Long story made shorter. Found out I have minor fractures in my 7th and 8th rib on my left side right under my arm. Skiing accident 2 weeks ago and I have been sore but still training, running and riding with little pain and able to take full deep breaths since then. Wife made me go to doc today after she heard the clicking noise my ribs would occasionally make. X-ray showed the fractures. I told Doc I had every intention to keep training as I plan to do IM Canada. Doc was not thrilled about that and suggested that if I must still train, then I should also wear an abdominal binder 16+hrs a day and take Aleve 2x per day. Couple questions for yall. Anyone here have experience training with broken ribs or similar injury? Also, it seems that the overwhelming advice on DR Google is to stay away from the abdominal binders because it limits breathing and can cause pneumonia. Like I said, went 2 weeks with just minor pain doing 1.5hr rides / runs / bricks. Most of the time didn't even take any pain med ( ibuprofen) for it. I can take full, deep breaths with no problems only time it hurts was after some longer runs and while sitting up from laying down flat.
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