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2/15/2022 8:02pm
Has anyone broken a collarbone and then have a plate and screws put in. Then after your time to heal, rebreak the collarbone or bend the plate I am trying to find out how common this is. Could somebody let me know I am trying to decide weather to keep riding or not.
Friends before and after.
The Shop
After.
Haven't bent it back yet. I have a lot of residual stiffness and you can see the bolt heads moving, but I haven't taken it out due to $$$.
---an ORIF will result in shorter acute pain. the bone is stabilized and not popping/moving/shifting. additionally, a nifty little 7 day localized pain pump will minimize discomfort and eliminate the use of systemic narcotics for pain management.
---an ORIF has a reduced incidence of mal or non union.
---an ORIF will heal faster and stronger. See Wolff's law.
*ORIF = Open Reduction, Internal Fixation
Pit Row
My question to everybody is, how long after having it plated were you back on the bike? I had my surgery back on November 15th, been doing PT but nothing too crazy as far as weights go. After 13 weeks, I'm assuming I should be good to go, right?
My advice is ease your way back into it. You need to check its healed & strong enough but you also need to build up muscle strength in that shoulder. It will be weaker from lack of movement. Then you need to have full trust in it whilst riding. My experience is that riding injured increases your risks of an injury & the sport is dangerous enough as it is.
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