Although not as serious as a broken rib, a bruised rib can be painful and frustrating. It occurs when blood vessels tear and has symptoms that may resemble those of a rib fracture. You may not see any ...

Dear Doctors: I was in a car accident, and an X-ray showed I had two broken ribs. A second X-ray taken a month later showed I also had a cracked rib. Why didn’t that show up the first time? Why isn’t ...

Mary-Jane Parker also sustained a wound to her left calf muscle, which she said “was ripped open from knee to ankle and the muscle was hanging out" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...