Rib enlargement is closely related to joint degeneration and wear and tear, the specific treatment plan is mainly based on clinical symptoms, mainly including general treatment, drug treatment and surgical treatment. 1. General treatment: Rib enlargement is a common clinical manifestation after ageing, which does not cause any special symptoms, so there is no need to intervene too much, usually pay attention to avoiding too much weight bearing, pay attention to replenishing protein, and adjusting the physical condition. 2. Medication: The main purpose of medication is to relieve the clinical symptoms, some people with obvious pain and discomfort, you can consider oral ibuprofen and other relief. 3. Surgical treatment: severe osteophytes cause compression of adjacent tissues or abnormal lung function, through conservative treatment, the symptoms can not be relieved, you can do surgery to clean up the local. Rib osteophytes, accompanied by localized severe pain and respiratory restriction, require timely medical observation and standardized treatment under the guidance of clinicians.