If a patient has rib pain, the causes include rib trauma fractures, bone cysts and tumors, intercostal neuritis or intercostal muscle strain, and rib chondritis, etc., as follows: i. Rib trauma fractures: Rib trauma fractures can cause painful symptoms in the rib area, especially during deep breathing and coughing situations. Bone cysts and tumors: bone cysts and bone tumors in the rib cage can also cause painful symptoms in the rib cage. Intercostal neuritis or intercostal muscle strain: intercostal neuritis or intercostal muscle strain or injury can also easily lead to pain in the rib cage. Fourth, costal chondritis: patients with costal chondritis are also prone to have pain in the ribs. Five, lung disease: lung or have pleural parts of the disease, but also easy to stimulate the ribs appear pain. Therefore, after a patient has a painful rib condition, it is important to consult a doctor to see what is causing it and treat the cause to promote the reduction and recovery of rib pain symptoms. It is important to keep the chest wall warm when the pain is significant, to avoid getting cold, and to avoid excessive stress on the chest wall to avoid aggravating the pain. You can also apply hot compresses, acupuncture, moxibustion and other therapies with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the pain when it is obvious.