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Thoracic Pain/Rib Pain Conditions

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7 procedures Offered for thoracic pain/rib pain
Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
918.935.3240 Speak to the Tulsa team 2 clinics in Tulsa Tulsa South and Tulsa Midtown

Physicians Trained At

Harvard, UCSF, Boston University, Mount Sinai, Saint Louis University, Rush University and Yale

Overview

About thoracic pain/rib pain

Your spine consists of 24 bones all stacked up together to make your vertebrate. Those bones are broken up into three different regions: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. The thoracic region makes up 12 of the 24 bones of the spine.

The thoracic spine region refers to the area of the back through which the thoracic spine transverses—roughly the bottom of the neck to the top of the low-back. The thoracic back might also be referred to as the mid or upper back.

One of the primary roles of this region of the back is to provide stability. Each of the vertebrates in the thoracic region is connected to a rib on both sides and then meet in the front at the sternum. This ultimately builds our rib cage, protecting important organs such as our heart, lungs, liver, etc. Thoracic back pain may feel like stiffness, tingling, numbness, throbbing, or stabbing sensations, making everyday activities difficult.

What causes thoracic or rib pain?

Thoracic back pain can have many causes including:

  • Arthritis
  • Compression Fractures
  • Degenerative Disk Disease
  • Pain After Surgery
  • Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Herniated Disk

What this page covers

Not sure which of these it is? That is what the assessment is for — 918.935.3240.

Procedures

How we treat thoracic pain/rib pain

Image guided, minimally invasive, and carried out by the physician who assessed you rather than referred out. Which of these is right for you is decided after the assessment, not before it.

  • Thoracic Epidural Steroid Injections (TESI)
  • Thoracic Facet Injections (T-FACET)
  • Thoracic Radiofrequency Ablation (T-RF)
  • Intercostal Block
  • Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
  • Relievant
  • Physical Therapy

Our clinics

2 clinics across Oklahoma

Every clinic offers the same treatments, so you can be seen wherever is easiest to reach.

Same day appointments

We have a doctor who can see you today

Fill in the form and our team will call you back to arrange a time in Tulsa South and Tulsa Midtown. Tell us where it hurts and how long it has been hurting — it is what the first few minutes of the appointment would be spent on anyway.

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