Fractured ribs can be painful, and a fractured rib can cause severe pain in the chest wall, which can be like a tearing pain or a pinching pain. In the event of a rib fracture, immobilization is usually done with a chest strap or rib band, which reduces displacement and micromotion of the broken end of the rib and can significantly reduce the pain caused by the fracture. The duration of immobilization is usually about one month, and at one month the rib band can be removed and functional exercises for thoracic expansion can be performed. If pain is significant with a rib fracture, it can be treated aggressively and symptomatically. You can use conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib capsules, meloxicam tablets, hanfengji methylin tablets, diclofenac sodium tablets, loxoprofen sodium tablets and so on to alleviate the pain and eliminate the aseptic inflammation, and you can also use medicinal ointment such as blood-activating pain relieving ointment and compound chasing the wind ointment for localized plastering, in order to alleviate the pain and inflammation.