What does breaking a rib feel like?

Sorry to hear, hope you get better, hope nothing's broke. I've only broken a few fingers but when I have, they always swell up and turn real purple.

Josh

 

Ask George Clooney. It's pretty painful.

 

It hurts..... a lot. It hurts to breathe.

 

i use to go of dirt jumps with mountain bikes and bmx's at this dirt jump park in my city.

i landed on a rock of a jump and went over my handle bares and i fell on my wrist and my ribs.

i got a sprained wrist

and i got my ribs bruised, when i breathe in hard or normally they hurt, but it got better after a few days, so i guess you just got your bruised.

 

I would get x rays. I broke a rib in my back at 17 while surfing. Me and the surfboard between a wave and the jetty.

 

Endo, mountain bike, about 5 years ago. Two broken ribs. Best test--lay down flat on your back--get up without rolling on your side. Did tensing your abds hurt? Could be a broken rib.

Concerning thing (among others) is that pain on deep inspiration could be a partially collapsed lung. Much less likely--should have slight shortness of breath, and typically pain in your shoulder/upper back.

Obviously, two things apply. One, most likely thing is a deep contusion (bruise) and/or other non-serious muscle injury. Other point--if it is getting worse, consider a trip to the ER.

 

Same with me--I had WAY to long to contemplate the impending pain. The worse part was the 8 mile ride/walk back to the trailhead.

 

Try lifting something > 10 lbs. If it hurts a lot it's probably broken. My didn't hurt to breathe when I broke it, but it hurt like hell lifting anything heavier than my underwear.

 

Mike,

I've broken ribs before, and it feels a lot like you've described. It's good to get an x-ray because they can cause further damage to organs.

 

I broke a few ribs - there was a little breathing difficulty and pain, but there's not much you can do. To be fair, I also broke my neck and bit through my tongue at the same time, so my ribs probably weren't a big deal at the time.

 

I, for one, want to see pictures of the severed tongue.

Not a whole lot one can do for broken ribs, but, to make sure major thoroughfares like lungs aren't blocked, causing bodily traffic to grind to a halt, by all means, have this checked out.

 

it hurts like a mofo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! god forbid if you have to sneeze !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or cough !!!!!!!!!!!!! nothing you can do for it. will prob take a good 5 weeks for the ribs to heal. i only cracked one last year and the pain was terrible !!!!!! broken ???? !!!!!!!!!! i feel for ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I fell off a jet ski going way too fast and hit the water like a brick.

It felt like I broke a rib... couldn't take a deep breath, shallow breathing was only way to go for first 48 hours.
I couldn't move, when I laid down. Getting in and out of bed was impossable.

Pain was liveable when standing-up, but no sudden movements or deep breaths....otherwise I got sharp pain.
Didn't want to go to the doctor, wanted to give it a few days to see what happens. (I have big bones, been through this once before with leg)

2 weeks later... I was fine.

 

It wasn't severed, it was "bitten through"... actually, nearly 3 years later I'm kinda sad I didn't get pics of just how f*cked up I was, none of you would believe it!

I've probly posted the story somewhere else over a year ago, but who cares this is the interwebs... basically, in an accident I bit into my tongue. Six months after I'd healed from my broken neck and ribs and kneecaps and stuff, I started to notice a lump at the bottom of my tongue...

Not sure what this lump was, I just let it go and persisted with the malady that is life. After a few weeks, when I "played" with my tongue on my teeth it became apparent that there was a "rather hard" item in there... whenever I moved my tongue it was like scratching on a blackboard.

This continued for nearly a month - and I had just finally taken on another girlfriend after a 6 month drought so didn't want to really freak this chick out.

So anyhoo, I'm sitting there oneday just looking out at the view and feeling my broken kneecap (seriously disturbing!!!) and unconsciously twitching my tongue when all of a sudden there's this chunk of... *something* that lands randomly from under my tongue into my mouth!!!

I spit it into my hand... It's white - and hard.... I look closer, and notice that it's actually a piece of tooth that I'm missing from one of my teeth on my upper jaw...

In other words, this piece of tooth was broken off in an accident from a tooth on my upper jaw. Several months later it actually works its way out of the bottom of my tongue!

I'll try and take a pic of what it's like now... it hasn't been a problem for a long time but I'll check...

 

I remember when I fractured my back in 3rd or 4th grade, it was extremely painful. Hard to walk and breathe. Didn't realize I had until I was walking to gym class one day and nearly collapsed in pain. Got help to the nurse, went and had x-rays done and was told of my injury.

 

Here's what my tongue looks like now, it poses no issues, it just feels different... I haven't heard a complaint from the ladies.
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That reminds me of my mom telling me I almost bit my tounge off as a toddler. She said I always ran around with my tounge out.

I have no recollection of it.

 

OMG that must of hurt

 

You RULE!

 

Yes, I agree 100%.
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BTW, SRTMike:
Glad to hear that it only scratches/bruises. That could have been so much worse!

 

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