Injury Question

[Apex]

Hello, new member here. I have been surfing this site and many others for quite some time. I never post but since I train in MT and since this is an MT site I couldn't resist anymore.

Anyways, my question is, two weeks ago I injured my left ribcage in what appears to be a separated rib(cartiliage damage) from a hard front kick. I let it rest for almost a week and decided to try and train on it and got teep'd pretty hard on the same spot and now I am back to square one.

No one I train with has injured themselves this way (usually their pain goes away completely in less than a week) and I have never gotten injured like this before. How long should I expect to be out? Anybody have any experience with this type of injury? Everything I come across says 4-6 weeks but I find that hard to believe......

[hashpuppet]

you have an internal injury, go to the doctor, you could pierce an orgran and die.

[retired]

Is the damage to the outer side of the rib cage or the inner (solor plexus) area?

If it's the inner then all i can say is that i got knee'd in the centre of my chest while competing in thai and that still clicks now & then when i do arm crossover then swingout like crucifix stretch's but i never get any pain (happened in my second fight in 1996).

[Apex]

It is just below my left pectoral muscle below the nipple. I have the same popping and rib movement that I can feel. How long did that injury take to heal?

[retired]

The pain actually cleared quite quickly but if you have any pain when breathing or when your lungs reach maximum capacity i'd get it x-rayed or checked out, better still get it checked anyway & post your results here for us.

(any info for future reference helps).