Well, the pain in your hip and down the leg is sciatica - at least that's what it sounds like. As for the pain in the ribs, I cannot say. You need an MRI with and without contrast material to see what's going on. Ask your doctor to order one so he can get a good look at things. That way he can get a report too from the radiologist.

Let us know what the report says, and maybe we can help you decipher it. God bless and take care. Hugs, Lee

sammuel,
You might want to go see your Doctor, and ask him to send you for an MRI with contrast/and without, so that way they can see exactly what is going on. Like Lee says, the pain down your leg sounds like sciatica, and the rib pain could be your thoracic area hurting or maybe something else, so call the Doc and have yourself checked out, insist on an MRI since X-Ray's will not tell the whole story, OK? Take care,

Sam;
I concur with both Lee and Tipper. besides being a tbi survivor, I'm an LMT and have had 6 back surgeries. All of the issues your describing sound to me like inflammation in the duodenum. inflammation here will cause intense pressure on the respiratory system causing shortness of breath and pressure on the kidney thus blocking and constricking the psoas muscle which will cause extreme bloating or constipation i.e. sciatica and pressure on the gall bladder which can feel like either a heart attack or severe indigestion.
Kelly aka tbiKelly and lmtkelly depending on which addy I sign in with.