Originally posted by John E
I wore a butterfly strap over the clavicle for 2.5 weeks, at which point they declared me healed. I have a palpable lump at each of the two former break points, and my left shoulder span is now several mm shorter than my right, but I have no other aftereffects.
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Reading this I think you also need to think about the time of recovery. Probably no two clavicle fractures are the same but it took me 3 months to recover not 2.5 weeks. At the time I was a student and it wasn't too bad (if painful) but should it happen today I'd been in trouble since I would only barely be able to work.