Ribcage pain is sometimes a result of damage to the interostal muscles or worse, the intercostal nerve.

I did mines about 3 years ago and it still gives me bother, for the first few weeks it was a hot band of pain right around my torso around the level of the lowest ribs, this subsided in time, but there has been persistent regular disomfort around the lower ribs near the tip of the sternum which I am told may never go away since if you damage the nerve it doesnt repair itself and theres nothing that can be done about it. I find it is most pronounced when I sit down for a long period. It doesnt really interfere with my swing much but it does flare up after a round.

If the pain is in your sides just under the armpits this may be the serratus group of muscles that can get torn, these are the muscles that join the deltoids and biceps to the upper pectorals and the trapezius group of the back.

Robert O'Keefe gives sage advice though, no golf for a week or so and plenty of rest, then see how it feels.

D.

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