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broken rib
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:22 am
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:22 am
I stepped through a rotten board on a trailer and landed under my right arm on the trailer's contents. hurt like hell. after a day i think i may have cracked a rib. after looking online it seems ribs heal quickly, and not much can be done other than let it heal. i see no benefit from going to the doc to get an xray or anything else. anyone have experience with this? any tips?
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 7:34 am to aldawg2323
A couple of things.
Get it checked out. An X-ray at the very least. It might be out of place and have to be set. You don't want it healing improperly.
Bones take about 6 weeks to heal.
Ribs actually take a long time to heal back to 100%. It'll be a nagging injury for awhile if it is broken. I've maybe come across a couple of people who have had quick recoveries from a broken rib. The majority of the time it'll seem like it takes forever to heal.
Hope this helps
Get it checked out. An X-ray at the very least. It might be out of place and have to be set. You don't want it healing improperly.
Bones take about 6 weeks to heal.
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after looking online it seems ribs heal quickly
Ribs actually take a long time to heal back to 100%. It'll be a nagging injury for awhile if it is broken. I've maybe come across a couple of people who have had quick recoveries from a broken rib. The majority of the time it'll seem like it takes forever to heal.
Hope this helps
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:37 am to aldawg2323
Get it checked out anyway just in case. At the very least get some pain meds to help.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:03 pm to aldawg2323
I took a tumble during a sprint exercise last year and didn't find out from an unrelated scan until like 2 months later that I had broken a rib. My experience was the pain sort of just went away over time and I stopped thinking about it, but it was awhile. 
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:12 pm to aldawg2323
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after looking online it seems ribs heal quickly
that is not my experience. I strained a rib a couple years ago and I think it hurt to get out of bed for damn near 4 weeksPosted on 3/4/26 at 7:33 pm to AllbyMyRelf
Rib injuries are painful. Definitely worth an X-ray to ensure nothing is out of place. Then it’s just a pain tolerance issue. Make DAMN sure you take deep breaths throughout the day. Pneumonia can creep in if you’re taking shallow breaths for days.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:25 am to warm
yes sir. lack of sleep is a bit of a problem. moving around like a zombie at times. yesterday was the first day with noticeable improvement. I spoke to a buddy who is an ortho, we/he deemed it unnecessary for an xray. just riding it out, no pain meds. its living!
Posted on 3/5/26 at 2:34 pm to aldawg2323
I slept best sitting up. I don't recommend breaking your ribs during allergy season if you get sneazy during the allergy season. That's a special kind of hell and fear knowing you are about to sneeze 2-3 times and each time feels like getting stabbed with a rusty pitchfork.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 2:49 pm to aldawg2323
Take Tylenol, it will help you breathe and move normally. I at least bruised a rib and gutted it out for two weeks. I couldn't hold my phone up to take pictures of stuff in London. Took Tylenol at lunch, and at dinner, and had no pain the next day.
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