Is it your heart beating, Orangeman? Your heart's on the left side of the center of your chest, and when you lean forward or lie on your left side, it's much easier to detect your heartbeat. That's why cardiologists have patients lean forward sometimes to listen to the beat--and why you lie on your left side for an echocardiogram.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Disturbance in my side.. I don't know what's going on but I am about to lose my mind if I can't fix this disturbance in the side of my body. I keep telling my mom I need to see a doctor but she keeps putting it off. So while I wait I'm still wondering about something, it seems to just have started developing. When ever I lay down to go to sleep or just lean my body over I feel a thumping in the left side of my body. I don't want to say it's my lung but I don't know what else it could be. It seems to be inside my rib or Rating: 5