Broken collarbone

[1Triplered]

Ok, Came off my bike at AMCC Round 1, in race 1 clubmans, LOL, well.. actully after race 1 ,
Anyway broke left collar bone and three ribs, up at the hospital they said they dont operate on collar bones they let them heal
by themselves, come back in 6 weeks.

Went back last week to get checked and also asked to have a medical cert to get race licence back so I can can be in for round 2 this weekend.

Oh No we wont be doing that , your collar bone is still very much broken I was told,
Two options, Wait and see what happens, come back in another 6 weeks, high chance it wont heal, then get surgery,
or get surgery next week, still going to be 6 weeks at least.

But yea no medical cert = no racing



This sucks!
Has anyone had this sort of time frame with broken collar bone?, should I have pushed for surgery on the day I originaly broke it because
Im sure It would be all good by now if I had.

Cheers

[tail_end_charlie]

Bugger mate, that really sucks. I don't have any expierence with the NZ health system, but does seem like a rather lazy attitude toward the whole situation by the hospital. Guess they don't have to deal with the consequences though do they?

Have you gotten your bike sorted out from the booboo yet? Didn't look like there was that much damage to it. Hope your able to get back on it pretty soon. But hey, look at the bright side, 1 race 1 win, you're batting 100% right now!

Ended up getting my self a ZXR400 race bike a couple of weeks ago, so hopfully I'll be able to get up to speed and get racing here soon.

[Mental Trousers]

Stink.

Don't crash.

There's a bunch of motorbike racers that are competing with 2 piece collar bones. Sometimes they just don't heal. But getting it operated on straight away isn't usually the right option.

[DidJit]

Sorry to hear about the injury. Can't offer any advice, but I hope it heals well and that someone else here does have some useful advice for you.

That was a handy little lead you built up in that race — and lapping 1:14.9s too! You and Desmoto were looking good from my point of view on the sidelines. Hopefully, we'll see you back out there sooner rather than later!

[Deano]

I broke mine in March at Rd 4 of the Nats. (Plus 4 ribs and punctured lung)

It wasn't healing so I pushed for the operation but kept getting told to wait. The majority do heal by themselves I was told.

Mine didn't look like it was going to, so I finally had the operation in July. My shoulder is still recovering from the trauma and lack of use for 6 odd months but fortunately I will be able to compete in the Nats 2013.

If it hasn't started to knit at your next check up, keep pushing for surgery mate. I will need to get the plate out in 6 months or so - more recovery LOL

Don't crash.

Easy to say Shane and I'm not usually a crasher but I can't control what other racers do

[1Triplered]

Bugger mate, that really sucks. I don't have any expierence with the NZ health system, but does seem like a rather lazy attitude toward the whole situation by the hospital. Guess they don't have to deal with the consequences though do they?

Have you gotten your bike sorted out from the booboo yet? Didn't look like there was that much damage to it. Hope your able to get back on it pretty soon. But hey, look at the bright side, 1 race 1 win, you're batting 100% right now!

Ended up getting my self a ZXR400 race bike a couple of weeks ago, so hopfully I'll be able to get up to speed and get racing here soon.

Yea bikes all good, just a broken left foot peg, replaced left crash knob, and some fairing damage but all good sitting in
the shed all ready to go! but no place to go.

Yea mate just frustrating, there is a gap of around 15-20mm between the two bones roughly on the xray and 1 has droped way down,so I dont know how they are suppose to heal back togeather, but yea maybe they will but how long will that take ? and they wont give a med cert until they are happy with it.

[tnarg]

Check out my profile pic. They left my that way. My brother has broken his 3 times and the last time they waited 6 weeks before operating. Then botched the operation, but that's another long story.
Good luck with the recovery. It is amazing how the bones can kinda heal. I was back on the dirt bike in 8 weeks just.

[1Triplered]

I broke mine in March at Rd 4 of the Nats. (Plus 4 ribs and punctured lung)

It wasn't healing so I pushed for the operation but kept getting told to wait. The majority do heal by themselves I was told.

Mine didn't look like it was going to, so I finally had the operation in July. My shoulder is still recovering from the trauma and lack of use for 6 odd months but fortunately I will be able to compete in the Nats 2013.

If it hasn't started to knit at your next check up, keep pushing for surgery mate. I will need to get the plate out in 6 months or so - more recovery LOL



Easy to say Shane and I'm not usually a crasher but I can't control what other racers do

Yea they are definitly pushing for me to take the wait and see in another six weeks deal,
But to me seems a waste of time he has already said that it looks like a high chance of not healing so only option I think is surgery

Cheers

[Crasherfromwayback]

My right one is a two piece floating afffair. No real big deal.

[wysper]

Has anyone had this sort of time frame with broken collar bone?, should I have pushed for surgery on the day I originaly broke it because
Im sure It would be all good by now if I had.

Cheers

My landlord had something similar. They told him the same thing.
Seems like if it heals on its own it heals better. The surgery can create its own problems if I remember what he told me correctly.

Still seems pretty rough!

[1Triplered]

Check out my profile pic. They left my that way. My brother has broken his 3 times and the last time they waited 6 weeks before operating. Then botched the operation, but that's another long story.
Good luck with the recovery. It is amazing how the bones can kinda heal. I was back on the dirt bike in 8 weeks just.

Mate thats hardcase, lol, yea looks broken alright and is that some small fragments floating in around there ?

So you had no operation for that? I just dont want to wait another six weeks tobe then told I then should have surgery then thats another few weeks after
that for recovery,

Cheers

[Fast Eddie]

Sweet thread - I saw a couple posts above that have had surgery and recovering.

I just had 3 screws put in to hold bone together.. how long usually after surgery before you get decent use of the limb again? its been 2.5 weeks for me and still completely immobile..

hoping to race in another 3.5 / 4 weeks..

[Deano]

Sweet thread - I saw a couple posts above that have had surgery and recovering.

I just had 3 screws put in to hold bone together.. how long usually after surgery before you get decent use of the limb again? its been 2.5 weeks for me and still completely immobile..

hoping to race in another 3.5 / 4 weeks..

I think the reason mine wasn't healing was because one end of the break had also split along the bone. There was also a gap between the bones. I had my surgery on 6th July - plate and four screws. At 6 weeks I was told it was on its way to healing, then got the all clear that it was completely healed on 3rd October and so was able to start some decent physio exercises, as in actually putting it under load.

I don't quite have full range of motion yet but am hoping that will come with a bit more time and exercises. I am still rebuilding the muscle that depleted over the 3 or so months of basically having my arm immobile, and 6 or so months of not puting the joint under any load. I am only doing 3 sets of 15 press ups so far (on my knees like a girl) amongst other things, so its a slow process alright. I am also pushing further than my physio would like really.

To summarise - sometimes crashing really sucks.

[CHOPPA]

Get strapping tape nice and wide and tight, run it from your chest over your collar bone and down your back. Will make it feel much better and let it heal faster.

[c4.]

[QUOTE=1Triplered;1130439866]Ok, Came off my bike at AMCC Round 1, in race 1 clubmans,

Yeah mate, I was in that race, you were riding really well, couldn't coax the gixer to keep up with you. Came around turn 2, up into 3, just after the incident, couldn't believe it. The "road bump" is still a problem, last track day it got moved well out of medium fast 1st run. Def gonna keep an eye out Sunday. He's dangerous.

Heal well. Get back soon.
Respect.