The intercostal muscles, which are located between your ribs, expand and contract your chest cavity when you breathe. Here's what you need to know about them.

Want to up your cardio game? Trainers explain how to strengthen intercostal muscles, which are the muscles that help you breathe better.

Your intercostal muscles attach to your ribs. When you breathe in air, they normally contract and move your ribs up. At the same time, your diaphragm, which is a thin muscle that separates your ...

FC Barcelona goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has picked up a sprain to an intercostal muscle on his left side. His availability for the upcoming fixtures will depend on his recovery from the injury.

A pulled muscle in the chest can result in mild discomfort or cause severe symptoms. Learn about the causes and treatment here.

Intercostal neuralgia is a painful condition involving the area just under your ribs. It can cause pain in the chest, ribs, and upper back that may be described as shooting, stabbing, or burning ...

The external intercostal muscles (Photo credit: sportEX journals) David Wright, third baseman for the New York Mets, was recently diagnosed by his physicians with left sided intercostal muscle ...

The intercostal muscle spindles are shown here to be regulated through their fusimotor fibres by a central control closely resembling that which governs the activity of alpha respiratory motoneurones.

Mets manager Terry Collins said Reyes strained his left intercostal muscle (the muscle between the ribs) on his last swing of his last at-bat of the game. The Mets provided no timetable for his ...

Brewers slugger Ryan Braun had to leave a game on Saturday with a rib injury, but Braun says that he's fine, and Ron Roenicke calls him day-to-day.