Broken ribs

nipon
nipon Posts: 68
edited October 2008 in Training, fitness and health
Has anyone here had broken ribs,if so how long will they take to heal? Fell over and broke some of mine nearly 2 weeks ago and havent been able to train since,cant even sit on my bike because it hurts,driving me bl***y mad :evil: ,hospital says just have to wait and keep taking the pain killers.

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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    It took me a couple of months before I could even roll over in bed never mind get on a bike.

    Bloody sore, innit?
  • idaviesmoore
    idaviesmoore Posts: 557
    nipon wrote:
    Has anyone here had broken ribs,if so how long will they take to heal? Fell over and broke some of mine nearly 2 weeks ago and havent been able to train since,cant even sit on my bike because it hurts,driving me bl***y mad :evil: ,hospital says just have to wait and keep taking the pain killers.

    First of all..................my deepest sympathies. Broken ribs are the most painful thing I've ever had to endure.
    3 years ago I hit some ice on the Horseshoe Pass in Wales, came off and landed on my rear mech. 2 broken ribs and I had to ride home....12 miles :cry:
    There's very little you can do, and it can take up to 6 months to heal correctly depending on severity and position of fracture/s.
    Buy yourself something new and expensive to cheer yourself up, you deserve it :wink:
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  • judokev
    judokev Posts: 49
    Hi there,

    Its as the other guys say I am afraid they take wot they take we are all different.

    Mate of mine gave his ribs a right good thump maybe two months ago at judo and he is still not 100% he didnt brake them just badly bruised and pulled muscles each time he tried coming back on the mat left him in pain.

    Just rest up its sucks but not much else you can do.

    Judo kev
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    FWIW I've done it twice.

    First time showing off to my girlfriend, now my wife, and took several weeks to heal. Was painful especially getting to sleep but otherwise wasn't too bad so wasn't off the bike.

    Second time was pushing down hard on something using my chest and something went pop, several weeks again before I was OK fully but again kept riding.

    As noted it just depends, I think when riding the bigger problm was taking deep breaths.
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Make sure you don't get a cold in the next few weeks............sneezing with broken ribs is a :twisted:
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  • nipon
    nipon Posts: 68
    Thanks for all the replies guys,supose i just got to wait and see then. :?
  • -liam-
    -liam- Posts: 1,831
    Bronzie wrote:
    Make sure you don't get a cold in the next few weeks............sneezing with broken ribs is a :twisted:

    And coughing ! Stay away from people with coughs, you don't want to catch one....especially this time of year. Hurts like a bugger !



    Gutted for you. Very painful and not nice. Painkillers and lots of them.
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    I came back from my Honeymoon with broken or cracked ribs.

    Rather than bedroom antics, it was from waterskiing, where I wiped-out bigtime and landed on a ski.
    I couldn't climb back into the boat, so two guys dragged me in, scaping me over the side - that did hurt :shock:

    Took a couple of weeks before I could find a way to lie in bed (not on chest, not on back, not on left side, not on right side...err, now what ?)
    And several months before I was right to run and so on.

    Even 10 years on it's not quite right, I still feel something sometimes doing leg curls lying on my chest at the gym

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