I broke my collarbone 6 weeks ago yesterday. It was broken in three pieces and the main 2 pieces were 200% displaced so I had to have surgery. The surgery involved a plate and 10 screws. For three weeks I was in a sling night and day but could ride the trainer if I could do it with the sling. After 3 weeks I no longer had to wear the sling and can move my arm as much as I want run, and ride my bike outside but I am restricted to lifting only one pound it it until I am six weeks out of surgery. He said I can swim but I am not much of a swimmer so I did not even pay attention. I'll be 5 weeks out of surgery on Wednesday and I am feeling great now but the first 3 weeks with the sling were terrible.
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Re: Broken collarbone: recovery tips [noahman]