The recovery time for a 6th rib fracture depends on your condition. If the symptoms are severe, you will recover in 3 months or 6 months. If the symptoms are mild, recovery can take 1-2 months. Patients may experience a series of symptoms after a rib fracture, such as pain, coughing and pain when breathing, which is a normal phenomenon and patients should not worry too much, but patients should not cough because they feel pain when coughing, which is wrong. After the fracture, the patient should actively carry out treatment, generally you can choose conservative methods and surgical methods of treatment, you need to choose the appropriate treatment according to the situation of their disease. If the patient’s diet is supplemented with adequate nutrition, eat more food rich in calcium and protein, maintain physical and mental health, have a good state of mind, and do functional exercises within their ability, the recovery time will become earlier and earlier.