Emtee
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I sure hope that's the case. I've been going to a really great sports PT clinic. Sometimes I feel like they overestimate my future as far as golf. They say I'll be back soon playing at 100% but even last year after that intercostal I would get sore easily and stuff, the ribs are just extremely tricky and it seems that there's no rhyme or reason to them. I guess the CT scan tells all though so hopefully everyone involved examined it throughly. I don't know if you know Brandt Snedekers situation, if not it's worth a quick read. It's crazy that this stuff follows him around and the lengths he has to go to stay healthy with his ribs.
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My fear is that it's gonna be with me for life. Ever since the initial intercostal strain I feel like it's never been the same. Also my doctor said that based on the last CT scan that it's very close to being healed, so I hope that's promising. I'm going to go discuss things with him on Friday. Maybe I'm overblowing this but his attitude seems to be that I'm going to be playing again pain free soon and I just can't see it for some reason. I was hoping for some success stories I guess. The worst part of the entire ordeal is that my swing and ball striking has never been as good as it was. If I could just manage to get healthy I think I'd be in tremendous shape, everything really has been clicking with my swing over the last year or two it's really a shame that these things keep getting in the way.
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I didn't really mean to ask for medical advice, I guess it came off that way. I wanted to know people's time frames and stuff regarding golf because there's not a ton of info online. This Friday will be 7 weeks, so if I played it would be 8 weeks. I think I need to build up to a full round though. Also there was some soft tissue damage like I would imagine there would be in any rib fracture, but we've been handling that at PT, so all and all I feel pretty good. I'm back in the gym and everything I just feel like golf is a completely different animal and that 6-8 week timeframe doesn't really apply to it. I'm kind of shooting for 12 weeks as to not run into any issues this summer, or not set myself up for failure.
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It's also tough to know because I hit some balls before I was diagnosed with the fracture a few weeks ago, felt 100% then was in pain the next day and more so 2 days later And yes, I fractured it playing golf. I think what it comes down to is having a weak/tired serratus anterior and just being overly tired in general and pushing through. I know the feeling well now before an intercostals train or fracture happens and am going to look out for it.
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My doctor said it should be a 6-8 week thing. I go to PT, but I'm not sure how much that does since it's a fracture. I feel more or less 100% right now, it's more of a mental thing. I don't want to go back to square one. I'm thinking about chipping and pitching over these next 2 weeks. I feel a little timid right now to smash a 3i or driver
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I had a feeling id get a few of these responses. I'm looking for first person experiences regarding rib fractures and returning to golf. My doctor said 6 or so weeks, but I wanted to hear people's personal experiences.
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Hi all, I've been lurking on this forum for a while and have read the posts regarding the issue, but I'd like to hear some personal experiences about rib fractures and your return to golf. Some background info: -strained intercostal last year, took some weeks off and returned fine -this year felt a sharper pain in late Feb, was diagnosed with a rib fracture in my 7th rib -I'm about 7 weeks out from that injury and am dying to play, I may have hit 10,000 putts in the last 7 weeks -does anyone have any advice for returning to golf? When/how? -my friends are playing at one of my favorite CC's on the 23rd and I'd really love to play, I just don't want to rush it and ruin my summer
