Rib Injuries

[ncfreemason]

Have any of the posters ever experienced a Rib Injury / Fracture / Strain -- etc.

I am going on 5 weeks without golf. Anyone care to share their experience and frustrations?

[Drennen13]

I broke my ribs in high school football and was out for about 2 months. Broke 3 ribs, and i dropped the pass lol.. that hurt me the most.

[ncfreemason]

Thanks for responding. I meant to type that injured my ribs playing golf...

[Drennen13]

Oh my bad, nah ive never hurt them playing golf lol

[ncfreemason]

Well. It really really really hurts and it really really really sucks!

[Drennen13]

So was it just a body turn or did someone hit you with a club/ and or ball?

[ncfreemason]

Duffing the ball and praticing to much.

[shankapotamus]

Are they hurt or broken?

[ncfreemason]

I have seen two doc's. One said Intercostal Muscle Strain. Another one said Costalchondritis. I have had 1 xray. Nothing is broke but I believe it could be a hairline fracture. I just started back playing in April. Shooting 100. I had been going to the range everday during lunch and hitting balls to improve my game. I overdid it.

[maraca2020]

that's never happened to me but I fell asleep at the beach once for an entire day and woke up with the worst sunburn ever everywhere. I couldn't move for 1 week, play golf for nearly 2. It was bad.

[MSchumacher]

Have a muscle sprain in my chest right now. Dr told me to take advil and heat it. Also told me not golf which is the hardest thing to do.

I need another hobby

Why is your recovery taking so long?

[emetib]

Intercostal Muscle Strain

I had this happen to me earlier this year and I have to say it was the most painful and frustrating thing I've ever been through. I have a new found respect for football players who get turf toe.

I couldn't take a swing for about 5 weeks. The frustrating part was that I strained them playing golf and I did it such a way that the only time it hurt was swinging a club and sleeping.

I can't point to a specific moment I hurt myself. I was a little sore one day and hit on the range the following day. That night I woke up in intense pain and stayed that way the next five weeks.

I started feeling better and slowly worked my way back into playing everyday over the next few weeks.

Good luck and whatever you do. Don't come back to soon.

[lordhamster]

Last year I was carrying a six pack of diet coke into the house, tripped and fell onto the cans with my chest. I ended up separating a rib. Thats where the rib rips off the cartilage that connects it to your breastbone.

It made golf nearly impossible for weeks. At the same time though, it caused me to really slow down my swing and I think in the end it improved my game. Before I was really trying to kill the ball, something the rib injury didn't let me do.