Broken Collarbone

[arendoog]

I rode Clarens Marathon this weekend exactly 4 weeks after surgery .I rode 60km on my road bike 8 days after surgery 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

on the greenbelts on a fast flat section was being a good MTB rider and saw a dog walker, decided to move across between two grooved paths and middle mannetjie, was going30-40km tyre caught edge of wet grass, and then BOOM onto shoulder. I knew it was a problem when I could feel and hear the bones rubbing against each other.I must say a few riders stopped asked if I was ok and one guy kindly straightened my bars. 

ARGH. And that ground is hard... 

[Guest notmyname]

Welcome to the club OP. Good luck with the procedure and a speedy recovery.

[HappyMartin]

Funny how people always say oh just a collar bone no problem. Then I broke mine and it's flipping painful. Almost peed n my bibs. The only upside was the morphine after the operation.

 

Good luck. Hope it goes well. Hope you have an IDT. Or just chill for a bit. That's also OK

[carbon29er]

That morphine. Wow. Like peeing in your wetsuit when freezing cold. I was so disappointed this time round, morphine quite liberal in A&E via IV but once admitted into the ward no morphine at all. Eventually got a shot in my arse but that's no fun compared to IV.

 

Biggest issue, apart from discomfort, is the need to increase intake of protein and other food. We don't have many reserves when fit for the body to utilise in aiding recovery.  I lost 2 kg in 2 weeks post crash from an already lightest weight I had been for 20 years.

 

So eat all the stuff you crave when training, it doesn't stay on.

[BigDL]

Heal soon boss. Sorry to hear about your crash.

 

 

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[DoubleJ]

Clavicle was plated a few years ago. Op on Friday, on IDT in 8 days, on road 7 days later. But felt every bump for a few weeks. Skipped MTB for 6 months. Beauty of plating a clavicle is you get full movement back almost immediately.  Doing nothing is cheaper but very slow and doubtful full movement will ever return.

 

Next shoulder crash was quite a bit worse. Other clavicle, scapula and glenoid. Lots of plates and screws.

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Did nothing for 6 weeks, on IDT after that but severely limited and it's been 2 weeks, I reckon at least another 8 weeks before I'll risk venturing outside.

 

Know a great surgeon if you need a name.

 

This kinda looks like something Patrick Morewood designed....

[Mousea]

I went the natural route a year ago.

All is good.

Was off the bike for 8 weeks. I believe in letting it heal properly.

Why rush it and have problems.

 

Also crashed on the grass

[wepat]

Thanks all for the feedback, as mentioned earlier and what my surgeon said you can leave it but will have restricted shoulder movement and will take 12 weeks, or repair with plate and all good after 6-8 weeks. The good thing is he rides MTB so he knows the deal. 

[Patchelicious]

on the greenbelts on a fast flat section was being a good MTB rider and saw a dog walker, decided to move across between two grooved paths and middle mannetjie, was going30-40km tyre caught edge of wet grass, and then BOOM onto shoulder. I knew it was a problem when I could feel and hear the bones rubbing against each other.I must say a few riders stopped asked if I was ok and one guy kindly straightened my bars.

The bones grinding in the 3 days to the op was the worst part.

 

Who is your surgeon?

[wepat]

The bones grinding in the 3 days to the op was the worst part.

 

Who is your surgeon?

Mike Mulder Constantiaberg Medi Clinic

[Yusran]

Mike Mulder Constantiaberg Medi Clinic

 

I had Dr. Mulder sort me out two days after my accident (accident Sunday on my Mom's birthday followed by X-rays at Medi Clinic, appointment Monday afternoon and surgery the next morning at 7am). Dr. Mulder is a great guy, knows his stuff and as a cyclist himself he is always keen to chat about bicycles.

 

I recall chatting to his wife in the operating room, she is an anesthetist, and we were happily chatting about cycling (she is also a cyclist) and... then I was out. Woke up an hour and a half later and resumed the conversation exactly where we left off. Went home at lunchtime the same day.

 

Just a note, when the morphine wore off the pain was real; I had never felt pain like that before in my life and I cried like a baby. Snot, drool and tears, the works. Also, it was impossible to lower myself into my bed, and just as impossible to get up for about two days. I soon rigged a rope to my window to assist me getting up instead of calling for someone each time. I tried to eat proper meals each day even though I was never really hungry, lots of good stuff and chocolate milk.

 

A pillow fort is compulsory if you want to sleep well, and you may need some help getting comfy for the first night or two. I slept on my back for almost two weeks before trying to sleep on my good side. Now I'm sleeping on the upgraded side no problems.

 

A few days after the operation I was still running around as if nothing had happened, still happily drugged up. It wasn't good and I wasn't resting, so I cut back on the prescribed pain medication and the pain came to say hello again. I quickly got back to rest after that and slept for almost two days straight afterwards.

 

I attempted getting back on my bike 6 weeks after the operation and went for a short loop close to home; felt some discomfort and just gave it a rest. Spent my time spinning in the gym instead.

 

12 weeks later and I am back on the bike, a little more cautious and much less fit but it is good to be in the great outdoors again.

 

Really thankful to Dr. Mulder, my parents and everyone else who helped me.

 

 

 

 

[MTBOnly]

With surgery I started on IDT after 2 weeks, back on road by 5 weeks and trails 7 weeks.

[lechatnoir]

of course, you will get lunatics... 2 days and he was racing Motogp - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108388

 

but i suspect there were a few meds involved