Muscle Around The Ribs. Your intercostal muscles are the muscles between your ribs. The external intercostals the internal intercostals and the innermost intercostals.
They allow your ribcage to expand and contract so you can breathe. May also cause pain around the rib cage. Choose one to three of the following rib exercises and perform three to five sets of eight to 20 repetitions once or twice a week.
A strain means the muscle has been over-stretched pulled in an unnatural way or partially torn.
Heavy lifting or intense coughing are two common causes of chest wall muscle strain. OVERVIEW OF FUNCTION. But if they stretch too. MUSCLES OF THE RIB CAGE.
