Patients with cracked ribs may feel the following: 1. There will be localized pain. This pain is more characteristic. First, the pain will be confined to the area where the fracture occurred. The pain may increase when the patient breathes deeply, coughs, or does activities involving the trunk. 2. There may be difficulty breathing. Some patients often describe chest pain and shortness of breath as a result of reflexive self-protective measures to reduce thoracic activity after a bone fracture has occurred, which may cause the patient to feel shortness of breath. 3. There may be restricted movement. Patients with bone fractures are often reluctant to move their trunk or upper limbs to avoid pulling on the fracture end and causing pain. In addition, patients who do activities that require a lot of force, such as lifting heavy objects, may also obviously feel a lack of strength, or have significant pain in the chest during the process of force.