was helping put out a small grass fire a few days ago and took a tumble and felt a rib go "pop". i usually heal fast but this is crazy. can breath ok so thats good but coughing, sitting up, laying down etc ain't fun. anyways, i'm ready for this to go away. anybody else done this? i have done this b4 many moons ago and am a walking broken bones display but i need this OVER WITH!

The pop could be the cartilage between ribs or intercostal muscle strain. Either of which may take longer to heal than a broken bone.

I am not a doctor, I've just been banged up a lot.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
The pop could be the cartilage between ribs or intercostal muscle strain. Either of which may take longer to heal than a broken bone.

I am not a doctor, I've just been banged up a lot.

yea, i hear that. i have to go to a pain clinic because of all the boo boos. so much fun

Any hard bang to the ribs takes a lot longer than most any other injury to get over the soreness.

Driving a farm conglomeration machine, I hit a ditch bank and wrapped around the steering wheel. Took months. Another time a ladder kicked out from under me and fell on my folded arm from 6 feet up onto concrete slab. A witness said I bounced two feet in the air. Just knew my ribs were busted, Hour later it was just the small bone in the elbow. Still weeks getting over sore ribs.

Rancher friend got rammed into a fence by a nasty tempered cow. Months with those chest pains and nothing broken,

Good luck with healing sooner.

George

I took a nasty fall on an outside set of stone stair treads . My feet went out from me , from wet leaves on the stairs. I landed on my back on the stone tread..

Hospital MRI showed no internal bleeding , but 7 compound fractured ribs ..

It took a long time, and very painful.
Had to sleep in a chair, couldn’t lay on my back.. and when I had to cough , it was real bad .

Now I’m real careful on any stairs !!