Then I have to question the medical staff.... why would they allow this to happen? having a couple of fractured ribs takes weeks to recover?
Whilst I don't know what the sports medical consensus on the matter is, from my experience, whilst it isn't comfortable*, one can fairly easily play with broken ribs. My GP also said it was fine for me to play football. Exception is if one has a breathing condition like asthma, where apparently it is too risky.
Natch, this does depend on where the break is, how many ribs, and how severely they are broken.
*sort of hurts like a bi*ch
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