Vikeonabike said:
Guys,
Cracked a couple of ribs last Sunday at work (covered in other threads), however as usual with these things it's come at the most inopportune of times as I want to do my first 10 TT on the 7th of July. How long before I can hop on the turbo and turn the pedals? I know getting out on the road is some way off at the moment!
5-6 weeks is the healing time for broken ribs apparently.
I went A&E last saturday about potentialy cracked ribs (still not known) having been having chest pains when getting out of a chair, or sitting up etc etc. The pains became a lot worse with heavy breathing when running my weekly 5km race, this pain was the result of being knocked off by a car the previous friday so was a bit alarmed as the pain was getting worse while the visible bruising was subsiding, and the pain was not in the location of physical bruising so I went hospital.
I havent seen your other thread so im not sure how conclusive your diagnosis is, my experience as well as advice from others was as follows, they wont x-ray you, they will simply listen to your chest and ensure all compartments are working to check not a punctured or collapsed lung and then give you some ibuprofen with the good old "you will know if its broken by how long it takes to heal, 1-2 weeks if its bruising, 5-6 weeks if its broken".
I was not told to rest, and from what ive heard, being active can actually be beneficial. So get on your turbo or the road and just ride.