Intercostal muscles

The intercostal muscles lie between the ribs and build the walls of the thorax. They can move the ribs and have roles in breathing. Let's look at the layers of external, internal and innermost intercostal muscles and talk about what they do.
I know I said I'd look at the organs of the male pelvis this week, but I forgot. I'll do it in a couple of weeks. Honest.
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Best explanation on KZbin put me at ease ...I stretched to much reaching for coffee and then just slowly got worse ... sleepless nights and the pain oh the pain ...thanks doc

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[@hritikmehta8566]

I'm not even a medical student, just watch his videos as I'm rehabilitating from a surgery. Can't overemphasize how helpful it is just to be aware of functioning of all the muscles and just trying to get back to normalcy by trying to be conscious about it. Thanks a lot.

[@maahishah773]

Thank you very much! Loved the explanation and I won't get confused between external intercostal muscles and internal intercostal muscles again!

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[@morpheus20170]

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Thank u for describing the direction on the external intercostal muscle like a pocket .. made the right description to remember. Here is a real anatomist ✔️🎖.

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It's amazing video Thank u so much 🙏👍 It help me a lot to understand breathing mechanism 👍

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[@gautammure]

Fantastic illustration. You know Dr. Sam, wouldn't it be more apt to consider the internal/innermost intercostals moving in the antero-superior direction towards the sternum, and visualizing them pulling the costal cartilages down back to their original position after the inspirational bucket handle elevation by the external intercostals (running antero-inferiorly, pulling the ribs up)?

[@triggeredarmy6926]

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[@waterboy2494]

What’s the best way to treat a intercostal muscle pull? So far I’ve been doing breathing exercises and icing the area

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[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

Intercostal neuralgia is described as pain that wraps around your chest, sometimes described as a band radiating from the back of the body to the front chest or upper abdomen. The pain may be described as burning, spasm-like, aching, gnawing and stabbing.👍

[@chrismartinez1121]

It actually feels like u broke your ribs, when you strained your intercostal muscles. My doctor recommended heat and that sometimes worked but an ice pack worked for me

[@F_30596]

@@chrismartinez1121 where did you put the ice

[@gypsysnowwolf2313]

@@chrismartinez1121 That happened to me 2days ago. Holy shit. When it happened, I couldn't walk or breathe and I nearly collapsed to the floor.

[@flandrensinteriors3428]

Exactly. I'm going through this now and those are all descriptors I would use.

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[@allennwoko1346]

Thank you sir. Could you please explain in detail how the internal intercostal muscles pull the ribs downwards given their origin, insertion and course.

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Awesome!

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[@sashiez1]

I've injured mine from a tiny twist putting clothes away in my wardrobe, so painful. I'm a gym goer and do look after myself but just shows, anything can happen so unexpected. A reminder for me not to rush doing things I guess 😭 Fantastic information,thank you so much. 👍 😊

[@CrazyTechLab]

How long did it last? I’ve done the same swimming. 5 days so far and not much improvement. Heard they can take a long time to heal! 😔

[@sashiez1]

@@CrazyTechLab Oh no, sorry to read that. Well it took about 4 days I'd say. The nights were the worst. I couldn't get into a comfortable position at all so slept upwards with 3 high pillows. No side was comfortable to lie on tbh. Breathing was particularly hard. My partner massaged this ointment called Tiger Balm on the injury atleast 3 times a day. You have to be careful with that stuff, always do your own research regarding medicines etc as we are no doctors. A friend gave it to me and said it worked on an injury they had so I tried it. Its really strong stuff, smells like Vanilla and menthyl imo. I absolutely hate taking any form of medication but on a night took paracetamol to try and help the Inflammation or whatever it was. I'd take some during the day if needed. A month later, I can still feel it but definitely not as bad, am able to go gym and be physical thank goodness. Oh also, at the time of the Injury, my partner rang 111. A UK nhs helpline. They asked me to go to A & E as my breathing was so bad and within the injury was a continuous stabbing pain. I didn't manage to go as I couldn't even stand or sit and waiting in A & E would have been daunting esp by myself as no one else would have been allowed in with me due to Covid. We didn't even ring the Dr's as they are pretty useless around here. It's always best to go get an xray in A & E if possible etc just incase there's really bad damage. I opted for medicine, ice and Tiger balm (no hot water bottle was used) rest and no physical activities what so ever. Got better gradually past the 4 day mark, it will take a while. Get well soon. ☺️

[@CrazyTechLab]

@@sashiez1 Thanks for the advice! Is certainly a strangely debilitating injury! It does feel a bit better today but won’t be back in the pool for a week or two I think! Coughing, sneezing and deep breathing really hurts as does some movement but I can lift things and move my arm fine so it’s clearly not a pec injury. I’ve had ice packs on it too and starting hot treatment today. I think I have some tiger balm somewhere after a trip to a massage therapist a few years ago so I’ll try that!. Also ordered a hot/cold strap gel pack off Amazon to make the hot cold treatment easier!

[@sashiez1]

@@CrazyTechLabYou're welcome! Yes, you are right. It's one of the weirdest and most painful injuries I've ever had that certainly does leave you feeling dehabilitated for a while. The injury shocked me like it would have you as we like to keep fit and healthy. I couldn't lift my arms, it would hurt so much and breathing would be very difficult in doing so too. Glad you're on the mend and don't rush back Into swimming, take it slow and steady. In the back of my head, I'm kinda scared it will be a reoccurring injury for life, hope not! Let me know if the Tiger balm and your other treatments worked for you. All the best, take care. 😊

[@sashiez1]

@@CrazyTechLab Oh and BTW, Tiger Balm gets very hot on the skin so I kinda used that as my hot treatment. It can burn so use with caution! 😩

[@vidhipatel5988]

Thank you sir

[@lesleysprake1045]

That was fascinating. I’ve got costochondritis recently been told and I’ve got constant pains in my rib cage now. Sometime la can’t breath deeply because of it especially on a morning or during the night I often wake because of the constriction in my rib cage?? And my neck is stiff of late could be connected now I’m Wondering?!

[@aadityarimal4536]

How come the internal intercostal muscles make the thoracic cavity smaller? From what I have seen, originating at a rib and attaching to the rib below, should, like the external intercostal muscle, bring the lower rib closer to the upper one, raising the rib cage in aggregate. I think that the fiber direction as something to do with it, but I can't seem to visualize how this is the case.

[@56-keloziiakadete36]

Thank you so much sirr

[@jhesth9894]

Thank you for the videos! They are really helpful. Could you also start using the latin words for structures and muscles? I know you do sometimes, but other times it is hard to know what you mean since english is my second language.

[@-eikatz-5243]

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[@madhuseenu1723]

Hai Dr Webster how to get relief from intercostal muscle pain and how many days to recover from this pain

[@Memes-oe2si]

Thank u have a big college anatomy test coming up and professor only gives little notes to show what each muscle does

[@birhatyouns2004]

Legend

[@lucask4330]

Great video! Only thing is that I do not believe that the innermost intercostals actually go all the way to the sternum, I believe they stop short of both the sternum and the spinal column.

[@collywobs]

EXTernal inspiration - INTernal expiration.

[@sylviananyangwe7130]

Sam your vidoes are helping me so much, but how can l remember all the muscles of the body. I find myself forgetting 😥

[@madhuseenu1723]

Hai Dr Webster what is the treatment I have to and excercises to be done plz suggest

[@tomquintana404]

I get a cramp in my lower rib cage and was told it was my intercostal muscle, the cramp is horrible, take 20 min. to go through it's cycle. when this happens is thee anything I can take for QUICK relief and something for this issue daily?

[@SuperLittleTyke]

What is intercostal muscle strain and what causes it?

[@haneeraj5992]

It's very helpful to understand .I m from India and studying in class 11.

[@dhruvsharma8357]

Bhai kaon si state se hai..... Mere bio wale be toh beda garak Kar rakha hai .....🤣

[@haneeraj5992]

Bihar

[@sureshacharya1035]

Love from nepal💛

[@traycegray3566]

Thanks man! Side note: you look like Dr.House! :)

[@preethamchanna4254]

I was studying about intercostal muscles and then a notification popped on my phone...😁

[@nehalsingh3094]

Can please anyone tell me how can I treat this pain .. it's very irritating whenever I am lying from the side I have the intercostal injury and breath in it's pains like someone stabbed me ..it just radiates to the whole chest and I have muscle knot in my back so I am confused If it's the pain arising from my knots.. Please suggest some treatments

[@imassage619]

I like that anatomy manikin ❤ well here i got hurt lifting a console and pulled that muscle 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️silly me. Easy to help my clients. But, not that easy to do for myself 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ridingstuffed]

I have repeatedly strained these muscles, how can i prevent this.

[@kennyplay5982]

I have lunge shortness of breath. What can i do about this? Have to breath in and and I get winded and tired

[@drunicorn7202]

I’ve always wondered what a sane dr house would look like..

[@crenapun57]

Tq

[@Sprint4serbia]

So it’s possible that heavy breathing exercises in cold climate could have strained intercostal muscles and/or nerve?

[@saher997]

I cannot find video on intercostal nerve

[@darshanapanawalavidhane4708]

Mr. Sam, please do a vedio about main pressure points in the human body, i need you to do a true one, consider please

[@johnlant1730]

Is it possible that an intercostal muscle strain could trigger anxiety and panic attacks if your sensitive to your breathing being obstructed?

[@coleholden8241]

I would think so, I'm not a doctor, but I have this injury right now and keep re-injuring it and I'll have a day where it is hard to breath and hurts to breath and I don't necessarily panic, but it does make it uncomfortable. When you're used to being able to breath normally and all of a sudden its harder too it's natural to freak out a bit regardless.

[@micahkimball5322]

yes, happened to me last week. over golfed believe it or not and all of a sudden couldn’t breathe and i drove to the er thinking i was dying of a clot. after ct scan and x-ray ruled out the blood clot and heart stuff i self diagnosed based off the tenderness of the ribs and the fact i had just played a ton of golf the last month

[@kidvicious2227]

@@micahkimball5322 ..same just happened to me. Did ekg, stress test which I beat my target goal, I didn't reach a 100% but I got 95%. Possibly could've got 100% but my knee was acting up. Now my dr think its that muscle. My doctor said I passed the stress test

[@micahkimball5322]

@@kidvicious2227 craziest stuff man. still haven’t golfed again even though the tenderness is gone now. hopefully soon tho i will try again. i’ve always had chronic sinusitis so nose breathing sucks but never had a full blown panic attack bc of not being able to take a deep breath before bc of it and the crazy tenderness of the right rib area, chest area. couple that with having covid almost 5 months ago to add to the anxiety and panic attack ugh.

[@micahkimball5322]

@@kidvicious2227 i literally had 3 ekgs in past 3 months post covid and bc of the intercostal muscle strains and it’s always fine. if nothing else at least it comes down the anxiety.

[@juliekane7210]

X after I either clean my windows , or do a chore like vacuuming I have to ice my rib area .. getting tired of having this problem

[@mafiasti5686]

where can we get those models?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

why are these muscles so weak and easy to strain and tear compared to other muscles like the biceps? How can I prevent injury from stretching and exercise?

[@paulclipse8504]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jericarodriguez6974]

Can tight or weak intercostal muscles cause unable to take a deep breathe????? Anyone know???

[@momughal4339]

Can intercostal pain be around the heart area?

[@callmecon7105]

Mine is on the left so could be would not leave anything to chance though

[@RahulMeena-zt1py]

When will you teach histology

[@pentatopComment]

what bout their insertion ?

[@dhruvsharma8357]

One who want to go India and love India .....🥰 Like like like........nothing else ....and a special thank to my foreign friend who helped me to push the concept of intercostal muscles into my brain ........ Thank you sir .......🥰

[@minseobyeon3353]

This is so random but I like all the background musics you use for your vids haha

[@smiles3500]

i can no longer breath from my chest muscles, chest muscles only expand maybe 1/8". Only able to breath from belly muscles and belly muscles are weak. My breathing gets very weak and stops on it's own. My shoulders move up and down when breathing. They never used to. Since I hurt my middle back a month or so ago, I can only breathe from belly. Docs won't do any tests. I do have decreased lung function intake. Anyone else ?

[@1273mel]

I’ve had this for 4 years, had heart and lung investigations and everything is fine but this has ruined my life and am getting no answers from GP, I can’t get a full breath in on the left side and it’s scary at times, my ribs are constantly sore and tight 🤷‍♀️

[@smiles3500]

@@1273mel I have decreased lung function on intake. Not sure if a muscular disease or what. It's frightening. As im sure it's frightening for you too. Intake of air on full breath is tight for me too.

[@noctemys]

why does he remind me of a much nicer!House? great video tho!

[@sarangshoro911]

Got viva of thorax coming Monday 🤪😁

[@SamWebster]

Good luck.

[@sarangshoro911]

@@SamWebster Thanks sir, your videos helped alot

[@activeman464]

Is that you dr. House

[@margaretmcmahon1245]

Is it just me, or could our lecturer be Hugh Laurie's brother?

[@AceofDlamonds]

I reinjured my muscles here it HURTS :(

[@prakashbudhathoki5538]

Hello sir I have a same problem... I did CTscan and report is normal... how to fix this sir?

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R u alright now? Brother

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@@AbhishekKumar-uj8yn yup brother it took almost one year.. I’m ok now

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@@prakashbudhathoki5538 apko kya kya problem hoti thi?

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@@AbhishekKumar-uj8yn chest pain huwa karta tha brother sternum pe..

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11:23 in few words

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First one ☝️

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Anyone else think he looks like Hugh Laurie from house M.D.?

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You look excactly like house md lol