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Suggest Treatment For Sore And Tender Rib Cages
I was at conditioning for basketball, and we do this thing where we dive on the ground repeatadley and i m pretty skinny so i would land straight on my ribs. the next morning both sides of my rib cage were pretty sore. then the right side felt fine but the lower left side of my ribs is tender and hurts and there s like an indent. if you run your hand along my rib cage you can feel a weird indentation! i don t know what it is so please help!
Fri, 5 Jun 2020
Hello,
It looks that you have injured your ribs. If you are feeling excessive pain on breathing then there can be a fracture at ribs which can be confirmed by an X-ray of chest. Till then you should do following to have relief:
-Avoid heavy strain or running for few days
-Take a good analgesic like advil or aleeve for relief
-Do cold fomentation over chest .This will help in reducing any type of swelling
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
It looks that you have injured your ribs. If you are feeling excessive pain on breathing then there can be a fracture at ribs which can be confirmed by an X-ray of chest. Till then you should do following to have relief:
-Avoid heavy strain or running for few days
-Take a good analgesic like advil or aleeve for relief
-Do cold fomentation over chest .This will help in reducing any type of swelling
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
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