Broken Collarbone

I am suffering from the above - has any one any practical experience as
to when I can expect to be back on the Windtrainer and then the road.

I understand medical advise should take precedence , interested in real
life situations so my expectations aren't unrealistic.

Jeff

Red wrote:
I am suffering from the above - has any one any practical experience as
to when I can expect to be back on the Windtrainer and then the road.

depends on the break, and how much pain you can tolerate. If it's a
simple fracture, you can probably ride straight away - TdF 2003 ring a
bell? Tyler Hamilton?

Bleve wrote:
Red wrote:
I am suffering from the above - has any one any practical experience as
to when I can expect to be back on the Windtrainer and then the road.

depends on the break, and how much pain you can tolerate. If it's a
simple fracture, you can probably ride straight away - TdF 2003 ring a
bell? Tyler Hamilton?

I broke mine August last year, broken into 3 distinct pieces, had
surgery and had a pin put in, was back at work two days later. Skiing 1
week later and back on the bike although very carefully 2 weeks later.

Basically the Dr was encouraging me to do anything pretty much straight
after the surgery.

If you aren't pinned the usuall will be 6 weeks in a sling.

I rebroke mine 3 mornings in a week due to waking up and stretching my
arms above my head.

I was meant to have surgery to get rid of a splinter of bone pushing on
my skin but crashed my bike again, rebroke it and the splinter went
somewhere else.

I think I was mountainbiking about 4-5 weeks after.


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Paulie-AU

On 2006-06-05, Paulie-AU (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

I rebroke mine 3 mornings in a week due to waking up and stretching my
arms above my head.

I was meant to have surgery to get rid of a splinter of bone pushing on
my skin but crashed my bike again, rebroke it and the splinter went
somewhere else.

I think I was mountainbiking about 4-5 weeks after.

I get the feeling it would be bad to take advice from Paulie. I may
be a crash bandicoot, but at least I've never broken and rebroken a
collarbone.

Damn, did I say that out loud? I better be careful today. Although
the puncture god's sidebusiness is stealth and they try to organise
things to happen when you aren't expecting them.

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TimC
Save the whales. Feed the hungry. Free the mallocs. --unknown

TimC Wrote:
On 2006-06-05, Paulie-AU (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

I rebroke mine 3 mornings in a week due to waking up and stretching
my
arms above my head.

I was meant to have surgery to get rid of a splinter of bone pushing
on
my skin but crashed my bike again, rebroke it and the splinter went
somewhere else.

I think I was mountainbiking about 4-5 weeks after.

I get the feeling it would be bad to take advice from Paulie. I may
be a crash bandicoot, but at least I've never broken and rebroken a
collarbone.

Damn, did I say that out loud? I better be careful today. Although
the puncture god's sidebusiness is stealth and they try to organise
things to happen when you aren't expecting them.

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TimC
Save the whales. Feed the hungry. Free the mallocs. --unknown
I wont list the other broken bones from cycling.

Lotte has done some serious bone braking in the name of cycling


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Paulie-AU

Paulie-AU wrote:

Lotte has done some serious bone braking in the name of cycling

Who's bones were they?

Bleve wroteWho's bones were they?

Various non line holding, non signalling, non announcing random
cyclists. Shootie is reserved for "special" occasions.


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Paulie-AU

Bleve Wrote:
Who's bones were they?
*blink*


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LotteBum

Red Wrote:
I am suffering from the above - has any one any practical experience
as
to when I can expect to be back on the Windtrainer and then the road.
Jeff

hope you heal quick Jeff. Out of curiosity how did you break it ???
Was it an exciting incident, or did you break changing channels with
the remote control ?


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MikeyOz