((prgrundy)) - I'm very sorry you' suffered this painful injury. I haven't experienced rib pain but my husband was in a car accident and fractured 2 ribs. He was in a lot of pain. Take some motrin or ibuprophen if you can tolerate it. Are you bruised? One thing that happened with my husband was - since it hurt so bad to breath, he started breathing too shallow and he ended up getting lung congestion, so he had to go on antibiotics to clear that up. Try to breath as you normally would even if its painful. Did you hit your head? I hope you feel better soon and you'll probably be in pain for a few weeks.