In reply to stp:
> I fell over a few days ago and damaged my ribs. Climbed a couple of days with pain killers. The first day was OK but the second day I had to stop because it was too painful. Without painkillers I'm climbing something like 6 grades below what I normally I do.
> When I've had similar issues in the past I've found this kind of injury usually takes 5 or 6 weeks to get better. I certainly don't want that much time off now - just starting to feel reasonably strong and fit again.
> What I'm wondering is whether the pain is necessarily indicative of further damage or not? If it's just bruised or fractured ribs how would climbing make them worse?
If it's hurting that much I'd take a rest. I broke 5 ribs 4 days before setting out to climb The Old Man of Hoy, I doped myself up with Co-Codamol and carried on climbing regardless. 2 years later they are still painful at night, it really isn't worth it IMO.