hello everyone , im a 32 y/o female ive been exspereancing pains off and on now for the last 3 yrs in my left ribcage area . I had been to my doctor several times over the yrs .ive had upper resp infection the same time this starting happening , and also was dealing with another problem with fibroid tumors . since then ive had my hysteretomy done thinking maybe this is the cause of it , well a yr later and i was still getting these flare ups feeling as if someone shoved there fist up underneith my ribs . i went last wed and my family doctor thought it was a misplaced rib in my upper right side and said if we do away with this maybe your pain in your lower left side and under ribcage will go away , well it started to get worse as the weekend creeped up and i finally couldnt take no more and made another apt. for today , well i went to day and my family docs. partner said it was inflammation of ribs . he precribed me lortabs and said if this still is presisted by the end of this wk and the begining of next to come back and we will start running tests on you . my question would be what exactly causes inflammation in the ribs . my pain is on the left side towards the waist line under the ribs , and in the back (kidney area ) its tender , sore , and very painful . exspecially to the touch .Anyways im just trying to find out what causes this ? and should i seek further testing to find out why im having these inflammation flares ? Thank you for time and advise !