My Broken Collarbone...(I broke mine better than Lance)

[rvrmouse]

Hey man i broke my left clavicle 2 weeks ago. Mines happened just like yours i flipped forward off a jump and landed of my left shoulder. It broke and then theirs another broken fragment in between. My clavicle does not go back to its place cuz its sitting on a fragment. Its pushing against my skin. Check my video. Should i get surgery or not? Seems like a pain with the plate'n'screw inside your body. I just want it to grow back all nice and strong. What do you recommend? Please reply Thanks bud

[tubitim]

pain is temporary, eventually it goes away, but occasionally it comes back too. When I had the plate, I was a barometer, I could tell you it was going to rain or not. Now that the all the metal is out, it is 10 times better. PT works, do it tell it hurts then do it again.

[kevink18]

omg sorry for triple post!! Effffing firefox!!!

[kevink18]

(sorry for double post). con't....Plate's been in about 10 months - extremely painful, complicated by nerve damage. Plate is coming out in next surgery. Going on 60 weeks so far. In total, how many weeks from the original accident, did you take to heal. What percentage of usage do you have today? My situation seems similar to yours. I have pics on FB of much of it so far.

[tubitim]

@kevink18 I guess it was 1 yr 7 mo, total from injury to no sling full no Dr limitations. I have 95% use of my shoulder, so not bad, still have some scar tissue, when all the metal came out it felt better too.

[kevink18]

was browsing for clavicle surgeries, came across this. Working on surgery #6 upcoming June 2011. Original break (4 places, and sternoclavicular dislocation). Had Rockwood pin put in. I too was skinny, and the pin actually eroded through my shoulder. Infections for nearly 5 months, pin was taken out, left to heal. Didn't heal. Had 10 hole plate put in with 9 screws and bone graft from femur. Plate's been in about 10 months -.....

[nyykounion]

i broke mine accept i landied on it so it snapped backwars into my neck

My collar bone looks like an l now its sick It is still healing haha

[nitto888]

i broke mine but no surgery or anything just rest it for like month and a half

[HeavyMetal666Man]

definetly the worst common bone it the body to break, holy fuck does that shit hurt, imagine taking a 4 hour bumpy as fuck bus ride home from the ski mountain an hour after breaking it too, that fuckin killed omg.

[sk84life9393]

@HeavyMetal666Man Haha it doesn't hurt that bad...atleast not if ur in shock i didnt really feel mine

[pballaire]

Check out Sonoma orthopedics for a quick recovery without the scar.

[dance689]

I just broke mine on monday had surgery the other day... the most painful injury ive ever had.

[tubitim]

@dance689 Take it easy and let it heal. I have 95% mobility cause I finally got it fixed right and I did my exercises for rehab. Pain is temporary. I wish you well.

[dance689]

@tubitim thank you for the advice and if you dont mind me asking did your pec on the side of you break swell?

[2rosepeddles]

i just broke my let collar bone in half and i need surgery. i was riding my bike and a car ran me off the rode.

[Chantellew100]

Thats insane!!! I just broke my left collarbone from a bike accident too! Thats CRAZY!! (nothing to get excited about but... yep!)

[tubitim]

Wish you well...my break was unique and overall I was in an arm sling for 35 out of 85 weeks total. So I advise you to take it easy and let it heal right the first time.