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Message: [QUOTE="SU in Hershey, post: 3021543, member: 609"] Your Dad's absolutely right about rib fractures, with their risk of piercing the lung, liver, spleen and kidneys, so thankfully Lillard is not dealing with that kind of injury. A cracked rib (still a broken rib) is still a risk, because it can go from "just" a crack to a full fracture with enough force, but the ribs as part of the chest wall have a significant "bend but don't break" quality to them, in large part due to the costal cartilage. A separated rib can slip in and out of its anatomic position causing a lot of pain, but it isn't a [I]direct [/I]health risk. Indirectly it is, if you consistently take shallow breaths and don't properly aerate your lungs, thus increasing the risk of pneumonia in particular. Either way, I don't think Lillard is going to be his normal self until he can (relatively) rest for a couple of weeks and allow this to heal. [/QUOTE]