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Broken collar bone- confidence

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ripinrails
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Yesterday i broke my collar bone trying a flat 5. i hear its about a month recovery but when im on the slopes again, im unsure where i'll get my confidence back cause right now im a little freaked out. any help?
Jan 9 2011 2:59PM
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Tasche
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I have broken both collar bones. I broke my left one being an idiot biking and it was a clean break. I was in a brace that pulled my shoulders back, it was really painful but now it is pretty much 100%. The right one I broke in the pipe and it broke like a green stick, not all the way through. I recovered quickly and then broke it or tweaked it at least 5 times after. Everything from flag football to lifting messed it up. Now it is pretty much healed but it took one more skiing fall to really mess it up then I gave it the necessary time to actually heal and took calcium which I think was the big difference. I also started actually doing the rehab exercises.

Spark notes: Give it more time than you think and don't hurry things.
Jan 17 2011 10:03PM
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ripinrails
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its been 5 weeks and the doc finally gave me the ok to go up. Have to take it easy though, no corks or inverts.
Feb 11 2011 12:52PM
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1337
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you'll get it eventually. Just tell yourself you can do it.
Feb 11 2011 1:10PM
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ripinrails
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i've healed from the injury and gone skiing a lot since. however, i have lost all confidence. i dont feel comfortable doing front/back flips or anything bigger than 5. how do i get it back, im even freaking out on the tramp!
Apr 13 2011 1:11AM
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jeremy.g
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well since we are posting pictures....

this sucked.

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Apr 13 2011 1:17AM
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CassiusClay
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Hey, that looks like one of my shoulders! The other one just has a bunch of screws and a dead persons ligament. Also have a couple of screws in my right knee. Pretty sweet.
Apr 13 2011 1:19AM
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jeremy.g
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honestly the best decision i think i made was getting surgery. one doctor said leave it the other said to operate. now a year or so later, i have all my strength, motion and a badass scar. im really glad they fixed it. otherwise i probably would have had a an extremely crooked collarbone, lost some range of motion, and the doctor said how it would have healed i probably would have lost about an inch off the length of my shoulder
Apr 13 2011 1:21AM
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ripinrails
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all better
Apr 13 2011 1:40AM
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ripinrails
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this injury is all healed up but my confidence isnt back. Im trippen balls about going inverted and doing flatspins, etc. even on tramps im still shaky. any advice?
Dec 5 2011 4:48PM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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I had to wear mine for 2 months but towards the end its useless so i would just take it off
Dec 5 2011 6:22PM
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