"I'm going to feel it once in a while," he said of his fractured rib.
The most commonly fractured ribs are the 7th and 10th.
Another victim has turned up and is in hospital with several fractured ribs.
The most common cause of a fractured rib is a direct blow to the chest, often from a car accident or a fall.
But most fractured ribs are treated at home and will heal on their own over time.
A fractured rib usually takes at least 6 weeks to heal.
He looked like a man in the last stages of recovery from badly fractured ribs.
The captain had expected some fractured ribs, maybe internal bleeding.
She says you've got two fractured ribs on the left side.
You can't travel around with those fractured ribs, and we don't know how serious your concussion is.