The main symptom after rib fracture is pain, and for the relief of the way mainly rely on the following three aspects: 1, wearing a bra, the main role of the rib cage is to support the thorax, to maintain respiratory movement, due to the presence of breathing and lead to rib fracture broken end of the micro-movement of the pain and discomfort, especially in the deep breathing is more pronounced, the use of the bra to fix the fracture after the fracture broken end of the movement of the fracture, so as to alleviate the pain. 2, oral Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the pain after rib fracture is inevitable, in the acute stage of pain can not be tolerated, you can take oral meloxicam, celecoxib and other drugs symptomatic treatment to improve the pain. 3, surgical treatment, especially for unilateral multiple rib fracture of the flail chest, it will affect the normal respiratory movement, resulting in respiratory and circulatory dysfunction, at this time the pain is obvious need to be surgically restored to the continuity of bone, support the thorax to improve respiratory function to alleviate pain, and to support the chest to improve pain. Surgery is needed to restore the continuity of the bone and support the thorax to improve respiratory function and relieve pain. However, for general fracture, especially single rib fracture, surgery is not needed. The pain of rib fracture lasts for a long time, and can be significantly reduced in about half a month, and it takes about half a year to fully recover.