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Ribs: Broken, or just bruised??
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[QUOTE="SATxMotoX, post: 148111, member: 21706"] Lori, Ugh...rib injuries really blow. I had a nice little get-off the first week of July and I'm still feeling a twinge of pain in the ole ribs. I rode for 3 more weeks after the get-off and didn't do any more damage, luckily. I finally went to a Doc when, while getting out of the truck at the house after work, I was lifting my laptop up and heard a loud "pop" followed by some pain in my right ribs (where I fell). Went to the Doc the next day to discover I had broken my 4-7th ribs on my right side, in addition to doing some ligimant damage where the 4th attached to the sternum. Funny thing was that I've broken ribs before and this time it didn't hurt nearly as bad as I'd remembered they did before...I didn't believe the Doc when he told me I'd broken 4. Unfortunately this has kept me off the bike for about 4 weeks now. I've decided to take it easy until I don't feel any tenderness with that 4th rib anymore. One thing the Doc pointed out is that your ribs, by design, are the "armour" for your internal organs. If you take the chance and ride with fractured/broken ribs, and take another fall on them, then your "armour" is effectivlely damaged and might not prevent a rib from snapping off into a lung or something. Something tells me a punctured lung is NOT the easiest injury to "shake off"! ;) In any case, good luck in your recovery and speedy return to your mount. Chris [/QUOTE]
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