rib/back injury - still hurting 9 weeks later, need ideas on what to do!
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Short version of injury, had a motorcycle hit the side of me. Went to ER day after, they said no broken ribs. Few weeks went by, not getting better, went to physical therapy for about 5 weeks 2-3 times a week. They claim everything was just out of alignment betwen back, pelvis, etc and that is causing me issues. Toward the end we got 1 rib to literally "pop" back into place or so it felt. Felt good for about an hour but after was in a lot of pain. Few weeks have passed since that and I'm still in a bit of pain and my side is very sensitive. Maybe another needs to get put back in place? IDK.. I want to start getting back to normal sports and activities but am concerned I may damage something more if I take another hit. So my questions are:
If I don't have a broken or cracked rib (by now it should be healed if I did, right?) what else could even be wrong? If something's out of place whats the risk other than it hurting?
I dont want to go back to the ER, it seemed useless the first time... so what type of dr should I look for? I called a few like sports drs and they basically said they dont deal with ribs. The PT i saw was kind of like a chiropractor/PT.. sort of a unique approach. A lot of different techniques, self massaging, etc.
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Guest myribshurt231
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Maybe you could seek the opinion of an orthopaedic surgeon. That's their speciality to deal with bones issues. Not sure how your medical system works, but to seek their help, you might need to get a referral from your regular doctor. It seems you have done everything right at the moment. Maybe your injury needs a bit of time to heal. But to ease your mind,i would consult an orthopaedic surgeon just in case something was missed.
Best of luck and hopefully you will recover quickly !
joshuapryce1987 myribshurt231
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Try painkillers and stretching.