When Chest Pain Isn’t a Heart Attack: Understanding Rib Pain and Why It Often Goes Misdiagnosed
Source: Freepik.com Chest pain sends a lot of people to the ER. We’re trained to think it’s a “heart attack” the second there’s a tightness, twinge, or stabbing pain. But what if the source of pain isn’t cardiac at all? What if it’s coming from the ribs? Rib pain is surprisingly common, yet it often…