Are there any doctore here. I have a problem with the lower part of my rib cage.?

Question

I am 15 years old. About a year ago, I fell of my dirtbike. I flew off the handle bars and was going about 40MPH. My body thrusted forward and I looked like superman while he flies in the air. When I hit the ground the bottom of my left rib cage hit the floor hard. I was not wearing any protective gear I only had a helet on. I was in a lot of pain but did not tell my parents. About 1 month later the pain went away but i had noticed that the rib on the very bottom, the last bone of the rib cage was sticking out more than the other side when i inhaled. It feels sore for a while when i lay on my stomach all night. I was wondering if this is really bad or if I can live my life without any further problems? Is this fixable. How would a Dr. fix this. If this does get fixed would you recommend me joining up for football. My parents still don't know about this. If this is not fixable would it be safe for me to play football.
Any advice or answers to my questions would be greatly appretiated.

Answer 1

One cannot tell without an x-ray which ribs were involved, all you felt was the pain in an area. Likely you broke one or more ribs and there is not to much you can do even if you saw a doctor. It is healed now, you may want to try football an if it still bothers you you may want to finally see a doc.

Answer 2

it sounds like a broken rib. Go tell your parents and get to the doctor where they can xray it and take a look.

Answer 3

Then tell your parents, ths the best way to go it could be serious, that can damage internall organs, or sking which is still an organ. You really have to tell your parents. Adn it could be unsafe to play football if you don't tell cause you could cause worse, and further damage to yourself.

Answer 4

This is a floating rib, meaning it does not connect to the sternum. I see no reason to do anything about it now.