[Syrenz]

I just learned my kip-ups a couple of days ago, but I must have twisted my ribs or something while learning it. Basically my ribs are causing me a lot of pain (might even be broken), I can't do kip-ups right now due to pain, I can't do much footwork or freezes either due to the pain. I'm not sure how long this pain will persist (if it's broken it could be 6 weeks) so I wanted to ask if anyone had any suggestions for moves to try out that don't involve ribs (I can do six-step and some other things, but i can't go fast or it starts hurting again). Or alternatively if anyone has any ideas on how to fix my rib pain, I'd greatly appreciate. It's so annoying learning something and then not being able to do it due to some little problem...

[Scaraken]

oww that sounds painful.

well you sound like you know what to do when something hurts ;P Usually I just practise toprock if I have a bitchypain D:

[Syrenz]

actually that's a great idea, I've never actually worked on toprock. My bro taught me how to begin bboying and he first started me off with toprock which I did for about a week, until he showed me six-step and I hvent worked on toprock since. I hv the basic movements but I've never worked on my style and things. I think I'll try that out, thx. I really hope my rib isn't broken, I was just getting to more advanced footwork and that would really slow me down

[gloves]

i do toprock all the time even when i dont hurt.

[ajspec]

u prob. didn't break a rib. you would have pain breathing in, taking a shit, basically anything that in any way would cause you to flex your abs. so basically every movement would hurt, unless you flex and then it would hurt worse. there are muscles that can be tweaked around your rib area, and your back as well that are interconnected. prob. just strained something, should be cool in a week or so. the fact that you can six step w/ it sounds like it's not that bad. just thinking about trying to do that w/ a cracked or broken rib makes me want to puke, lol...