ive happened to have busted my ribs twice. and yep, sleep if you can. lol
when even breathing hurts.....it can be hard to get any practice in at all.
after a few days of rest, and of going stir crazy stuck doing next to nothing i loaded my ribs with some really powerful thai liniment. It was so hot and cold and numb I was able to go through some really relaxed old man style taiji.
man you are just lucky (assuming your not) you arent in really cold weather.
nothing sucks more than broken ribs and shivering from the cold....
edit: realizing im in the WC forum. once you get around to it, get some really strong liniment and just do really relaxed old man style SLT
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.