How far can you recover from a fractured rib in 20 days?

The patient’s rib fracture 20 days can be recovered to what extent, mainly manifested in the fracture of the pain situation significantly reduced, radiographs can be seen fracture broken end of the bone scab formation.
Patients with rib fracture for 20 days, rib fracture pain is significantly reduced, coughing, turning over the pain will also be significantly reduced, for review of abdominal CT or plain radiographs can be seen at the fracture of the bone scab growth, but the fracture has not reached clinical healing.
Patients with rib fracture need to avoid strenuous activities, so as not to overload the fracture site, causing the fracture site to break again or displacement, affecting the recovery, avoiding the fracture site to be cooled during the period, avoiding trauma to the chest wall, and then reviewing the chest X-ray in 3 months or so, so as to find out whether there is a bone scab growth at the fracture site and whether the fracture line disappears.
Rib fracture patients, usually if there is discomfort, timely to the hospital, do not be careless, so as not to delay treatment.