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What causes a knot or a rolling muscle to form in your stomach by your rib cage. it hurts like a sharp pain or a charlie horse feeling in stomach?
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Spasm or cramp: Similar to muscle spasms in the back or elsewhere in the body--over use or over stretching can cause local injury to the muscle tissue and spasm. Often improves with gentle massage and/or local warm compresses to relax the muscle band.
Answered 11/17/2018
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