Cracked Ribs (renamed from Dangerous crushing...)

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 5/07/2007 10:37pm

Originally Posted by actionfaad

Is it possible to have your rib cage crack at the seam in the back? sometimes i feel like my sternum will collapse and all my ribs will jab into eachother when i'm being crushed from side mount while on my side, if the guy is like 230lbs or more. I'm 130.

Can a rib cage crack from pressure fairly easily?

There is no "seam in the back".

**Don Gwinn** · Posted On: 5/07/2007 11:22pm

Yes, CPR often results in a cracked sternum or ribs or both. On the other hand, a LOT of CPR recipients are elderly people not in the best of health.

Even so, very seldom is all the weight focused on one spot repeatedly in grappling training the way it is in CPR. Think of posting on the heels of one hand right in the center of your partner's chest once a second--for 30 minutes or more. It takes that long to get to the local hospital from my town, longer if you're out in the boondocks. I don't know if the two are really comparable.

**meataxe** · Posted On: 5/07/2007 11:32pm

CPR patients would be unconscious too. Having lax muscles in the ribcage (intercostals) might make for easier breaking.

:idea1:

**Roidie McDouchebag** · Posted On: 5/08/2007 12:35am

There is no "seam in the back".

LOL...

**PirateJon** · Posted On: 5/08/2007 7:04am

That doesn't look like a seam. Looks more like a spine.

**MrMcFu** · Posted On: 5/08/2007 7:10am

Originally Posted by actionfaad

Can a rib cage crack from pressure fairly easily?

Pressure turns coal into diamonds. Man up.

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 5/08/2007 7:49am

Originally Posted by Cracky McSlugHoot

LOL...

The OP was talking about the ribs.

Mmmm, ribs ...

**Teh El Macho** · Posted On: 5/08/2007 9:07am

That reminded me of the pig out I had Sunday night. Mega-ass sized pork chops and ribs with apple/lemon sauce. Hmmmmm, hmmmmm, protein at its finest.

Going back to the topic, rolling shouldn't cause a cracked rib, in general. It could happen, however, during a throw with one dude falling on the other. It should very rare, though. A hyperextended ligament is more likely to happen than a fracture.

Anyways, here is a good read on cracked ribs:

http://medicalcentereast.client.web-...roken_rib.html

**Barrett** · Posted On: 5/09/2007 5:33pm

I felt one of my ribs "pop" about 3 months ago. Someone was standing up to pass my guard and they basically folded my legs all the way behind my head. I'm pretty flexible so I thought I was fine, then suddenly I swear I felt my rib move. Training was a bitch for the next few weeks, because I had *no* core power any longer. There weren't any marks on my side so I didn't go see a doctor, but I suspected I'd dislocated a rib.

A few weeks after I thought it had healed, this big :5censored at our school put me in some kind of scissor-lock and squeezed right over the rib I'd injured before. It popped again, and now there's a weird lump on my side that won't go away. Now I'm starting to think I might have broken it originally, but I still haven't had a chance to get it checked out.

I've talked to 2 or 3 guys at my school that have had rib injuries doing BJJ, and before this thread, I thought they were pretty common.

**DJR** · Posted On: 5/10/2007 1:47am

Originally Posted by Barrett

I've talked to 2 or 3 guys at my school that have had rib injuries doing BJJ, and before this thread, I thought they were pretty common.

I've only been going a few months, and already have sore ribs from a guy 40kg heavier than me 'knee-on-bellying' me hard on the chest after a guard pass last week. It's not 'end of the world' bad, but the pain has flared up everytime I've rolled since.