Originally Posted by
Deepcherry
Hello all.
I took a little tumble yesterday on a wild trek and immediately knew my left collar bone was broken.
This is actually my first ever bone break, well into my forties, so it was about time and I was half expecting it somehow! It is a simple closed fracture, I fell on my shoulder and helmeted head. Happily no other damage apart from hurt pride and gravel rash.
I now find myself in the happy situation of not being able to do very much at all, vexing indeed as I rely on being active for daily duties.
What concerns me most (after the additional family workload this entails) is my recuperation without losing too much strength in the left arm muscles.
Can anyone offer any experience of how this will progress, advice or tips?
I have a check up in three weeks.
Kind regards, and always use a helmet!!
I had a compound fracture of my collarbone from a fall, when I was 63 YO, had surgery and I now have a plate with twelve screws holding it on my bone, it didn't really affect my bike riding and I didn't need rehab...soon as it healed I was back on the bike and I resumed my life, I am now concerned that if I fall again the same way on that side there will be no "give" like the bone breaking but you know, that plate won't bend so I don't know what it will tear out next time. One thing though, my collar bone area itches, burns, aches and tingles and if I sleep on that side I can definitely feel it. But I still ride like I always did. LOL, it's a fun pasttime for me and I fell down one time before and broke my wrist...was in a cast for a few weeks, but that same wrist was broken before in 1966 in a car wreck, it only hurts now once in awhile. Good Luck!