Most of the symptoms of pain after pressure on the right side of the ribs are caused by the following diseases: 1. The most common symptom that can lead to painful pressure on the ribs in the chest is intercostal muscle damage, which can be caused by sneezing, coughing and cold in most patients. When the intercostal muscle is injured, pressing on the ribs will aggravate the intercostal muscle injury and produce painful symptoms.2. Patients with rib fractures will also experience pain after pressing on the ribs, and most patients will have falls, impacts, etc. Doing actions that move the chest, such as turning over and getting up, deep breathing, etc., will also cause symptoms of chest pain.3. Intercostal nerve irritation signs or intercostal nerve injury will also cause pain after pressing on the ribs. Painful symptoms after compression. Once the tissue structure of the chest becomes diseased, the symptoms of pain after compression will occur.