My advice is to see a functional health care practitioner, either a DABCI chiropractor, a chiropractor with additional training in functional medicine, or a holistically oriented medical doctor, who can do a through evaluation of your problem. Without further history as to what brings on the pain as well as any other concerns, such as digestive complaints or breathing issues, it is hard to say what is causing the problem or where the problem is coming from. My concern about seeing a gastroenterologist is that you could incur unnecessary expense in the form of a CAT scan or other imaging. Imaging should only be done to confirm or rule out what the practitioner thinks is your problem based upon a complete history and physical examination of the area of complaint.

Advance Chiropractic & Health Ctr, Dr. Susan Sykes