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Should I ski 7 weeks after breaking my collarbone

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DingDongDoorBell
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I broke my collarbone on febuary 4th and plan to go skiing this weekend with the boys at mt snow or okemo. Doc said wait 3 weeks last monday. Ill most likely be skiing groomers probably stay out of the park or fuck around on knuckles. What do you guys think should i risk it or stay home?
Mar 21 2017 7:26PM
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.Hugo.
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Go for it
Mar 21 2017 7:50PM
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Da.Vinci
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if you're not gonna doing any stupid shit why not?
Mar 21 2017 8:27PM
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Swandog7
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Go for it. I skied park after 4 weeks with a sling still on. Did you need surgery?
Mar 21 2017 8:53PM
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TheDoughAbides
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if it feels good enough then why not
Mar 21 2017 8:57PM
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skitheleast
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My brother did this year at just under 7 weeks. Just be cautious.
Mar 21 2017 9:40PM
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sbarlett
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i broke my collarbone during a bay preseason never went to the doctor and skied on it until it ended up healing itself. youre fine at 7 weeks if you dont take any bad falls
Mar 21 2017 9:42PM
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The.Fish
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For groomers your good. I wouldn't get too adventurous.
Mar 21 2017 9:44PM
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Deepskier
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DBAP just be mellow
Mar 22 2017 12:16AM
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SammyDubz
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The.FishFor groomers your good. I wouldn't get too adventurous.


if you're not capping blunts with your good arm then you're doing it wrong
Mar 22 2017 12:53AM
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pjsss
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I skied park the day after I broke my collarbone bc I wasn't aware that I broke it. Probably wasn't the best idea but it was still fun bc I was skiing at the same level as before
Mar 22 2017 7:03AM
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-skian-
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I skied a week after cause it felt good. Granted I heal really fast, and I didn't even know it was broken till three runs after I did it. I was back to full park skiing after two and a half weeks.
Mar 22 2017 7:27AM
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DayMan
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Tore my labrum in the park over break, continued cruise around on groomers the next 3 days with a sling on because I already paid for the lift tickets. Just don't do anything dumb.
Mar 22 2017 8:38AM
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DingDongDoorBell
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Swandog7Go for it. I skied park after 4 weeks with a sling still on. Did you need surgery?

Really 4 weeks after? Were you going hard or just messing around on jibs and small jumps? I dodnt need surgery and it feels great rn took the mountain bike for a spin yesterday. Carinthia will be very tempting.
Mar 22 2017 9:01AM
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Randy_Quench
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Assuming you drink your milk and have taken good care of it during the healing process thus far you should be fine. I obliterated my collar bone two years ago, shattered it into a few pieces, ended up not going with surgery. I just let the chicken wing heal and I was back on skis in 6 weeks (taking it very melllow and skiing in a sling as a reminder not to push it). By 8 weeks I was back to pretty much normal park riding.
Mar 22 2017 9:30AM
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Swandog7
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DingDongDoorBellReally 4 weeks after? Were you going hard or just messing around on jibs and small jumps? I dodnt need surgery and it feels great rn took the mountain bike for a spin yesterday. Carinthia will be very tempting.


I just hit some small rails low to the ground, avoid high impact stuff like jumps. I filmed a lot and just screwed around, the biggest trick I did was a front and back 270
Mar 22 2017 10:49AM
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Shoey-Ski
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Swandog7Go for it. I skied park after 4 weeks with a sling still on. Did you need surgery?

Your Slingbreak post is one of the best pics on the gram
Mar 22 2017 2:34PM
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.zoidberg
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i wouldn't suggest it because if you rebreak it will suck more than breaking it in the first place
Mar 22 2017 3:39PM
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Swandog7
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Shoey-SkiYour Slingbreak post is one of the best pics on the gram


#captionlivesmatter
Mar 22 2017 4:20PM
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