After coughing and straining the rib muscles, first of all, you should avoid strenuous activities, bed rest, avoid deep breathing, take cough suppressant drugs, and try your best to avoid coughing, so as not to cause further aggravation of the strained rib muscles. If the pain is more severe, in the case of the skin is not allergic, you can use the blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, anti-inflammatory and pain relief ointment symptomatic treatment on the outside of the chest where the pain is strong, such as Yunnan Baiyao ointment, dog skin ointment, blood circulation and pain relief ointment and so on. But be sure to limit the activities of the chest wall muscles to create conditions for muscle recovery, promote the absorption and subsidence of stasis and edema in the muscle injury site, and facilitate the recovery of muscle strains. If the symptoms do not have any relief within a short period of time, you must go to the regular hospital in time, perfect the necessary relevant examination, choose further treatment methods, do not delay the condition.