The collar bone, or clavicle, is supposedly the most commonly broken bone in the body. I broke mine back in college and it hurt pretty bad the first few days after it happened. Actually, muscle atrophy about 4 weeks later was almost more painful than the break itself. It seems like everybody nowadays has surgery on every broken bone. I suspect that this is just to screw insurance companies out of more money and make healthcare more expensive. Mine wasn't even lined up straight and the broken ends weren't even touching together, but it healed up fine without surgery. It's a crooked mess with a big ball of healing material, but it's stronger than from the factory so I don't mind. Even though I rebroke the early healing tissue about a week and a half after it happened, I was still good to go a little before 6 weeks from the original break date. Thank you dairy farmers for all the delicious calcium your cows have produced for me over the years!
Anyone ever brake their color bone?
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jaysonfreerider
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Hey Brad, you still want to have that highmark compititon next week?
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At least you didn't do it in the middle of winter and have to have surgery and be on crutches for 8 pissin weeks!
JKAt least you didn't do it in the middle of winter and have to have surgery and be on crutches for 8 pissin weeks!
broke mine racing mx in 02, it also punctured my lung. It still rates as one of my more painful injuries. I found sleeping sitting up worked well. I also found if I wore the x brace I was able to do more things as it held the collorbone closer together and I could use my arm as long as I did not lift it very high. It was irritating to my neck but it did cut back on the bone moving. Mine healed in 4 weeks but looks funny now it has a big not. I would look into surgery if I broke it again. Stay away from Ibuprofen it will slow down the healing of the bone.
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Bkinz
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Hey Brad, you still want to have that highmark compititon next week?
At least you didn't do it in the middle of winter and have to have surgery and be on crutches for 8 pissin weeks!
heck ya, i will do it one handed and still beat ya.
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mtn_extreme
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Bkinz,
Hang in there, it will get better pretty fast.
Nate,
From being past owner of an archery pro shop for years, you just learn to shoot both ways. I am left handed and most of my customers were right. My right eye is dominant so technically I should shoot right. When I was competing and winning state, sectionals and placing in nationals, I was shooting right handed, but I hunt left handed. Just depends what mood I am in.
About 5 years ago I was on a late season deer hunt with my partner where we had to take the jet boat across the river. Well, long story short....my bow didn't fair the trip well and I was bowless. Decided to fallow my buddy around and video. He made a nice stalk on a 3x3 and harvested him. On the pack out, we poped over a ridge and spotted a nice 4x4 bedded on the opposite hill. I took my partners bow, made a 50 minute stalk and harvested a nice 4x4 while still in his bed. It was a good day
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The "x" brace helps pull your shoulders back so your bones don't rub together so much. If you can talk a Ortho Dr. into doing surgery and putting a plate and screws in it, you will be able to use it much faster and it will be lined up better in the long run.
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mxracer328
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i broke my right one twice, once when i was a kid, and it got a huge lump, then i broke it racing motocross and no more lump, hurt both times, but never had to get surgery, that sucks man.
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portgrinder
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Woke up in a field once near my dirtbike with a broken collar bone...
Nowhere near as bad as an arm or foot.
It will hurt for a bit, milk it for all its worth! build up your pill collection!
Nowhere near as bad as an arm or foot.
It will hurt for a bit, milk it for all its worth! build up your pill collection!
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Bkinz
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lol Thanks man.
I found out today that I will be having surgery Wednesday on my collar. I'm going to be getting a plate and screws. So wish me luck.
Broke mine 3 years ago on my dirt bike. Spent a month full of pain. Then had surgery to fix it, best thing ever. If you have insurance I would not even hesitate to have it done. Good luck man.
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Bkinz
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I've got insurance, and it is going to happen Wednesday. How long did it take you to recover from surgery?
I did it on a Wednesday or Thursday and went to work on Monday. Just done some programing, made the boss to the lifting. lol I have 6 screws and a plate. The cheapest screw was $250 and the plate was $1800. The Doc turned me loose in 6 weeK. Therapy wasn't a walk in the park though. Those guys lay awake at night dreaming of ways to torture their paitents.
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Bkinz
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Holy crap that is fast, no sling? Thats spendy lol
I had a sling for like a week if I remember right.
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