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LibertyRider05
Posts: 177 - Karma: 10
yesterday i broke my collar bone why skiing, has any one ever done this before? or know how long recovery will be. its a bad break i will try and get the x-ray up here
Dec 20 2005 12:56PM
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danS
Posts: 1525 - Karma: 163
my friend has been out for like 2 months
Dec 20 2005 12:58PM
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wskibum176
Posts: 1536 - Karma: 13
dooood, that takes a long time to heal. sorry
Dec 20 2005 12:58PM
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*T-Hobbs*
Posts: 718 - Karma: 193
what the hell thats like 4 people in the past week that have broken their collar bone....
Dec 20 2005 1:27PM
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crooks
Posts: 14693 - Karma: 786
AWSHOLSON just broke his too
Dec 20 2005 1:28PM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
what ever collar bones are pussy, just wear you sling everyday for the first few weeks, and just start doing stuff when it becomes comfertable, i broke mine 5 weeks agao to the day, and ive been skiing for the last week and a hlaf
Dec 20 2005 1:29PM
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sconniestyle
Posts: 3945 - Karma: 26
i broke mine and ripped my lung away from my esophogus, and 2 weeks later marched in a 2 mile parade playing the trombone, after which i went boogie boarding in the pacific. i guess you are out as long as you feel like milking the injury. just take the painkillers they gave you. by the time they run out, you'll be fine
Dec 20 2005 1:31PM
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Dakoulas
Posts: 2894 - Karma: 40
I went and did some mellow skiing after 2 weeks. You're out for as long as it takes to be comfortable moving your arm around a bit. Seems like within 6 weeks you should be able to ski and function no problem.
Dec 20 2005 1:56PM
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Ender
Posts: 2348 - Karma: 112
yea i broke mine 10 days ago and im going skiing today
Dec 20 2005 2:02PM
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LineisAgg
Posts: 166 - Karma: 10
broke mine a week ago just take the pain kilers and wait 3-4 weeks
Dec 20 2005 2:05PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
i subluxd mine in april, shit is still fucked up, mindyou i havent dont much physio for it...lame
Dec 20 2005 2:08PM
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Sharpy
Posts: 7596 - Karma: 19
8 weeks before I was able to live a normal life. Yo ucan ski and what not before, but iwould be doing anything that made yo ufall ahrd on your shoulder. Rebroken collarbones take a shitload longer to heal and most of the time you require surgery. I would wait it out and not take the risk.
Dec 20 2005 2:08PM
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Annie.
Posts: 191 - Karma: 10
ya dude...probly one of the worst bones to break..especially if it's a bad break..good luck
Dec 20 2005 4:21PM
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tweaksrock
Posts: 109 - Karma: 10
dont ski while its broken man my friend did that and he was out for an extra 2 months
Dec 20 2005 4:23PM
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Dakoulas
Posts: 2894 - Karma: 40
How do you figure? I'd much rather break my collar bone instead of my leg or arm.
Dec 20 2005 4:23PM
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danoliver
Posts: 27 - Karma: 10
Listen to your doc. C bones are tricky they have to set themselves, then heal. Wear your brace and chill till doc gives you the ok.
Dec 20 2005 10:48PM
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Coalescent
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do what the doc says and drink milk
Dec 20 2005 11:00PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
this better not be a sign of things to come for me...ive broken something every year and every christmas break. and my break starts tomorrow and im skiing...im scared!
Dec 20 2005 11:03PM
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lalalalaura
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 68
The collarbone is my favorite bone in the human anatomy. Little-known-fact.
Dec 20 2005 11:07PM
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LibertyRider05
Posts: 177 - Karma: 10
its bad i need sugery ... FUCK! the bones are completly seperated and overlaping eachother by atleat and inch...
Dec 21 2005 1:59AM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
One of the girls who was staying at my house broke her collarbone about a month ago (drunk on the deck, not skiing) - her ribs got pushed out of the way when it was healing and she ended up having to leave Whistler before the season even started. Get yourself checked out regularly during the recovery.
Dec 21 2005 2:00AM
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skimanskimanskim
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 1,715
i broke mine saturday so that was 4 days ago, and i'm not wearing a sling anymore, i'm doing great. I have good arm movement to, all over the place. When i broke mine they said that it was set as it was supposed to, so it wasn't a bad break at all.
Dec 21 2005 8:56AM
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JeremyG77
Posts: 383 - Karma: 10
i broke it twice when i was younger and it take a while to heal i think its prob the most painful break that i had but i only broke my wrist and my collar bone and cracked my sternom but sry to say but it takes a long time to heal..i feel your pain man
Dec 21 2005 9:08AM
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Ktownchic
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you broke yours too!?! holy shit. thats 2 people i know personally in the past 2 weeks.
Dec 21 2005 11:46AM
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skisebski
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wait it out otherwise it wont set back properly.
Dec 21 2005 12:10PM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
your retarded and its not going to heal right
Dec 21 2005 12:12PM
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skimanskimanskim
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 1,715
no i'm not, the doctor told me to take the sling off in 4 days...........
Dec 21 2005 1:28PM
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MADmidwest
Posts: 1278 - Karma: 15
collor bones r one of those injuries that will come back in a year or two
Dec 21 2005 2:58PM
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smithxi
Posts: 323 - Karma: 10
8 months.
Dec 21 2005 3:07PM
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JoakimHayland
Posts: 1053 - Karma: 43
I broke my Collar bone 2 years ago, havn't had a problem with it,. took about 2 weeks to heal
Dec 21 2005 3:13PM
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mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
I broke my shoulder last year, it broke and stayed in place but took about 6 to 8 weeks for full recovery!
Dec 21 2005 3:14PM
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4frntSkier
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 143
i di dit last year
Dec 21 2005 3:31PM
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JeremyG77
Posts: 383 - Karma: 10
it wont come back i broke mine twice the pain wont bother u after it heals
Dec 22 2005 8:41AM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
I broke mine 2 summers ago at mt hood and it was never the same. It sticks out so much now
Dec 22 2005 8:47AM
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alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 410
cannonskier69 broke his the othr day backflipping...sucks hell prob be out for a month
Dec 22 2005 9:31AM
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amsterdamned
Posts: 160 - Karma: 43
With a normal break, you can ski after 6 weeks, but you have to do physio therapy. And keep doing that for about half a year or something.

If you need surgery, and you get plates, you can start maybe sooner, cause with the plates it is hard. But with plates there is a chance you break the plate, cause bones bend normally, and plates don't'.

Do not eat spinach, there is something in there that will slow the making of cardelich (?) in your body.

If you want to make the break hard again, fitness, but be carefull for an extra joint. This will happen if the break hasnt healed properly and you get an extra pivot or something at that place, but with a plate this will not be the case.
Dec 22 2005 9:40AM
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cannonlover69
Posts: 299 - Karma: 3
i broke my collar bone on saturday doing a backflip and it was not even a bad crash..i hope to be back on the hill in like 4 weeks..hopefully sooner
Dec 22 2005 5:47PM
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LDuggan420
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 13
ive done it and it sucks balls
Dec 22 2005 6:30PM
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Petecanski
Posts: 941 - Karma: 7
If they gave you a figure 8 sling it helps if you actually wear it. Keep it mellow for 2-4.
Dec 22 2005 6:38PM
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SnowCoast
Posts: 1991 - Karma: 14
I find it hard to believe that you broke your collarbone and are now moving your arm around after a week like some of you say. If you can do that, you never broke your collarbone. Bone doesn't set back into itself within a week, so it must have been a very small hairline fracture.
Dec 22 2005 6:49PM
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redpointist
Posts: 982 - Karma: 11
mine overlapped eachother by over an inch at least, and they just gave me a sling. Now they healed on top of eachother and the corner of one of the broken parts sticks up and you can see it pokeing up in my shoulder.
Dec 22 2005 7:04PM
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Ender
Posts: 2348 - Karma: 112
I broke mine 12 days ago and ive had good range of motion in my arm for about 5 days now and have been on the hill 2 times (bad idea, but i neeeed to ski) and i broke mine in half, one piece is overlapping the other like the bro above me and it feels fine, if i tweak it it hurts a bit but other than that this is the easiest break ive dealt with. And yes mine is set, im not going to test its integrity, but its set, and i have the xray, definately not a hairline fracture.
Dec 22 2005 10:04PM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
howd you break it?

but that sounds bad, just do what the doc tells you to and drink lots of milk.
Dec 22 2005 10:19PM
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skiierman
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4-6 weeks depending on the break. And anything after that you still have to be careful because it's still not fully healed no matter how much better it feels to you.
Dec 22 2005 10:22PM
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HoodNative
Posts: 1237 - Karma: 16
atleast you can put a caste on a leg or arm, you can't with a collar bone and its always moving
Dec 22 2005 11:43PM
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HoodNative
Posts: 1237 - Karma: 16
did you case the half pipe? thats how my buddy broke his
Dec 22 2005 11:47PM
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corey74
Posts: 658 - Karma: 13
dude that sucks.. a lot of people have been breaking them this season.. but just listne to your doctors and make sure you rst it good and not force your self to get back out there cuz you dont want to be fucking it up anymore
Dec 22 2005 11:50PM
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BillyGoteMan
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 12
my buddy broke his it was only like 3 wks for him
Dec 22 2005 11:58PM
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bret
Posts: 2845 - Karma: 833
i broke mine bad. the bone snapped into four pieces, so it took 8 weeks to get full range of motion back and 12 weeks to be fully healed.
Dec 23 2005 12:13AM
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skisf4x4
Posts: 394 - Karma: 21
entirely depends on the severity of the break.

i know a few people who just prettymuch ignored it, playing hockey later that week.

my brother was out for 6 weeks, told no heavy liftining for another couple months.

i was dirtbiking with friends and one fell at 5mph. he broke his collarbone in 7 places. a year later it still hurt to pick up a textbook with that arm. 2 years later and still occasionally hurts. he has a visable lump where the plate still is.

so yea, it totally depends.
Dec 23 2005 12:55AM
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Schoening
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tcox whattttttttttttt
Dec 23 2005 1:04AM
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