eversion. Sometimes it is accompanied by scoliosis, chest size, shoulder height and other problems.

Article reference:

Futang Zhu Pediatrics, Nelson Pediatrics, Anatomy, Physiology and other books.

Some articles by pediatrician Kong Lingkai

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