I'll apologise in advance here Tkrik, as I'm hijacking your thread for just a minute. Please forgive me. I hope you don't mind just this once, seeing my following question is for Cherie and the topic is so similar to your own.

I too thank you Cherie for that great explanation....but....I've been suffering from something that's more like acute short stabs of pain in the intercostral spaces/muscles.

In your explanation you mentioned the following, and I've only quoted the relevant part from your post...

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Originally Posted by lady_express_44 What Does It Feel Like? - Described as sharp pain, dull pain, burning pain, tickling, tingling, a crushing or constricting sensation or intense pressure....

On another website I'd asked about the rib pain that I suffer because it really is debillitating while it lasts, but as it's only for a few seconds at a time, no-one seems to think it's anything to be concerned about.

I did break 4 ribs in a fall a few years ago in that same area, and my pain is now said by other MSers who I've asked, to be solely due to spasms in the Trigger Points and that I should see a Myofacial Pain Therapist! (I've actually not heard of one here in Australia)

My own doctor has dismissed my complaints of pain in the ribs when I mention it, even though the pain is agonising and makes me scream out on movement. He says that I probably trapped a nerve during the bone healing process.

Could this old injury be acting as a trigger for MS pain or the hug, or is it more likely to be due to the answers I've already been given as above.

Thank you Cherie if you reply, and thank you Tkrik for allowing me to hijack just this once.