Came off the bike at a race on Sunday and broke my collarbone....clean break and no surgery needed according the doctor.
Any advice? I am heading to Cham in about 6 weeks....
Thanks
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Came off the bike at a race on Sunday and broke my collarbone....clean break and no surgery needed according the doctor.
Any advice? I am heading to Cham in about 6 weeks....
Thanks
keep that annoying brace on all the time...6 weeks is short but ive seen people ski with them in that timeframe....
Friggin sucks it has happened to me before. on a bike coincidentally.
6 weeks you should be fine. I broke mine mountain biking, a clean break as well, and was backpacking in 4 weeks (light pack, some pain). 6 weeks after the break I actually carried a woman out of backcountry Alaska in an Arcflex Astroplane backpack when she hurt her knee. She was pretty light, only around 120 lbs, and it was hard busting through willow/alder thickets, but no damage to the former break, but it was sore the next morning. Just take care of it in the meantime and you should be fine.
Do they still give you that goofy "harness" or is it just a sling these days?
It's been awhile since I broke mine, but it was better within 6 weeks for sure.
Of course my bones healed quicker back then....
Do everything the doctor suggests to recover. I became complacent once I was able to take the sling off and even now, a year later, it still feels funky at times if I sleep in a weird position. Make sure to get plenty of sleep, eat well, or anything else that will help your body recover.
Rob, try not to move it - easier said than done. If the two bits are close it should heal fine. 6 weeks is ambitious though. In the UK NHS docs are reluctant to plate them unless they are properly fecked. In the US they plate them readily - cost related? If you had it plated you would be skiing sooner. Although if it will fix on it's own it is worth the wait. Good luck.
I had mine plated and was skiing groomers with my nieces in 6 weeks. Don't think I would have been up for a Chamonix trip.
Now a year out and it's close to 100%. Seems like healing time varies with everyone.
Best of luck.
have broken both of mine in separate cycling falls. brace sucks big time and is a PITA but leave it on, keep it as immobilized as possible (which isn't easy) and you should be good to go.....
doc told me it only takes 12 lbs of pressure to break these....
jim
Bump because my dynafiddles just bit (ejected) me. I bought my pass Saturday and had very non-spectacular fall on my shoulder Sunday. Pain has been minimal, the break is clean and won't require surgery as there's not much overlap. Any supplement recommendations?
Do I ask for my $1,400 back or is there a chance I'll be good to go in January? Orthopedist said full healing in 3 months...
Timely bump. My xray from Friday below (bit it dirt jumping). So...much...pain. Getting it plated for sure.
Six weeks is pretty optimistic. Expct 2 weeks of misery, 2 weeks of pretty serious pain, 2 weeks of light pain. At tha tpoint, you shouldn't be in active pain, but that doesn't mean you're going to feel great either. I still had limited range of motion at that point, and did a couple weeks of PT to make sure I got the shoulder loosened up again.
Yeah, 6 weeks seems ambitious, unless you are 10-12 years old. Even less time if you are 5-7. At 35, it was more like 8 weeks. I had a sling, which was fine, and was well advised to let the thing heal and not push it. Dantheman's break is in a different league. And look at Romo -- sat for 7 weeks and then broke it again.
Harsh, heal up.
Broke mine but kept skiing , it was a powder day.
The doc said sling it if it felt more comfortable but not necessary. The wrap thing isn't done except maybe extreme breaks. Mine was clean thru and I felt pretty ok in a couple months or so.
I don't think I could have even skied myself to the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
Surgery tomorrow. Prognosis without surgery was 25-30 week recovery, possible non-union, high probability of shoulder dysfunction, and permanent disfigurement. Uh, yeah, gimme the plate doc.
Turns out I broke my scapula too. Thankfully no surgical fix needed for that one.
Damn dan sorry to hear.
Thanks Chris. On the bright side, breaking bones is preferable to tearing ligaments and we've already hit our insurance out of pocket max for the year so surgery will be free.
Love those free surgeries! That sucks man, I've decided I hate being broken. (Profound I know)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Depends on the break. If you don't use the sling, healing is quicker. Less atrophy. .Quote:
Originally Posted by filthyfrenchbum
I got back on snow in 5 weeks. I did a lot of hiker weeks 3-5 to keep legs and lungs going. Hit mellow groomers at lower speeds week 5, then by week 6 faster groomers and light powder. By week 8 I was skiing full throttle but staying on the ground.
So it depends. Can you control yourself once back on skis? Based on your forum name, perhaps you should ask for a refund.
But I our goal is to just schuss on snow, I'd keep the pass and take it slow.
That's deep, bro :DQuote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
It's certainly no fun, but shit is going to happen sometimes. This is by far the most serious injury I've ever had, which is more than a lot of people I know can say (Liz included). At least I did it doing something fun and didn't slip on ice in my driveway or fall off a ladder ;)
Sweet relief with the plate in now. Crazy immediate improvement in pain level and mobility. There's more pain from the scapula now if anything, probably going to be that way for awhile.
Agree it depends. But I would talk to your doc. about the sling as I think the rest of this sentence seems (at least to my non-medical-professional view) pseudo science. I was advised that I could make it worse by not wearing the sling and the ossification process would occur best if my arm was resting for the first 2-3 weeks. I'm not sure what muscles may atrophy but that seems minimal and quickly overcome once you get movement back. As recovery occurred, the doc. took x rays to make sure bone matter was forming. Once it had sufficiently, he said I could stop wearing the sling. Unless you're a growing kid, your collarbone will not feel the same as it did -- you'll be able to feel where the break occurred but it will be perfectly sturdy and otherwise completely normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Your break sounds much worse than mine. I had the typical clean break, non displaced. I thought I had had re fractured my shoulder humoulus and don't realize the pain was collar bone for another day or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I was gonna quit after falling but it was still morning so as I sat in my car for an hour or so regrouping decided fuck it, I can manage. It worked out. No
More crashes that day - that would have really hurt and tons of good turns. When I saw the doc and he said no skiing for a couple months I just laughed. Luckily for my collarbone the season was dry dry after that so there was no temptation
Good luck DTM. You could play QB for the CowboysQuote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Yeah, I couldn't ski down yesterday when I stuffed a tip going about 40, I broke my clavicle and separated and bruised my ribs again. The clavicle is in 3 pieces, probably require surgery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I broke my scapula and some ribs and had a pneumo thorax two seasons ago, it takes a lot of energy to break the scapula. Scapular fractures have an associated 20%+ mortality rate.
Damn, bro. Vibes to you and Dantheman
Ouch, sorry to hear that Aaron. A 3-piece break is surgery for sure.
My clavicle is felling pretty good but the scapula is taking its sweet damn time. I'm still sleeping in a recliner which is starting to get really, really old.
Fuck, you didn't tell me that man. That is no fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
You know when you look back and you see your buddy go over the bars and you chuckle a little? It was one of those moments until Aaron didn't move for a minute. Then panic set in and I started to tromp up the hill after him. He clearly was not doing well. He hit the deck pretty damn hard and fast. Could've been a lot worse if the snow was firmer.
Just got back from my orthopod, at least 4 pieces and I'm having surgery Tuesday. He said I could try conservative treatment but it would be 3-5 months. Should be 4-6 weeks with surgery he said. No brainer.
Dan, buy one of those cheap foam sleeping wedges, that with a few pillows is wonderful.
Heal up dude. Thats a bummer.
Vibes, man. The surgery option sounds way better and impressively short recovery period.
I hope to be skiing for the usual end of February/March storm cycles.
Maybe for day-to-day activities. The break may be calcified and look healed on an xray at 6 weeks, but it won't be back to full strength for another 6 weeks or so. My surgeon recommended full green light no earlier than 10 weeks out and as long as 14 weeks for the worst breaks, which yours would seem to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
I'm a stomach/side sleeper. Until I heal up enough to get back to that it's all just window dressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
I'm hoping for work at 4-6 weeks not reckless, uncoordinated skiing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I'm a side sleeper and the wedge was the only way I could/can get comfortable on my back in bed.
Any idea how it happened? Did you start to stop your fall with your arm or did you poles get wrapped up in things? I didn't notice that part when you crashed.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
I think when I hooked my left ski it spun me and my right should/back came down like a hammer. I do think you're right about losing consciousness, I remember looking at you down the trail and some guy asking if I was okay. I said I need to catch my breath and I put my head down and the next thing I remember was Ted asking what hurt and you walking up the hill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier
You got up and fell down twice in that span of time. Crazy.
Gotcha.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronWright
Well, surgery is done and I feel pretty good. Had it done at 3 yesterday and was home by 8. My doc said it was one of the hardest one he's had to fix because of the comminution and length of my clavicle. He couldn't use one of the pre-contoured plate and had to bend a longer one. I didn't realize that most of my back, shoulder and chest pain was from the constant "splinting", muscle spasms, and I feel much better today.
Glad to hear you're bolted back together--you'll be back at it soon enough!
Damn, Aaron! That was quite the break. How many screws did they put in? I just had all the hardware removed.
before
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after
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