I fracture a rib in three places and it took them 8 months to figure out. it's been over a year but i feel pain when i lay a certain way or move fast.

Ribs: It is highly likely that these ribs did not heal which is called a nonunion, it also could be a fibrous union where they heal but they don't feel completely due to persistent motion in the rib cage. Rib fractures very commonly do not heal as a long bone heals. The complaint you are having or not uncommon after an injury like this. Some people have tried ultrasound or bone stimulator's to help healsome people have tried ultrasound or bone stimulator's to help heal these fracturesolidly more some doctors will fix these with plates and screws ol