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Suggest Treatment For Painful And Bruised Rib Cage

I m 43 year old female and I had a ground level fall 12 days ago and injured my ribs on the right side. I went to me gp and she had my take Zipzor, which didn t help. She took X-rays but said it was just bruised. The pain is almost unbearable. It radiates from the front to the back, and also hurts below my rib cage. Is there something that may have gotten missed? The pain seems to be getting worse not better
Tue, 10 May 2016
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Hi,

Thank you for providing the brief history of you.

As you dont have a fracture this could be related to direct hit on the rib bone. Which will take some time to heal. Also, the muscles must be in trauma and this leads to the intercostal muscular pain Which will also heal slowly. Also taping can be done to restrict rib movements and control pain,

Try performing slow costal breathing exercises as it will improve the muscular strength and also reduce the pain and aches.

If the pain increases more along with additional symptoms than a CT may be performed, or else i do not think anything should be worried for.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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Suggest Treatment For Painful And Bruised Rib Cage

Hi, Thank you for providing the brief history of you. As you dont have a fracture this could be related to direct hit on the rib bone. Which will take some time to heal. Also, the muscles must be in trauma and this leads to the intercostal muscular pain Which will also heal slowly. Also taping can be done to restrict rib movements and control pain, Try performing slow costal breathing exercises as it will improve the muscular strength and also reduce the pain and aches. If the pain increases more along with additional symptoms than a CT may be performed, or else i do not think anything should be worried for. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel