Broken Collar Bone - Page 2 - Snowboarding Forum

Graphic Nature · 02-13-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by justdust

Good luck. What is the recoup time for that surgery?

They say 6 weeks

Graphic Nature · 02-17-2011, 03:07 PM

FML!!! worst pain ever after surgery!!

Smokehaus · 02-17-2011, 03:30 PM

Hopefully they gave some you some fun stuff to ease the pain.

Graphic Nature · 03-06-2011, 01:44 PM

Going on the 3rd week post surgery. Finally ditched the arm sling, very minimal pain, but I still have a slight bump. I hope I never have to deal with this again!

On the bright side, the resort held a t-shirt design contest, that I won! And season passes just went on sale for next season!

Unfortunately I am calling it quits for this season..... So long fluffy white, bring on summer time and wake boarding!

justdust · 03-06-2011, 10:15 PM

how's the tow rope on the wake board gonna feel on that collarbone? One thing I was really grateful for is that my AC injury did not put much of a damper on my riding season...but I think being pulled by a rope might be a different story?

Graphic Nature · 03-21-2011, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justdust

how's the tow rope on the wake board gonna feel on that collarbone? One thing I was really grateful for is that my AC injury did not put much of a damper on my riding season...but I think being pulled by a rope might be a different story?

Yeah, that may be the only downfall is the constant jerk of the rope.

This is week 7 since surgery....I'm really thinking about getting the board back out of storage and hit up the 100"+ of fresh pow that is dumping right now here in the west!!!

photohunts · 03-21-2011, 01:40 PM

I have two friends who have suffered similar injuries this season. I am curious as to how it happened for you guys. Both my friends said it was a forward tumble and landing on the ice with their shoulder.

Anyways, hope you recover soon.

Graphic Nature · 03-21-2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by photohunts

I have two friends who have suffered similar injuries this season. I am curious as to how it happened for you guys. Both my friends said it was a forward tumble and landing on the ice with their shoulder.

Anyways, hope you recover soon.

Same thing. Forward tumble on ice!

I was bombing the run as a beginner making large carves, came right in my line over the tip of my board and I had no where to go but down.

Graphic Nature · 09-07-2011, 10:34 PM

*UPDATE* The surgery never took....

A few months after surgery, I noticed that the bone was back in the place prior to surgery. So I scheduled an appointment with the surgen to find out why the bone moved....He told me the band slipped off the bone.

I decided to seek a 2nd opinion, so I went to another orthopedic surgen...after he read the medical report and looked at the xrays from the previous surgen, he came up with this conclusion.......They used a combination of orthoband and cadaver to tie the clavix down. Well, the notched the clavix bone....the orthoband has since fractured the bone and is moving thru the bone like a knife in butter. They said it was a 50% chance that it is done healing and it should be fine, but they dont know until they opened it back up.

If I were to do it all over again, I would not of chosen the surgery route.

kpd2003 · 09-08-2011, 09:35 AM

Ah, yes, the dreaded surgery. I broke the outside of my shoulder (clavicle) last year and luckily every doctor I called downright refused to do surgery. At the time I was very angry and thought surgery was the best thing to do because of the pain involved - Now, nearly 9 months later I do have quite a huge "bump" on my shoulder where the bone pops through but I have full range of motion. I constantly hear/read horror stories about shoulder surgery which leave you only needing more surgery in the future. I'm sure as an old man I will be aching but at 22 I am happy with not going the surgery route.

I hope your injury gets a chance to really heal in the next few months - never forget that the body has been mending bones naturally for thousands of years! Good luck. PS- Sue the first doctor for not giving you full information

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02-17-2011, 03:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
Graphic Nature Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 94	FML!!! worst pain ever after surgery!!

02-17-2011, 03:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
Smokehaus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NoVA Posts: 891	Hopefully they gave some you some fun stuff to ease the pain.

03-06-2011, 01:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
Graphic Nature Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 94	Going on the 3rd week post surgery. Finally ditched the arm sling, very minimal pain, but I still have a slight bump. I hope I never have to deal with this again! On the bright side, the resort held a t-shirt design contest, that I won! And season passes just went on sale for next season! Unfortunately I am calling it quits for this season..... So long fluffy white, bring on summer time and wake boarding!

03-06-2011, 10:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
justdust Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Albany Posts: 494 Blog Entries: 1	how's the tow rope on the wake board gonna feel on that collarbone? One thing I was really grateful for is that my AC injury did not put much of a damper on my riding season...but I think being pulled by a rope might be a different story?

03-21-2011, 01:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
photohunts Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 44	I have two friends who have suffered similar injuries this season. I am curious as to how it happened for you guys. Both my friends said it was a forward tumble and landing on the ice with their shoulder. Anyways, hope you recover soon.

09-07-2011, 10:34 PM	#19 (permalink)
Graphic Nature Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 94	UPDATE The surgery never took.... A few months after surgery, I noticed that the bone was back in the place prior to surgery. So I scheduled an appointment with the surgen to find out why the bone moved....He told me the band slipped off the bone. I decided to seek a 2nd opinion, so I went to another orthopedic surgen...after he read the medical report and looked at the xrays from the previous surgen, he came up with this conclusion.......They used a combination of orthoband and cadaver to tie the clavix down. Well, the notched the clavix bone....the orthoband has since fractured the bone and is moving thru the bone like a knife in butter. They said it was a 50% chance that it is done healing and it should be fine, but they dont know until they opened it back up. If I were to do it all over again, I would not of chosen the surgery route.

09-08-2011, 09:35 AM	#20 (permalink)
kpd2003 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 74	Ah, yes, the dreaded surgery. I broke the outside of my shoulder (clavicle) last year and luckily every doctor I called downright refused to do surgery. At the time I was very angry and thought surgery was the best thing to do because of the pain involved - Now, nearly 9 months later I do have quite a huge "bump" on my shoulder where the bone pops through but I have full range of motion. I constantly hear/read horror stories about shoulder surgery which leave you only needing more surgery in the future. I'm sure as an old man I will be aching but at 22 I am happy with not going the surgery route. I hope your injury gets a chance to really heal in the next few months - never forget that the body has been mending bones naturally for thousands of years! Good luck. PS- Sue the first doctor for not giving you full information