Originally Posted by
FanaticMN
Ibuprofen will help. You'll feel like biking way before six weeks, but take it easy, and if you give in to the urge, get a rib cage protector. A used sporting goods store might have one cheap. The biking won't be the issue; as 10wheels says, it's the second fall that you have to watch out for.
My wife broke her shoulder in June and the doc said not to take Ibuprofen for about the first week since according to him it inhibits the process of the bone knitting at first. He recommended Tylenol or the suitable generic instead.
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