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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I've had this happen a couple of times before. The first time it was when I was lying on my mom's floor in the 70s and my niece (1 year younger than me) wanted to see if she could balance on my stomach. It went well until suddenly I had a sharp pain and instinctively rolled over sending her tumbling to the ground. I don't recall if x-rays were taken, but the doctor said whether it was a cracked rib or a torn ligament, the treatment was the same. A tight ace bandage until it healed.
The second time was when I was playing around at work and jumped a 6' 3" 300 lb. mountain of ex-marine. As soon as I did, I felt that same pain. I didn't tell him, though, because although he wasn't a bad sort, I knew him to have a hint of mean streak, and I didn't want him to press the advantage. That was in the early 80s, and this time the doctor said that they'd found that the ace bandage didn't really help. Time and taking it easy were the only cure.
This time I didn't even bother with a doctor.
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