Rib fractures

Rib fractures are common in football players, as are rib cartilage injuries. A rib cartilage sprain is essentially a less severe form of fracture.

They are extremely painful injuries, but ones which teams will often attempt to hide in an effort to keep a player on the field.

X-ray of fractured rib

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