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Originally Posted by Drdogface
Yikes indeed a lot of ribs to break. It will hurt to breathe deep but you should...also hurt to cough but that clears lungs and bronchi and is a good way to help prevent pneumonia. I feel for you. Must have been a horrible accident.
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Follow the Doctor's orders. I broke 3 a couple of years ago. I was taking it easy at work the next 3 days, using chain falls & hoists to do things that I would normally do. I thought I had been breathing regularly until I twisted the wrong way & got so much pain that fast shallow gasps were all that I could do. That night I was diagnozed with broken ribs & slight case of pnuemonia.
Was told to take 4 deep breathes every 1/2 hour.