Types of rib issues described by patients when consulting our office were: Ache, Tightness, Tingling, Numbness, Sharp, and/or Stabbing. Between February 2002 and August 2004, 7 people who suffer from the above kinds of rib issues completed the initial 6-8 week period of care in our office. Of these 7 people, 5 (72%) of them reported a 70 – 100% improvement and there was nobody (0%) that didn’t report a change in their complaint within 8 weeks of their first upper cervical adjustment (1 person (14%) had a 10-40% improvement and 1 (14%) had a 40-70% improvement).