# Foam Roller caused injured rib
**URL:** https://forum.freeletics.com/t/foam-roller-caused-injured-rib/23548
**Category:** Training Q&A
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/foam-roller-caused-injured-rib/23548 "2025-12-20T14:35:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@lajawi](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/lajawi)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/foam-roller-caused-injured-rib/23548/1 "2025-12-20T14:35:04Z")
An acquaintance of mine recently injured a rib with a Lat Roll (requiring a Foam Roller).
A physiotherapist told them using a Foam Roller near or on the rib cage is a bad idea in general, telling them to refrain from doing exercises that require it.
I thought I’d let this know just in case.
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Was such advice considered during implementation?
How to prevent such accidents from happening?
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### Author:  [@TomG](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/TomG)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/foam-roller-caused-injured-rib/23548/2 "2025-12-21T07:03:30Z")
I am no professional but I think you need to make sure to only roll/massage the muscle, never a bone or an area where the tissue is very thin.