broken collarbone.

[joshn6805]

i broke my collarbone Saturday, and good god this thing hurts. it hurts to move, you really don't think about how important it is to your body until you break it. the percocets take a little pain away but its still pretty painful every time i move. anybody else broke this thing and how long does it take to heal? by the way its broke in 2 places.

[FatBoy]

WOW...sorry about that. Hope you have a quick recovery.

[llovelace]

Ouch!!! 6-8-10 weeks

[mechnut450]

ouch never broken a bone ( knocks on wood ) but i have done some serious damage to myself over the years. I think the worst was when i pulled my back out so bad I actually pintch the nerve to the point i had no pain or much other feeling my my back /legs for 3 weeks. ( ever try to walk wit hthe pins and neelds feeling in one leg) try to do that with both legs and the fact you have an unnormal gait to begin with. I had to watch my self walk for 3 weeks becasue I could not tell if my foot was on the floor or in the air. I won't go into the other issues I had with it all.
I think thonly reason it went away was cause i took and fell backwards against the table and shifted the bakc inot alignment .. gonigo t a quak ( ciro ) was not helping me at all.

man just take it easy for a while ( the more you move it the longer it takes to heal ) cause the bone got to knit back together and if you keep moving it (grinding the edges it takes longer ).I heardof people getting pins put in to hold it together in some cases..

must ask what were you doing when you broke it ( or is it something that bannable for talking aobut

[PrioBull]

Ouch...I know how you feels. I broke mine when I was out kiteboarding and it really hurts. Took me about 8 or 9 weeks to completely heals and another 3 or 4 weeks to get back into kiteboarding. Keep your head up buddy.

[Morphie]

Yeah it blows. Busted mine into 3 pieces back in high school. I had pretty good range of motion by 4 weeks, and was more or less functional by 6 (i push myself though - I hate injuries so much, i tend to pretend they don't exist, which sometimes makes things worse). The result of my impatience is a perpetually somewhat jagged clavicle. Not ideal.

I didn't get percocets though. You lucky dog.

Get better soon

[Slim]

Josh, On 21 Oct 2007, I was in a HMMWV that struck an IED outside of Mizan, Afghanistan. The force of the blast lifted the vehicle and flipped it upside down. I broke my right collar bone in three places, with a piece about the size of a cig butt floating free.

I know it hurts like hell right now, and I know finding a comfortable position to sleep in is almost impossible. When I broke mine, the doc told me that every two weeks it would feel two time better. I didn't believe him, but he was right. I went on light duty at the firebase for 6 weeks, and by week 7, I was back out on mission again. Mine healed non-union, meaning that the 3 pieces floating around in there never came back to fuse together.

Other than a big ass bump on my upper chest, where a straight line used to be, I'm not too much worse for the wear.

Hang in there, try to get as much sleep as you can, and watch out in the shower....really, with the collar bone broken, it will throw your balance off, and it will show up in the shower. 2 days after I broke mine, I fell in the shower tent, and that hurt worse than breaking it the first time!

[DutchHerp]

Josh, On 21 Oct 2007, I was in a HMMWV that struck an IED outside of Mizan, Afghanistan. The force of the blast lifted the vehicle and flipped it upside down. I broke my right collar bone in three places, with a piece about the size of a cig butt floating free.

I know it hurts like hell right now, and I know finding a comfortable position to sleep in is almost impossible. When I broke mine, the doc told me that every two weeks it would feel two time better. I didn't believe him, but he was right. I went on light duty at the firebase for 6 weeks, and by week 7, I was back out on mission again. Mine healed non-union, meaning that the 3 pieces floating around in there never came back to fuse together.

Other than a big ass bump on my upper chest, where a straight line used to be, I'm not too much worse for the wear.

Hang in there, try to get as much sleep as you can, and watch out in the shower....really, with the collar bone broken, it will throw your balance off, and it will show up in the shower. 2 days after I broke mine, I fell in the shower tent, and that hurt worse than breaking it the first time!

Damn, Slim, that's some pretty crazy stuff.

I guess you're lucky you only broke your collarbone!!




My friend broke his collar bone a few weeks ago, and his healed pretty fast. Good luck to you.

[joshn6805]

ouch never broken a bone ( knocks on wood ) but i have done some serious damage to myself over the years. I think the worst was when i pulled my back out so bad I actually pintch the nerve to the point i had no pain or much other feeling my my back /legs for 3 weeks. ( ever try to walk wit hthe pins and neelds feeling in one leg) try to do that with both legs and the fact you have an unnormal gait to begin with. I had to watch my self walk for 3 weeks becasue I could not tell if my foot was on the floor or in the air. I won't go into the other issues I had with it all.
I think thonly reason it went away was cause i took and fell backwards against the table and shifted the bakc inot alignment .. gonigo t a quak ( ciro ) was not helping me at all.

man just take it easy for a while ( the more you move it the longer it takes to heal ) cause the bone got to knit back together and if you keep moving it (grinding the edges it takes longer ).I heardof people getting pins put in to hold it together in some cases..

must ask what were you doing when you broke it ( or is it something that bannable for talking aobut

i actually race atvs and i was in a race and it was the main event and i was in 2nd fighting for 1st and i tried to hit a triple the atv clipped the front of the last jump and slung me than preceded to land on my collarbone.

[joshn6805]

Josh, On 21 Oct 2007, I was in a HMMWV that struck an IED outside of Mizan, Afghanistan. The force of the blast lifted the vehicle and flipped it upside down. I broke my right collar bone in three places, with a piece about the size of a cig butt floating free.

I know it hurts like hell right now, and I know finding a comfortable position to sleep in is almost impossible. When I broke mine, the doc told me that every two weeks it would feel two time better. I didn't believe him, but he was right. I went on light duty at the firebase for 6 weeks, and by week 7, I was back out on mission again. Mine healed non-union, meaning that the 3 pieces floating around in there never came back to fuse together.

Other than a big ass bump on my upper chest, where a straight line used to be, I'm not too much worse for the wear.

Hang in there, try to get as much sleep as you can, and watch out in the shower....really, with the collar bone broken, it will throw your balance off, and it will show up in the shower. 2 days after I broke mine, I fell in the shower tent, and that hurt worse than breaking it the first time!

wow very inspirational man, you totally got my respect with that one. i personally want to thank you for what you have done for this country and keeping it the way it is.