Contact sports, auto accidents and falls all put us at higher risk for rib fractures, which can be excruciatingly painful.
“Anytime that we can be innovative and creative in the ways that we treat pain, we are trying to reach for those things.” said Dr. Caitlin Azzo, an emergency department physician with Brown Emergency Medicine.
The pain, in and of itself, can be mind numbing. And while opioids work, doctors are concerned…