Stop ribbing me
December 17, 2015 5:14 AM Subscribe
Sudden rib pain in a PIlates class. What can I safely do?
New to Pilates -- building up a pretty weak core.
During a side-stretching floor exercise I hurt a rib. Dr. Google suggests it is an intercostal rib strain. Stabbing pain to yawn, tender to touch, hurts in general.
Obviously no more side stretching or Pilates for now, but I am desperate for some kind of cardio exercise. Can I go for a gentle jog without damaging this more? Is it OK to listen to your body and run if it doesn't feel intolerable?
Any experiences with muscular rib pain and its healing would be appreciated.
New to Pilates -- building up a pretty weak core.
During a side-stretching floor exercise I hurt a rib. Dr. Google suggests it is an intercostal rib strain. Stabbing pain to yawn, tender to touch, hurts in general.
Obviously no more side stretching or Pilates for now, but I am desperate for some kind of cardio exercise. Can I go for a gentle jog without damaging this more? Is it OK to listen to your body and run if it doesn't feel intolerable?
Any experiences with muscular rib pain and its healing would be appreciated.
As a highly qualified Internet Opinion, my first advice would be:
Listen to your body. Please.
Really. Take a break. DO NOT RUN.
Give it a kind, gentle week. *Then* go for a trot, and if it hurts - STOP THE RUN.
Pilates and Yoga and suchlike can be harmless, can cause injury, can totally hurt you.
You are hurt. Stop doing the things that hurt you. Rest. Wait. Then slide back into the exercises you love wiser and more cautious.
And build back sloooowwly.
posted by Combat Wombat at 5:35 AM on December 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Listen to your body. Please.
Really. Take a break. DO NOT RUN.
Give it a kind, gentle week. *Then* go for a trot, and if it hurts - STOP THE RUN.
Pilates and Yoga and suchlike can be harmless, can cause injury, can totally hurt you.
You are hurt. Stop doing the things that hurt you. Rest. Wait. Then slide back into the exercises you love wiser and more cautious.
And build back sloooowwly.
posted by Combat Wombat at 5:35 AM on December 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Something similar happened to me when I started doing yoga. I'm not flexible at all, and I overstretched, pulling a muscle under my lung. It was painful to breathe, and I was afraid I'd done something to my lung itself. I went to Urgent Care, and their advice was the same you'll probably get from everyone else. Chill out and relax for a few days.
posted by kevinbelt at 7:11 AM on December 17, 2015
posted by kevinbelt at 7:11 AM on December 17, 2015
I agree with everyone else so far that you should rest for a bit, but the reason I bothered to post: my mother injures this same spot ALL THE TIME. She has a weak spot there from an old injury, and she's always messing it up again. So you can learn from her experience, a list of things that aren't obvious that might aggravate it:
- shoveling snow
- vacuuming (use the other side)
- raking or sweeping
- anything that involves lifting with your arms out in front of you rather than close to the body (laundry baskets and heavy dishes in the sink, and certain kettlebell moves, are her usual trouble points)
posted by dust.wind.dude at 8:47 AM on December 17, 2015
- shoveling snow
- vacuuming (use the other side)
- raking or sweeping
- anything that involves lifting with your arms out in front of you rather than close to the body (laundry baskets and heavy dishes in the sink, and certain kettlebell moves, are her usual trouble points)
posted by dust.wind.dude at 8:47 AM on December 17, 2015
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Those sorts of strains usually clear up after a few days in my experience.
posted by pipeski at 5:19 AM on December 17, 2015 [2 favorites]