Originally Posted by
63rickert
Simple uncomplicated collarbone fracture. Expect a simple uncomplicated recovery.
Could it get more complex? Of course it could. Every commenter who has a story is the evidence for that. But 99% chance you are clear. Your doctor is not excited. Three weeks is longer than usual for the follow up. He expects you to cancel that appointment and go for a bike ride.
After the first time most don’t bother with the doctor for subsequent collar breaks. Also, if you have a simple uncomplicated break you fell correctly.
As they say in Spain "Ojalá", meaning let's hope so!
I would love to be back in the saddle within a month, I have no experience of a typical bone-curing period. I suppose I will know it when I feel that the bone is knitted and up to strength.
I am taking this first week to remain immobile as much as possible, next week will see some outdoor exercise.
I can already feel my body getting stiff after two days!
I suppose there is some luck involved in my landing but I was already expecting a fall before I got to the obstacle which caused my 'buck'.
I was trying a new approach at higher than normal speed and, well, it didn't work out! I remember thinking that flying was completely painless, then "crack"!
Being conditioned in wearing a helmet certainly helps in how one falls. My head struck a loose grapefruit sized rock, but I felt nothing at all. 😅