Broken Ribs and Running

I broke 3 ribs from falling off my bike. It hurt sleeping for a few weeks when I would roll in my sleep. Did not really hurt at all when running. Unless you've done more than break a rib, within a few weeks all pain should go away

Caloric surplus with high protein can help, especially if the damage was in any part because of not eating enough. In any case, although it is not that rare to break a rib coughing, you might want to work on more upper body strength to prevent future occurrences.

I fractured a rib this summer in a car accident, wasn’t a full break and there was no displacement, but definitely inflammation that effected my back muscles and lungs.

In hindsight, I shouldn’t have ran at all after the first couple weeks, but it wasn’t noticeable after a little more than a month. Surprising how quickly that stuff heals! My advice is that while healing, you’re going to randomly get the wind knocked out of you when you run, don’t fight against that, just stop running or slow down a ton when it happens. Also a no brainer but nothing with intensity.

Yea it's been 2 weeks so far and the doctor said initially when I did it I didn't puncture a lung so hoping that's still the case -- It still hurts quite a bit and feel VERY winded when walking up stairs or just generally walking around.

I'm on mild-pain killers which seems to help a lot but hoping I'm approaching the crest of it entering week 3

That's good advice, thanks. I definitely plan to increase my overall body strength once I can physically do stuff but also helpful suggestion to increase my protein intake, didn't think of that.