Was out on a training ride Friday week ago and crashed heavily after the front wheel slid out landing heavily on my right shoulder. Needless to say the x-rays confirmed a broken clavicle. Saw the specialist end of last week who said it's displaced 1.7cm (x-ray attached) and he'd be happy to leave it to heal on it's own, or if I have any concerns then to get it operated on. Not exactly a clear cut response from a specialist. As for a second opinion he said some of the other shoulder specialist tend to probably treat this more aggressively and would probably go with surgery, but they also have bigger mortgages then me!
So hasn't really left me knowing what I should do. Has anyone had any similar experiences with the amount displaced and whether they had surgery or not? Keen to hear some thoughts, I'm 38 now so not exactly breaking any more records but not keen to slow down and be limited by anything later.
So hasn't really left me knowing what I should do. Has anyone had any similar experiences with the amount displaced and whether they had surgery or not? Keen to hear some thoughts, I'm 38 now so not exactly breaking any more records but not keen to slow down and be limited by anything later.