Background: I came down with a bad cold and cough over 2 weeks ago, it got better after a few days except for the cough which hung around. Last Weds I had a particularly bad coughing fit and got a stabbing pain in one spot in my ribs, which gradually got more and more sore until by Friday they were really quite painful (when coughing, taking deep breaths, being leaned on by the kids etc).
Over the weekend I got worse again and had temperature, shivering and increased coughing again, so eventually went to the doctor's who gave me anti-b's and said the sore ribs was probably a muscle strain which would get better on its own (eventually).
But I just had another big coughing fit and felt a very distinct "pop" in my ribs, in the bit that was already sore. So am wondering if I have done myself some more injury there? It's hard to tell as that area was already very sore, so not sure whether it is more painful now or not.
What is this likely to be and is there anything I can do apart from just waiting for it to get better? I do have a friend who broke a rib coughing, so hopefully it's not anything like that... Thank you!