Treatment for rib injury, pain management

Dear Doctors: I was in a car accident, and an X-ray showed I had two broken ribs. A second X-ray taken a month later showed I also had a cracked rib.

Why didn’t that show up the first time?

Why isn’t there more that can be done for a broken rib other than being told to rest? It’s very painful.

Dear Reader: Fractured ribs are one of the most common traumatic injuries. More than 300,000 people visit th…